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Netflix Upsets French Cinema Business

by Bob Raikes

Netflix has been under fire at the Cannes film festival over its decision not to release two of its ‘films’, which are being shown at the festival, into French cinemas. The company is also …

Tags:Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Music score as a screen with digital notes

by Bob Raikes

The Terrada Music Score Co. Ltd. from Japan has launched the Gvido music score reader which uses two 13.3″ E Ink Carta displays to display music in PDF format. The display is fitted with …

Tags:E Ink| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Q1 2017 Sees 410,000 Drop in US Pay-TV Subscribers

by Yvette Raikes

The biggest pay-TV providers in the USA lost around 410,000 net video subscribers in Q1 2017, according to analysts Leichtman Research. In the same quarter last year, they added 10,000 subscribers. The top six …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 20

OTT Content Available Throughout EU

by Yvette Raikes

When visiting another EU country, citizens often cannot access content paid for in their own country. Under new rules, approved by the European Parliament last week, restrictions will been removed and online subscription content …

US Marines Enhance AR Training

by Norbert Hildebrand

While this new training tool used by the US Marines is not quite on the level of ‘The Matrix’, it still allows enhancement of the particular areas of training in real life soldiers at …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Training| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Google To Develop Stand-Alone VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

Google announced at its Google I/O developer event that it would ship a stand-alone headset version of its DayDream VR technology, rather than relying on a smartphone as a display. Google said that building …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 19

BOE Starts Flexible OLED Production

by Milos Pavlovic

China Daily has reported that BOE has started production of flexible OLEDs at its G6 plant in Chengdu, Sichuan. In January, sources said that the company was on track to get volume production going …

Tags:BOE| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Tablet Market is Resilient in Western Europe

by Bob Raikes

IDC said that in Q1, the tablet market in Western Europe posted a slight 1.7% YoY contraction. In total, 7.1 million devices were shipped in the region, a performance above expectations that shows some …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Apple Tells OEMs to Stop Paying Qualcomm

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm has issued a complaint against Foxconn as well as Pegatron, Wistron and Compal. The companies had deals with Qualcomm before they started supplying Apple, but they say that as Apple believes it should …

Stampede Appointed by Visionect

by Bob Raikes

Visionect has appointed Stampede as the North American distribution partner for its ‘Joan’ digital door displays and meeting room schedulers. According to Kevin Kelly, President & COO of Stampede, “Joan is the most advanced, …

Zenimax/Oculus Court Case Rumbles On

by Bob Raikes

The legal battle between Oculus and ZeniMax (Facebook-Owned Company Oculus Loses Court Case) has intensified with reports that John Carmack and Matt Hooper, once of id Software, planned the strategy that led to the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 19

SID Announces 2017 Display Industry Award Winners

by Bob Raikes

The SID announced its Display of the Year awards. Displays of the Year: Granted to display products that incorporate the most significant technological advances and/or outstanding features. LG Display 65-in. Wallpaper OLED TV LG …

Tags:Awards| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 19