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European Car Owners Love Google and Apple

by Tom Allen

Smartphone use in vehicles continues to rise quickly in almost every major global market. Vehicle manufacturers and suppliers are rushing to support this trend, incorporating new designs and technologies into their products. According to …

Tags:Automotive| Germany| IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 32

UK TV Viewing Continues to Fall

by Tom Allen

A report from Ofcom shows that linear TV viewing continued to fall in the UK last year. There was a 1-minute rise in on-demand viewing, but a 12-minute fall in linear viewing. This led …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Smartphones Overtake Laptops in UK

by Tom Allen

Smartphones have overtaken laptops as the UK’s most popular device for accessing the internet, according to research by Ofcom. 66% of Brits now own a smartphone, using it for almost two hours every day …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Freesat in 19,000 New Homes

by Tom Allen

19,000 new UK homes joined Freesat in the first half of 2015, the company has said. Connected TV service Freetime enjoyed 200% YoY growth in new customers, and sales rose 48%.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 32

DTG Finalists Travel to IBC

by Tom Allen

The finalists for the DTG’s Television Innovation Awards (DTG Holds Third TV Innovation Awards) have been announced. Having made it through the finals on the 21st July, goHDR, Motive Television, Parabola, Smartzer, TV App …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| DTG| IBC 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 31

QED Takes Christie’s Boxer

by Tom Allen

QED productions has taken delivery of tthe first Christie Boxer 4K30 projectors in the UK. The projector is designed for rental and staging in large-venue events.

Tags:Christie| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| Rental and Staging| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 31

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Storm kicks off intensive expansion with three new London sites

by Helen Vince

Next month, Clear Channel UK’s premium digital brand, Storm, will add three new sites in London, at Billingsgate, Lambeth and Shoreditch. These new additions bring Storm’s current portfolio to 20, of which 19 are …

Tags:ClearChannel| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 30

19 Million Households Use DTT Platform in UK

by Bob Raikes

Digitag said that the DTT platform is the most important television delivery platform in the UK and is used by approximately 75% of households. According to Digital UK, the platform will continue to offer …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 30

DTG Reveals Short-Listed Innovation Finalists

by Tom Allen

10 media technology start-ups in the UK have been short-listed for the DTG’s Television Innovation Awards (DTG Holds Third TV Innovation Awards). The finalists include goHDR (promoting an end-to-end HDR solution), Motive Television (live …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| DTG| Events| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 29

ADI Updates Bolton Market Place

by Tom Allen

UK-based ADI has supplied a 25m² LED display to the Bolton Market Place shopping centre. As well as advertising, the screen will be used for entertainment, such as showing sporting events. ADI manufactured the …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 28

Exertis Adds Kazam Smartphones in UK

by Helen Vince

Exertis is now offering Kazam’s LTE smartphones in the UK.

Tags:Distribution| Exertis| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 28

BBC Micro Returns to UK Schools

by Tom Allen

The BBC, working with ARM, Microsoft and Samsung, has finalised the design of a tiny computer, which will be supplied – for free – to every Year 7 schoolchild (11 year-olds) in the UK …

Tags:Arm| Back Panel| BBC| Education| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 28