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October Sales Suggest Record Christmas

by Raverstead

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) says that its findings in the latest BRC-KPMG Online Retail Sales Monitor for October suggest another record online Christmas this year. Online sales represented 18.2% of total sales in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Retail Data| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Engage Expands Flux Lounge

by Raverstead

Engage Productions’ Flux Innovation Lounge, in London, has undergone a refit with nine new LG displays. The 55″ screens form an interactive wall in the venue. An 84″ UltraHD touch display and three additional …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 46| Wearables

Vodafone Plans UK TV Next Year

by Raverstead

Just one week after UK mobile operator EE launched its own EE TV service (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 44), rival Vodafone has announced plans to introduce a service next year. The company will …

Tags:broadband| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vodafone| Vol 21 - Issue 45

#1Manchester Opens With Tech, Finance and Fashion

by Raverstead

The first brands to advertise on MediaCo Outdoor’s new ‘#1Manchester’ digital screen have been announced. The 18m x 5.2m LED display is located in Manchester’s Market Street, at the heart of the city. It …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 46

5G Will Offer Speed and Capacity

by Raverstead

Rahim Tafazoli, the head of the UK’s 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) at the University of Surrey, has said that capacity, not speed, will define 5G networks. The technology will be user-centric, offering low latency …

Tags:broadband| Large Display Monitor| LTE| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Metropolis Visits The Big Smoke With Broadsign

by Raverstead

Metropolis Digital Media has chosen to use Broadsign’s cloud-based software platform in a new screen deployment on top of black cabs in London next year. 500 screens (the Evolution 2 TXi Media Pod) will …

Tags:Broadsign| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Ocean Expands Westfield Presence

by Raverstead

Ocean Outdoor has launched ‘The Screen @ Southern Terrace’, a new full-motion 325 site in Westfield London. It measures 5.2m x 2.7m and has a 10.5mm pixel pitch.  

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| Ocean Outdoor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Ipsos Sees 50% of Adults Having Used a Mobile TV Platform

by Raverstead

Ipsos Media CT, part of the market research firm Ipsos, has released its findings on the use of mobile platforms for watching TV. According to a recently released study, it finds that half of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile TV| TV Viewing| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 49

JCDecaux Snags Best Billboard

by Raverstead

JCDecaux’s massive (120m²) Waterloo Motion digital billboard, in London, has won DailyDOOH’s Best Original Digital Billboard award for 2014. The company also took second and third place, with the Trafford Arch and Heathrow GrandView …

Tags:Back Panel| DOOH| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Kingston Chooses Panasonic Projectors

by Raverstead

Panasonic is supplying 180 projectors to Kingston University in the UK. The PT-RZ370 laser/LED hybrid model will be installed by GV Multimedia. The rollout represents the largest single delivery of PT-RZ370 projectors in Europe.

Tags:Back Panel| Education| Hybrid LED (Laser)| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 48

NEC Calibrates With Light Illusion

by Raverstead

NEC Display Solutions of America has entered into a collaboration with UK-based Light Illusion. The aim of the work is to enable native calibration for NEC’s colour-critical monitors, through the Lightspace CMS display calibration …

Tags:Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| Display Calibration| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NEC| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Ginsbury Expands With Kingtech

by Raverstead

Chinese LCD manufacturer Kingtech has signed a distribution agreement with Ginsbury for the UK and Ireland. The company will supply Kingtech’s TFT-LCD displays (1.44″ – 10.2″), as well as touchscreen and driver card solutions.

Tags:Distributors| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 49