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MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 11

by Tom Allen

Asus‘ Zenfone 2 smartphone, which we saw at CES (Asus Swims Against Current With Mobile Announcements), is now on sale in Taiwan. It will also roll out to China, Hong Kong, Singapore and France …

IPTV Grows With Deutsche Telekom

by Tom Allen

65,000 new customers joined Deutsche Telekom’s IPTV platform, Entertain, in Q4 last year. The platform had 2.44 million subscribers at the end of the year.

US Pay-TV Sees Low Growth in 2014

by Tom Allen

The 10 top US pay-TV operators lost 20,600 subscribers collectively in Q4’14, according to Informitiv’s Multiscreen Index. This compares to a loss of 45,000 in Q3. Despite these results, the companies gained 82,000 subscribers …

Barco Assists in Playhouse Square Renovation

by Tom Allen

Barco, with The Barncyz Group, has rolled out interactive LCD advertising kiosks and outdoor LED displays to Cleveland’s newly-renovated theatre district, Playhouse Square. Seven double-sided 72″ kiosks (the LCD72OX) have been installed, delivering 2,000 …

Epson’s Tom Versfelt Named as CRN Channel Chief

by Tom Allen

Tom Versfelt, VP of channel and commercial sales at Epson America, has been named on the list of 2015 CRN Channel Chiefs. This list represents IT channel leaders holding direct responsibility for driving revenue …

Admirable Chooses Broadsign for 265-Screen Rollout

by Tom Allen

Admirable, a Hispanic signage network in the USA, has deployed 265 new 42″ screens using Broadsign’s cloud-based software. CTO Kristian Diaz said that Broadsign’s platform was “made for ad-based networks such as our own”.

Insight Series: Why Education Market Customers Can’t Be Fooled Anymore

by Len Scrogan

Welcome to a new series that is intended to shine some light on the thinking, preferences and tendencies of your education market customers. I know them well. I was one of them. I’ve been …

Tags:Education| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 09

LG Secures OLED Wins

by Tom Allen

LG’s OLED TVs have been recognised for their display quality in the USA and Europe. Digital Trends gave a five-star rating to the company’s 65EC9700 TV and chose it as the editor’s choice. In …

DirecTV Warns Over OTT Margins

by Tom Allen

DirecTV added 149,000 subscribers in Q4’14, the company has said, ending the year with 20.35 million US subscribers. 903,000 subscribers joined the company in Latin America. CEO Mike White cautioned that OTT margins are …

Gartner: Refurbished Phones Will Impact New Sales

by Tom Allen

The global market for refurbished smartphones will climb to 120 million units by 2017, with an equivalent wholesale revenue of about $14 billion. Last year, the market reached 56 million units. According to Gartner, …

InfoSonics’ Phablet is Low Cost

by Tom Allen

US-based Infosonics has stepped up a size with a 6″ phablet: the S6001 Cyprus. A mid-range product, the Cyprus features an IPS panel with 1280 x 720 resolution. It also has dual SIM slots, …

Tags:LATAM| Mobile Display Monitor| phablets| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Cable TV Falls in Double Digits

by Tom Allen

According to Nielsen data, cable TV viewing in the USA was down 12.7% in January, as OTT services continue to gain popularity. Nomura Research, which highlighted the findings, called it ‘one of the worst …