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TDK Completes Acquisition of InvenSense

by Bob Raikes

TDK has complete its acquisition of the InvenSense business (TDK Agrees to Buy InvenSense) for around $1.3 billion to boost its business in sensors. TDK’s President and CEO, Mr. Shigenao Ishiguro, said “We are …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Panasonic is Technical Partner of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic was the technical partner for the Cannes Film Festival and said that it would highlight its know-how and collaboration with the film community, forged through the Panasonic Hollywood Lab. The company used the …

Survey Finds ATSC 3.0 Features Boost Smart TVs

by Bob Raikes

The results of a US nationwide SmithGeiger consumer survey conducted on the Advanced Television Systems Committee’s new ATSC 3.0 features demonstrate significant increases in willingness to spend more on a smart TV and accelerate …

Subscription Video Spending Will Rise by 78% by 2020

by Yvette Raikes

Consumer spending on home video in Western Europe will increase year by year, so that by 2020 it will be €8.7 billion ($9.7 billion), according to research from IHS Markit. The three top markets …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| SVOD| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Nielsen Measures OOH TV

by Bob Raikes

Some six months ago, Nielsen said in the US that it was planning to measure TV commercial viewing in public spaces including hospitality, gyms and transportation sites. ESPN is the first company to use …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 24 - Issue 20

3D Globe in Stockholm

by Yvette Raikes

Projection mapping is being used to show live data tracking flights to and from Arlanda airport in Stockholm, Sweden, on a 3D globe. The passenger volume to Arlanda has gone up by 30% since …

Tags:Aviation| Large Display Monitor| Rear Projection| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Delta to Trial Face Recognition

by Bob Raikes

Delta Airlines is introducing new self-service bad drop machines at the Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport this summer and one of them will be equipped with a facial recognition system to match the baggage to …

Tags:Aviation| face recognition| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Com Hem Retains Tivo, but adds Android

by Bob Raikes

Broadband TV News reports that at the Connected TV World Summit, Thomas Helbo, the CTO of Com Hem, the Swedish Pay TV operator, said that it will launch an Android-based STB that will be …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 20

GBVI Gets Good References

by Bob Raikes

Both Sony and Canon were keen to mention that they were using optical blending with their projectors that was developed by GBVI of the UK, an unusual accolade from two companies that are very …

Tags:Blend & Warp| ITEC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Canon Shows Blended 4K Displays

by Bob Raikes

Canon was showing the 4K600STZ which is a 6,000 ANSI lumen DCI 4K projector in a blended application and based on its LCOS chips. The company announced the projector last year and we saw …

Esterline Highlights Mobile Domes

by Bob Raikes

Esterline was showing a couple of its complete small simulation systems at the event. The first was created with Cruden which specialises in maritime and boat simulators. The Esterline simulator dome is designed to …

Tags:ITEC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| Simulation| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Smart Eye Offers High End Gaze Recognition

by Bob Raikes

We have covered gaze recognition regularly over recent years, usually at the entry level, so it was interesting to see a high end system from Smart Eye at Itec. The company has two different …