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NHK tests 8k at World Cup

by Tom Allen

NHK has said that it will capture the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup in 8k. The tournament is being held in Canada this year, and will act as a test for future sporting events. …

Canada’s Out-of-Home Marketing Agency has announced the winners of the 2014 OOH Awards, which celebrate the country’s best OOH campaigns for packaged goods. The winners were Labatt Breweries, Wrigley Canada and Novartis Consumer Health.

Lenovo Names New North America and EMEA Presidents

by Helen Vince

Aymar de LencquesaingEric CadorFollowing the recent realignment of its business groups and geographies, Lenovo has named new leaders for North America and EMEA. Aymar de Lencquesaing, currently president of EMEA, has been named president …

Kobo Undercuts Amazon With Glo HD

by Tom Allen

Kobo claims that its new 6″ Glo HD eReader has ‘the highest resolution screen available on the market’, at an unusual 1448 x 1072 resolution (300 ppi). An E Ink Carta display (Display Monitor …

Best Buy Consolidates in Canada

by Helen Vince

Best Buy Canada is to consolidate its Future Shop and Best Buy stores and websites under the Best Buy brand, unveiling a plan to build a multi-channel customer experience. As a result, 66 Future …

Pay-TV Falls in North America While OTT and SVoD Climb

by Tom Allen

North American pay-TV revenues peaked in 2013, at $102.9 billion. Digital TV Research now forecasts that they will fall 11.7% ($12 billion) between 2014 and 2020, to end at $90.7 billion. Cable revenues in …

Top-Selling Projectors in January According to PMA Research

by Tom Allen

PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has posted their most recent Projector Tracking Service results to the “Top-Selling Projectors” area of their website. For more than 16 years now, PMA …

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Pay-TV Expected to Rise 5% in 2014

by Tom Allen

ABI Research believes that global subscribers to pay-TV services passed 924 million last year, a 5% YoY rise. The fastest rise will come from IPTV (up 14%), followed by satellite (7%), while cable and …

It’s Official: Toshiba Leaves North American TVs

by Tom Allen

Toshiba is to cease TV development and sales in North America, and will be licensing its TV business in the region to Compal. New products will begin to arrive in March. Toshiba also has …

Nanolumens and Partnertech Expand to Canada

by Raverstead

Nanolumens has expanded its operations with Partnertech to manufacture large-format LED displays for distribution in Canada.

Tags:Distributors| Large Display Monitor| LED| North America| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Lumineq Establishes Local Presence in North America

by Raverstead

Two new distributors have been chosen by Lumineq Displays to cover Mexico, the USA and Canada. Sensible Micro Corporation and Braemac CA will handle Lumineq’s full range of rugged thin-film electroluminescent and transparent displays.

Tags:Distributors| EL (Electroluminescent)| Mobile Display Monitor| North America| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Astral Takes on First UltraHD Rollout in Canada

by Super User

Astral Out-of-Home is to deploy 40 new digital bus shelters in Toronto, Canada, starting in early November. Each will feature an 84″ UltraHD LCD display, with content managed remotely by Astral. The screens, produced …