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Greek TV Channel Chooses Eyevis

by Tom Allen

Greek TV channel OTE TV has had 36 Eyevis screens installed in its studio, for sports broadcasts. The 55″ EYE-LCD-5500-XSN-LD was installed by Bon Studios, in five different configurations: a 3 x 6 video …

Tags:DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Thin Client Shipments Suffer After Strong 2014

by Tom Allen

Thin and terminal client shipments fell 7.8% YoY in Q1’15, with a poor comparison to the first half of 2014, says IDC. Shipments last year were boosted by a massive refresh of legacy PCs. …

MEA PCs Fall on Regional Instability

by Tom Allen

The PC market in the MEA region is suffering from currency fluctuations and unstable global oil prices, says IDC. Shipments fell 9.6% YoY in Q1, to 4.3 million units. Desktops were down 10%, to …

Serbia Finishes ASO

by Tom Allen

Analogue switch-off has been completed in Serbia, 10 days ahead of schedule.

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| Serbia| Vol 22 - Issue 25

EU Sees Benefit of Co-ordinated Approach to Spectrum

by Tom Allen

The European Commission has published the results of a public consultation on the Lamy Report (EBU Continues to Hold 700MHz Concerns). The results suggest that a co-ordinated EU approach; a common roadmap; and a …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 22 - Issue 25

DTG Issues First Draft of Updated R-Book

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Digital Television Group has revised the R-Book, which provides practical guidelines for the installation of digital TV receiving systems. The new version, a draft of which is available to review, seeks to …

Tags:DTG| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 25

African Countries Miss ASO Deadline

by Tom Allen

At the 5th African Digital TV Development Seminar, in China, it was announced that ‘most’ of Africa would miss the digital switchover deadline – which has now passed. Tanzania and Kenya are the only …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Quantum Dots: The Plot Thickens

by Ken Werner

A lot of the conversation about quantum dots at Display Week revolved around the European Commission’s rejection of their own technical committee’s recommendation that cadmium-based quantum dots continue to be exempt from prohibition as …

Transparent Flexible Conductors Proliferate at Display Week

by Ken Werner

You could make a case for Transparent Flexible Conductors (TFCs) based on thinness, lightweight and ruggedness even when they are being applied to displays with rigid substrates. Now that flexible displays are entering the …

Touch and Haptics Innovations in 2015 SID iZone

by Phillip Wright

Two developers caught my attention during my visit to the 2015 SID Display Week Innovation Zone (iZone). Redux Technologies and TouchNetix were exhibiting new embedded haptics and touch sensor products, respectively. The Redux Embedded …

Wearable Software Ecosystem: Diversity or Monoculture

by Phillip Wright

The 2015 SID Display Week Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference hosted a session and panel discussion on Software for Wearables with speakers from Mozilla, Intel, and Runtastic. At this point in the penultimate session of …

Challenges Remain, but Some Display Jobs are Now Done

by Bob Raikes

This week, we have been very busy following up the SID show and we are just finalising the report as I write this article. Now I’m away from it, it’s getting clearer what the …