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Terror on Bastille Day

by Bob Raikes

I’m on my holidays this week (at least in theory!) in France. As I woke up after the annual Bastille Day celebrations, I saw news of the terrible attack in Nice after the fireworks …

Tags:Editorial| France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Hisense Revives Laser TV

by Tom Allen

Since first showing its ‘Vidaa’ laser TV prototype at CES 2015, Hisense has been demonstrating the product at every trade show it has attended, including IFA and CES 2016 (when it was called the …

Tags:France| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| Laser TVs| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Brioche Dorée Renews IT With 500 Aures Terminals

by Tom Allen

French fast food chain Brioche Dorée has chosen to use point of sale terminals from Aures in a renewal of its IT equipment. By mid-November, more than 500 new 10″ terminals will have been …

Tags:DOOH| France| Large Display Monitor| POS| Vol 23 - Issue 27

France: Cable Climbing at Expense of DTH

by Tom Allen

Audience measurement company Mediamétrie says that around 75% of the French population (43.7 million people) now take satellite, cable or IPTV services. DTH reception has declined since 2012 to about 15.2 million, while cable …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Médiakiosk Plans Newsstand Modernisation

by Tom Allen

JCDecaux subsidiary MédiaKiosk has renewed its contract to design, supply, install, maintain and operate digital kiosks in Paris. The contract began on the 1st July and will run for 15 years. In the process, …

Tags:DOOH| France| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 26

IBC Chooses Apantac for Football Streams

by Tom Allen

Apantac’s UltraHD conversion technology is being used by the Euro International Broadcast Centre in Paris, during the UEFA football tournament. The IBC receives uncompressed UHD feeds, via fibre, from the main venues. It was …

Tags:Broadcast| France| Large Display Monitor| Transport| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Canal+ to Fall Below 4 Million

by Tom Allen

Vincent Bolloré (CEO of Vivendi) and Maxime Saada (MD of Canal+) have predicted that Canal+’s French subscribers will fall below 4 million this year. The two were speaking to the French Senate’s Culture Committee …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Daktronics Lights Up Stade Matmut

by Tom Allen

To deliver the best viewing experience to fans attending the UEFA Championship football tournament in France this month, Daktronics installed two new LED screens at the Stade Matmut Atlantique in Bordeaux. These two 70m² …

Tags:Digital Signage| France| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 24

IEE Prepares Low-Latency for Eurosatory

by Tom Allen

Military display maker IEE Inc. will show a new 12.1″ screen for ground vehicles at Eurosatory (13th-17th June) in Paris, with distributor Ginsbury. The Control & Display Unit (CDU) is a 5-point resistive touch …

Tags:Automotive| Events| France| Military & Defence| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Toshiba Cuts Ingram

by Tom Allen

Toshiba has stopped working with Ingram Micro in France, as part of a review of its local distributor network. Toshiba will instead focus on its work with Also and Tech Data.

Tags:France| Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 23 - Issue 22