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Speakers Confirmed for 2016 Video Everywhere Summit

by Isaac Oburu

The Digital Place Based Advertising Association (DPAA) has announced that brand leaders have agreed to rub shoulders at this year’s 2016 Video Everywhere Summit, taking place on the 27th October at the Roosevelt Hotel …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 30

by Tom Allen

The Superbook (LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 19) by Andromium, a laptop ‘shell’ for a smartphone, reached Kickstarter last month. It has now passed several goals, one of which means that users …

Comcast has Best Q2 in 10 Years

by Isaac Oburu

Comcast lost 4,000 net video customers in Q2’16: its best Q2 result for a decade.

Tags:Comcast| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 30

US Cable Operators Trials UHD With SES

by Isaac Oburu

Cable operators in the US are testing the UltraHD platform and receiving HEVC IP set top boxes from SES. The cable operators are Cable America in Missouri, Golden West Telecommunications in South Dakota, MTC …

Blu Brings Premium to $100 Phone

by Tom Allen

US-based BLU Products has introduced a smartphone called the BLU Studio Touch: a low-cost model with premium features. These include a metal chassis, 4G connectivity and a fingerprint scanner. As well as the above, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Verizon Records Q2 Drop

by Isaac Oburu

Verizon said that, due to a halt in the work of rolling out its Fios fibre service, internet and video customers both declined in Q2. Net declines of 13,000 were seen for Fios internet …

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Merge VR Goggles Now Available in Best Buy Stores

by Isaac Oburu

Merge VR announced today that its soft Merge VR Goggles are now available in U.S. Best Buy stores. The comfortable virtual reality headset works with both Apple and Android smartphones. In recent weeks, the …

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Grand Opening of the Crestron Design Showroom in South Florida

by Isaac Oburu

On July 28th, Please join us for the grand opening celebration of our new Crestron Design Showroom in the DCOTA building in Dania Beach, Florida. The all-day open house includes breakfast and lunch followed …

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NEC Leads LFD Sales in the US

by Tom Allen

PMA has published its data for large (50″+) displays sold in the USA, for June. Sharp led the 70″-79″ professional display category with its LC-70LE661U, followed by NEC’s E705. Samsung’s DM75E and ED75E took …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| PMA Research| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 29

NVIDIA Partners with SMI to Demo Foveated Rendering for VR at Siggraph 2016

by Isaac Oburu

Computer graphics giant NVIDIA has chosen SMI eye tracking by SensoMotoric Instruments to power its perceptually-based foveated rendering technique which will be showcased next week at Siggraph 2016 in Anaheim, California. In an announcement …

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VIZIO and Paramount Pictures Partner to Celebrate the World Premiere of “Star Trek Beyond”

by Isaac Oburu

VIZIO, Inc. announced today a partnership with Paramount Pictures to celebrate the July 22nd theatrical release of “Star Trek Beyond.” To kick off the partnership, VIZIO sponsored the world premiere of the film held …

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AT&T Records 25 Million Subscribers in Q2

by Isaac Oburu

AT&T recorded a drop of 49,000 total video subscribers in Q2’16. Satelite subscribers rose to 342,000 in the same quarter. U-verse TV subscribers declined 391,000. Total AT&T video subscribers for the quarter were 25.3 …