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LG Files Patent Infringement Complaint Against BLU in US

by Alan Spencer

LG Electronics has filed complaints against BLU for infringing LG patents. The complaint was raised with the US International Trade Commission and US District Court for the District of Delaware. LG claims that BLU …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 12

DirecTV Has 25 2017 Baseball Games Coming in UHD

by Bob Raikes

DirecTV will show 25 Major League Baseball in UltraHD this year, with five games in April. DirecTV will also be broadcasting a number of NBA matches in 2017 –starting with Oklahoma City at Orlando …

Tags:4k| DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Sports and Stadiums| UltraHD| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Non-pay TV homes to Double in North America

by Bob Raikes

According to Digital TV Research, the number of pay TV subs in North America will fall by 10 million from 112 million in the peak year of 2012 to 102 million in 2022. Although …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Lawsuit Filed Against High-Tech Fast-Food Chain

by Alan Spencer

Eatsa, a San Francisco fast-food chain, enables customers to pick up their orders in something resembling a giant vending machine. The company has run into trouble because the orders are normally placed using interactive …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| QSRs & Menu Boards| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 12

GM Insists on Digital Signage for US Brands

by Alan Spencer

According to a report in Automotive News, General Motors is insisting that from 2018, US dealers of their vehicles, must use digital signage to advertise the GM brands, Chevrolet, GMC and Buick. Automotive Broadcasting …

Tags:Automotive| Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Planar wins San Francisco MOMA

by Alan Spencer

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has implemented digital video walls, displays and monitors from Planar, a Leyard company. There are several Clarity Matrix LCD video walls in place as well as Clarity …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Planar| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Comcast Again Stalls Introduction of 4K HDR STBs

by Alan Spencer

Comcast has announced that it is delaying the introduction of its 4K HDR set-top boxes. The company is deliberately doing this until the 4K content landscape becomes clearer. Joshua Seiden, executive director at Comcast …

Tags:4k| Cable| Comcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Deloitte Survey Shows Binge Watching is Big, Social Media Critical

by Bob Raikes

American consumers’ status as a binge watching, streaming, multitasking nation enters 2017 with strong momentum according to Deloitte’s 11thDigital Democracy Survey. With 84% of Americans on social networks – social media has evolved well …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Big Retail Roll-out in the US

by Bob Raikes

Westfield Corporation, through its Brand Ventures division, has said that it will roll out 450 digital displays based on the 75″ Espirit Digital models and Ayuda Media Systems Software in 17 locations in the …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Daimler Trucks Has 110′ Video Wall

by Bob Raikes

Four Winds Interactive has installed a 110′ (33.53m) video wall in the headquarters of Daimler Trucks North America in Portland, Oregon. The wall has 59 portrait displays and is designed to be used for …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| USA| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 11

US Pay-TV Subscribers Becoming Increasingly Dissatisfied

by Alan Spencer

Research from Parks Associates reveals that 20% of US pay-TV subscribers are dissatisfied with their service, and this represents a 100% increase since early2013. The research also indicates that only a third of pay-TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 11

North America Sees Pay-TV Subscriber Losses

by Alan Spencer

North Americans are switching from pay-TV to Internet delivered TV services, but at different rates. In the US, Leichtman Research Group reported that the largest pay-TV providers, representing about 95% of the market, lost …

Tags:Canada| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 11