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Consumers Resist Paying for Live Streaming

by Bob Raikes

Despite predictions that live streaming television was going to be one of the hottest features in 2017, interest in this service has fallen flat in the US. StreamOn, a Cogent Reports study by Market …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 47

7thSense Design Overwhelms with Pixels

by Bob Raikes

7thSense Design has set up a spectacular for the 2017 production of the “Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes” at the Radio City in New York. The system had video on all eight …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Pro AV| Projection Mapping| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Honor Brings 18:9 to the Entry Level

by Bob Raikes

Huawei’s Honor sub-brand has released in the US the next in the Honor X smartphone series, the Honor 7X. The smartphone is an update to the Honor 6X and will sell at just $199.00. …

Tags:Android| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Barneys Shop Windows Have Christie LEDs

by Bob Raikes

Barneys of New York has put in four LED displays from Christie in its annual Christmas/Hanukkah season shop window displays. The displays are animated and change to show day and night as well as …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| Retail| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Emerson College Exploits Building Changes

by Bob Raikes

A hat tip to Sixteen-Nine.net for spotting that Emerson College in Boston is taking advantage of the coverage of the front of its building on Boston Common with a big white tarpaulin has meant …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Projection Mapping| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Case Study in Educational VR: the Idealism/Realism Tussle

by Len Scrogan

“Can virtual-reality help close the achievement gap?” was the question urged at a presentation during this year’s ISTE conference. (The ISTE 2017 educational technology conference held in late June, with over 15,000 educators in …

Tags:Education| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 47

US Army Enhances Training with Upgraded Helmet Mounted Display

by Andrew Fenn

The US Army has selected a new version of Rockwell Collins’ SimEye Helmet-Mounted Display to be used in its Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer systems. A total of 332 helmet-mounted displays will be upgraded …

Tags:Back Panel| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Military & Defence| Mobile Display Monitor| Rockwell Collins| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Will Turkey Day à la Amazon Trump Retail Sales?

by Steve Sechrist

Technology in the palm of your hand has hit an inflection point in retail with high quality displays, faster processing and wi-fi broadband now good enough to boost Thanksgiving day online shopping into preeminent …

Tags:Amazon| Black Friday| Market Data| Retail Data| Retailers| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Ultravision International Wins LED Patent Infringement Lawsuit

by Andrew Fenn

The US Court for the Eastern District of Texas has awarded Ultravision International a judgement in a lawsuit against Shenzhen Only. Shenzhen Only was accused of infringing two patents protecting Ultravision’s Modular LED Display …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Patents| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 45

US Department of Justice Blocks AT&T/Time Warner Deal

by Andrew Fenn

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has blocked AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner. Not only that, but it has also filed a lawsuit to prevent it from ever happening, claiming that the $85 billion …

Tags:AT&T| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Time Warner| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 44

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IHS: China and North America TV Shipments Fall Sharply in Q3 2017

by Andrew Fenn

The impact of higher LCD TV panel prices at the beginning of 2017 continued to weigh on retail demand for LCD TVs into the third quarter by way of slower retail price erosion, particularly …

Tags:China| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 44

FCC Authorizes ATSC 3.0 Broadcast Transmission Standard

by Aldo Cugnini

The United States Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules to let television broadcasters use the Next Generation broadcast television transmission standard, also called ATSC 3.0, on a voluntary, market-driven basis. FCC Adopts New …

Tags:ATSC| FCC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 44