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Pay-TV Subs Enjoy Small Rise

by Tom Allen

The top 100 pay-TV providers worldwide increased their subscriber base by 0.95% YoY in Q3’15, according to Informitv’s Multiscreen Index. They accounted for around 380 million subscribers, adding 3.74 million customers in the quarter. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 48| Worldwide

Samsung Aims at 10% AMOLED Premium

by Tom Allen

China Times claims that Samsung Display is aiming to lower the price premium of its small- and medium-sized AMOLED displays to within 10% of that of LCD displays next year. Currently, the screens are …

Holovis Shows Off Interactive Dome Projection

by Tom Allen

Holovis has shown a 12-person 3D interactive gaming experience in a projection dome, at IAAPA Attractions Expo in Florida. The 360° dome uses Barco F85 projectors to show Crimson Wing, which takes players to …

Sharp Prepares to Relocate, Says Japanese Media

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Nikkan Kogyo Shimbu has said that Sharp is considering relocating its headquarters in Osaka to the nearby city of Tenri, in Nara Prefecture. The report’s sources say that Tenri is Sharp’s main hub …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 48

TV Production Down at Samsung

by Tom Allen

Korea’s Money Today claims that Samsung Electronics has lowered its TV production capacity by more than 11 million units this year, due to weakening TV demand. Capacity at the end of September was under …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Production Capacity| Samsung| TV Production| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Are You Ready for Digital Humans?

by Chris Chinnock

And just what are digital humans you ask? According to Pulse Evolution (Port St. Lucie, FL and San Rafael, CA), they are computer-generated animations that have such high fidelity, they look almost real. And …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Rental and Staging| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Tobii Presents First Integrated Eye Tracking

by Tom Allen

In mid-October, Tobii revealed a new eye tracking platform and a set of components for eye tracking technology in consumer devices. These products – the Tobii IS4 platform and EyeChip components – can be …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Tobii| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Gimmick or Godsend: AR/VR in Education

by Len Scrogan

Quick Search: Research is a new series dedicated to unpacking some of the emerging research on 3D, VR, and other dynamic visualization technologies. See my introductory article for this series, entitled Good, Better, Best: …

Elemental Discusses UHD Content

by Tom Allen

Elemental and IneoQuest will hold a webcast at 8am PST, on the 9th December, about UltraHD content preparation. Topics to be covered will include common pitfalls; best practices for ensuring high-quality video processing and …

Ocean Reaches Edinburgh

by Tom Allen

Ocean Outdoor has launched a new LED tower at Edinburgh Airport in Scotland. The 10.5m-tall Edinburgh One tower was designed by 3D Reid, and holds two 3.84m x 5.76m displays; the base houses LED …

ITU Harmonises Spectrum Use Worldwide

by Tom Allen

The ITU has moved to allocate the 700MHz band (specifically 694-790MHz) to mobile signals at the 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference. The decision applies to ITU Region 1 (EMEA and central Asia); as similar agreements …

Tags:Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Polish Provider Chooses Abox

by Tom Allen

EVIO Polska, a Polish fibre TV service provider, has used Abox 42’s M-Series set-top box platform for its new TV service, ‘Telewizja Swiatlowodowa’. The service will be used more than 100 local fibre-optic networks …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Poland| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 47