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LG Gets Into Holiday Spirit

by Tom Allen

LG is celebrating the Christmas season with a six-week installation in New York’s Grand Central Terminal. As the official sponsor of the 2015 Holiday Fair in the station, LG will show its TVs every …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 46

The Horizon Report: Ed Tech Roadblocks

by Len Scrogan

This summer the New Media Consortium (NMC), together with the Consortium for School Networking (COSN), released their international K12 Horizon Report. The full report can be accessed here. The following chart helps lay out …

Tags:display technology| Education| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 46

$1 Billion in Sales Marks New Samsung Record

by Tom Allen

Samsung has announced that it sold $1 billion worth of TVs in North America in October – a new company record. More than half of the company’s North American market share (35.1% in the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TV Set Market| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 46

High Resolution for Verizon’s Mid-Range Tablet

by Tom Allen

Verizon continues to expand its own self-branded tablet offering in the USA. Having launched the Ellipsis 8 and Ellipsis Kids models earlier, the company has now made a larger version – the Ellipsis 10 …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| USA| Verizon| Vol 22 - Issue 46

DPI Scores CEDIA Award

by Tom Allen

Digital Projection’s Insight 4k Dual-LED projector won ‘Best New Product’ at CEDIA 2015, the company has announced. The projector was chosen by a panel of home technology professionals. (Digital Projection Wows CEDIA with Insight …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| CEDIA 2015| Digital Projection Inc (DPI)| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Motive Starts TabletTVPlus Pre-Orders

by Tom Allen

Motive/Granite Broadcasting’s Tablet TV LLC is now taking pre-orders for its TabletTVPlus product in the USA. The device can be used to watch live broadcast TV on a tablet, and access the internet. The …

Tags:Android| Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 45

DCS Explores the 4k Finish

by Tom Allen

On the 21st November, the Digital Cinema Society will explore the challenges of and solutions to finishing content in UltraHD, at an event in Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. Approaches to be examined will include …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Q3 Cord-Cutting Forecast by TDG Research

by Tom Allen

US-based TDG Research has found that adult broadband users are now less likely to cancel their pay-TV service. Research conducted in the first half of 2015 found that the percentage of these users ‘moderately …

Tags:Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 45

$25.5M Agreed in Oregon LCD Settlement

by Bob Raikes

A settlement has beeen agreed between the state of Oregon and nine LCD panel makers over the price fixing case that has been going on since 2007. The amounts are $6.97 million from LG …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Monopolies (Anti Trust)| Price Fixing| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 44

FCC Says No Spectrum Change Cost to Broadcasters

by Milos Pavlovic

In the US, the FCC has confirmed that it has set aside $1.75 billion to cover the costs of changing frequencies after a forthcoming spectrum auction, so broadcasters should not have to pay for …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 44