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Wynn Hotel Sportsbook Features a 21.7m-Pixel LED Video Wall

by Andrew Fenn

The Wynn Hotel’s newly-renovated sportsbook recently opened on the Las Vegas Strip. Central to the building’s face-lift is a brand new 1,176-tile, 21.7-million-pixel, 457m² SiliconCore Peony LED videowall, with a 2.6mm pixel pitch and …

ATSC 3.0 Announcements Outnumber Related Product Showings at CES 2018

by Aldo Cugnini

ATSC member companies and partners made several rollout announcements at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month. But despite these developments, new ATSC products were few and far between – perhaps …

Comcast Video Dropped 151,000 Subscribers in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Comcast has reported its results for the quarter and year ending December 31st, 2017. Having seen a relatively healthy uptick in subscriber count in 2016, the platform has seen almost as big a drop …

ESA: US Video Game Industry Revenue Reaches $36 Billion in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

The US video game industry generated a record $36 billion in revenue in 2017, up 18% from 2016, according to new data released by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and The NPD Group. Michael …

Nintendo Switch Is Fastest-Selling Console in the US

by Andrew Fenn

Nintendo Switch has been named America’s fastest-selling home video game console, beating the previous record, also held by Nintendo with the Wii, released in 2006. The console-portable hybrid sold 4.8 million units in the …

Hogwarts Christmas Light Show at Universal Studios

by Andrew Fenn

The Harry Potter attraction at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida was host to a seven-minute Christmas-themed 3D projection-mapping light show. Moment Factory and Thinkwell used a total of 24 projectors to create the visuals, …

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Chicago’s 150 Media Stream Is Almost 300 m²

by Bob Raikes

Hat-tip to Sixteen-Nine.net for a pointer to the 150 Media Stream in Chicago, which is a 127′ (38.7m) LED display up to 19′ (5.8m) high, for an area of more than 3,000 sq ft …

BrightLine Launches Data Platform for OTT Ad Targeting

by Andrew Fenn

BrightLine has announced that it is launching DataCast, a unified OTT data platform that, for the first time, will enable advertisers to target and measure across three screens: mobile, desktop and television. Designed to …

Vuzix Claims Smart Glasses Can Deliver “Vastly Enhanced” Vision

by Andrew Fenn

Vuzix claims it has delivered “vastly enhanced vision” to a Pennsylvania high school student, via its Vuzix M300 smart glasses. Alyssa Baxter was born with optic nerve hypoplasia, a condition in which many of …

The Giant Head: “As We Are”

by Matthew Brennesholtz

At the Greater Columbus Convention Center, local artist and professor at the Columbus College of Art and Design, Matthew Mohr has created a 14’ (4.3M) giant head using 14 LED ribbons. GCCC visitors have …

CE Week 2018 Dates and New Venue Announced

by Andrew Fenn

CT Lab Global Media has announced that its mid-year conference and technology showcase, CE Week, will take place June 20th–21st at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The change in …

T-Mobile Will Launch Its Own TV Service Next Year

by Andrew Fenn

T-Mobile has acquired start-up cable company Layer3 TV, and announced plans to launch its own TV service in the US in 2018. Layer3, founded in 2013, is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and currently available …

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