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DSE Product Roundup

by Bob Raikes

In the past, we have had reporters at DSE, but the show is so close to ISE that we didn’t get much that was really new, so we haven’t repeated the exercise. However, we …

Something may be percolating in educational circles. A development of special interest to me, something I call the impending AR/MR/VR rigor movement, could be on the rise. In a previous article, I wrote, “The …

Tags:Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Stratacache Takes X2O Media from Barco

by Bob Raikes

Stratacache has added to its previous acquisitions by buying X2O Media of Montreal from Barco, which bought the company back in 2014. Barco said that digital signage was no longer a strategic focus for …

Tags:Barco| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Stratacache| Vol 25 - Issue 12

ICDM Considering SID Support

by Bob Raikes

The ICDM, which is working on display measurement, has a proposal, to be voted on during the SID Display Week in May to get financial support from the SID for a three year period, …

Czech Broadcaster Switches to DVB-T2 and HEVC

by Andrew Fenn

Czech Republic broadcaster, Ceská Televize, began transmitting its signal in the DVB-T2 format this week. The company plans to simulcast in both DVB-T2 and its predecessor format for up to 12 months, after which …

Tags:Czech Republic| DVB-T & T2| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 12

Digital CRT Tube Resurrected

by Bob Raikes

We spotted an interesting article on a CRT numeric display tube that is called the Nimo. It never really caught on as there were many options at the time – all of which did …

Tags:Back Panel| CRT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 12

Ten OLED Companies Launch OLED Licht Forum in Germany

by Andrew Fenn

Ten companies and research institutes from the OLED industry have teamed up to launch the OLED Licht Forum, announced at the Light + Building trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany last week. The companies involved …

Roku Channel App Coming to Samsung Smart TVs This Year

by Andrew Fenn

Roku has announced that its Roku Channel app will be coming to select Samsung Smart TVs this summer. The app, originally launched in September last year, offers movies and TVs for free, supported by …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Roku| Samsung| Smart TV| Vol 25 - Issue 12

IHS: Market for Organic OLED Materials Grew in Second Half of 2017

by Andrew Fenn

The market for organic materials used to manufacture OLED display panels jumped during the second half of 2017, according to IHS Markit. Revenue was estimated to be $355 million in the second half of …

TiVo and Tru Optik Make Viewing Data Available for OTT Targeting

by Andrew Fenn

TiVo has announced a new deal with Tru Optik, the audience intelligence and data-management platform built for OTT television, designed to extend TiVo’s linear TV viewership data to the brands, agencies and publishers that …

Foxconn Acquires Belkin and Its Sub-Brands in Nine-Figure Deal

by Andrew Fenn

Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT), a subsidiary of Foxconn, and Belkin have announced an agreement under which FIT has agreed to acquire Belkin—as well as it’s sub-brands Linksys, Wemo and Phyn—for approximately $866 million. The …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 12

Alibaba and Ford Build Giant Car Vending Machine in China

by Andrew Fenn

A giant cat-themed kiosk has been built in Guangzhou, China. The Super Test-Drive Center is a collaboration between Alibaba and Ford. It’s essentially a car vending machine that provides customers with three days to …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 12