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Wammes Highlights New VDA Fault Process

by Bob Raikes

Klaus Wammes of Wammes & Partner GmbH has pointed out that the VDA (Verband der Automobilindustrie), a trade association for the automotive industry, has a new standard for a process for the analysis of …

Tags:Automotive| Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 11| warranty

Wall Wins Extension to Mannheim Contract

by Bob Raikes

The Wall subsidiary of JCDecaux in Germany has extended its contract until 2035 with the city of Mannheim, Germany. It has been working with the city since 1988. There will be a complete modernisation …

Tags:DOOH| Germany| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 11

ECN Expands into Germany

by Bob Raikes

ECN (Executive Channel Network) has been running a digital signage network in the UK (since 2009) and France (since 2013) and claims to have its totem or wall-based displays in more than 260 offices. …

Tags:DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Waipu.tv Enabled on Amazon Fire TV

by Alan Spencer

German IPTV operator Exaring, has enabled its TV platform, to be available on the Amazon Fire TV box and stick. Subscribers watching waipu.tv on their smartphones can also use a swiping motion on their …

Tags:4k| Amazon| Germany| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Deutsche Telekom Sees Growth in IPTV

by Alan Spencer

Deutsche Telekom’s Entertain TV, its domestic IPTV service, saw an increase in new customers to 196,000 last year, and saw a total customer base increase of 7.3% to 2.88 million, compared to 2015. The …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Vodafone Germany to Show US TV Series in Ultra HD

by Alan Spencer

Customers in Germany that have signed up for the Vodafone HD premium package for the recently launched GigaTV 4K platform, are now able to access the new season’s first episodes of TV series “Power” …

Tags:4k| Germany| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vodafone| Vol 24 - Issue 08

HbbTV Service Launched on DVB-T2 by Media Broadcast

by Alan Spencer

A HbbTV service on DVB-T2 will be launched on 29th March 2017, by German transmitter network operator Media Broadcast. The service will be called Freenet TV Connect, and at the same time Media Broadcast …

Tags:Germany| HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Unitymedia To Switch-Off Analogue TV

by Alan Spencer

The analogue TV channels will be switched off in stages in five regions of Germany by cable operator, Unitymedia. The switch off will occur starting 1st June 2017 and running through until the end …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Cable| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Vodafone Uses Cisco for UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

Broadband TV news reported that Vodafone Deutschland has rolled out its GigaTV service, based on the Cisco Infinite video platform, to give access to UltraHD content. The service has 120 channels, 55 catch-up portals …

Tags:Cisco| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vodafone| Vol 24 - Issue 06

German HD+ Subscribers Exceed Two Million

by Alan Spencer

The number of subscribers to the SES HD+ service in Germany exceeded two million for the first time in 2016. The year ended with the number of subscribers using HD+ on satellite TV reaching …

Tags:Germany| HD+ (Germany)| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 06

SID-ME 2017 Wearable and Projection Displays Symposium Announced

by Alan Spencer

This year’s Spring Meeting of the Society for Information Display Mid-Europe Chapter, SID-ME 2017, with the topic “Wearables and Projection Displays” will be held from 13th to 14th March in Dresden, Germany. The symposium …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Microdisplays| SID Society| Vol 24 - Issue 04| Wearables

New NEC Competence Centre in Dreiech Opens

by Alan Spencer

The new competence centre in Dreiech has now opened (NEC Adds Showroom & Training Centre in Germany). The solutions displayed in the new centre include a 2 × 2 video wall of four MultiSync …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| NEC| Vol 24 - Issue 04