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Chicago Towers to be Upgraded

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has supplied LEDs for Chicago’s Millenium Park which has had an upgrade to its original displays, installed in 2004 by Barco. The contractor was Threshold Acostics. The original Crown Fountain system was designed …

Museum Uses Christie to Switch from Film

by Bob Raikes

The National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Georgia, in the US has installed a 6P Christie laser projector to replace a film-based system and has found that the flexibility of digital has allowed the premises …

SNA Displays Unveils Highest Resolution LED in Times Sq.

by Isaac Oburu

LED display maker, Sansi North America Displays (SNA) has unveiled the latest in its developments of LED displays in New York’s Times Square (SNA Installs New LED Display in Times Square). The 17,000 sq. …

Vizio Extends SmartCast to E Series UltraHD Sets

by Bob Raikes

Vizio said that its Smartcast technology will be rolled out on the 2017 E-Series Ultra HD Display models. The software was already supported on the M Series and P Series models and supports Amazon …

Foxconn Plans Three More Lines on Wisconsin LCD Campus

by Yvette Raikes

Foxconn is to build three ancillary facilities in Wisconsin, USA, on a campus where a $10 billion LCD factory is due for completion in 2020. The company will add a back-end packaging line, a …

Roman LED Sign Comes to Las Vegas

by Yvette Raikes

There is an 85′ (25.9m) sign in Las Vegas outside Caesar’s Palace in front of The Forum Shops. It has 10mm pitch and looks as though there are Roman columns on each side of …

Coke Uses Moving LED Display

by Bob Raikes

We heard that a new moving LED display was being built in Times Sq, New York and we reported that it would be officially launched in August 2017 and now it looks at though …

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US Ford Dealer Wins a Halo

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has supplied an LED ‘halo’ display to a US Ford dealer from Birch Run, Michigan that was installed by Installation & Service Technologies (IST), of Kansas City MO. The halo weighs just over …

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New Digital Customer Experience Installed at Philadelphia Station

by Andrew Fenn

SEPTA and Intersection have teamed up to create a new and improved digital customer experience at Philadelphia’s Suburban Station. Ten new interactive digital kiosks have been placed in the station, which welcomes 25,000 commuters …

Tags:Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| Transport| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Google’s YouTube TV in Half of US Homes

by Yvette Raikes

Following last week’s story about Facebook’s challenge, Google says that its YouTube TV is available in half of US homes now, following a rollout in 14 new areas. The company announced that 17 more …

MoviePass Sees Boom with Price Cut

by Bob Raikes

In the US, movie theatres are clearly seeing the pressure. The Moviepass ‘all you can eat’ monthly pass for film viewing, which was originally launched in 2011, has seen its subscription base jump from …

Tags:Cinema| Cinema going| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 31

US Pay-TV Providers Lose Out to Internet

by Yvette Raikes

Six months ago (Vol 24 No 11), the Leichtman Research Group published figures showing a drop in US pay-TV users, with subscribers moving to internet-delivered services. At that time, the biggest providers in each …