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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 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Outdoor Displays| Retail| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 31

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 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 31

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 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Panasonic| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 31

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 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 31| YouTube

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 …

Tags:Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Service Electric Cable TV Signs Deal with TiVo

by Andrew Fenn

Pennsylvania and New Jersey cable company, Service Electric Cable TV, has announced that it plans to bring the “ultimate personalised entertainment experience” to its customers, with the help of the TiVo Corporation The new …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Tivo| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 29

Plex Now on iOS and Android

by Bob Raikes

There is a new app for Apple TV and Android platforms called Plex Live TV which adds PVR functions to unencrypted TV signals that are derived from SiliconDust, Hauppauge, AVerMedia and DVBLogic. The details …

Tags:Europe| FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Terrestrial (DTT)| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 28

TiVo Expands TCL IP Deal Into North America

by Bob Raikes

TiVo Corp has expanded its IP licensing agreement with TCL in the US which allows TCL to build TVs using TiVo in its sets including those running the Roku OS. Since September 2016, TCL …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TCL| Tivo| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 28

It’s Really Going to Happen – LCD Making to Come to the US!

by Bob Raikes

With a flurry of activity in the US media, Foxconn’s Terry Gou, with support from politicians up to Donald Trump, has announced that the company will build an LCD fab in the USA. Foxconn …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| LCD Fabs| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Foxconn Plans a $10 billion LCD factory in Wisconsin

by Milos Pavlovic

Foxconn has confirmed its Plans to Build a $10 billion LCD fab in Wisconsin in the USA. For more, see the article inside. (It’s Really Going to Happen – LCD Making to Come to …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 27