Vol 21 - Issue 45

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Asbis Opens UK Office

by Raverstead

Asbis has opened a London base to focus on the Prestigio brand and will be shipping Prestigio products, including tablets, smartphones and large touch screen PCs, from its European warehouse in Prague.

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Quantel Shows 8k 60fps Post-Production

by Raverstead

At Interbee 2014 (Tokyo, 19th – 21st November), Quantel will present what it says is the world’s first post-production technology demonstration in 8k at 60fps. Quantel’s Pablo Rio software and ‘multiple’ Nvidia Tesla GPUs …

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CPT Narrows Q3 Loss

by Raverstead

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) reported a 13.7% increase in revenue in October from the previous month at NT$4.9 billion ($160.2 million), though this was 2.5% down on October 2013. The company’s cumulative sales from …

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John Lewis’ EHT Sales Dip 3.2%

by Raverstead

John Lewis reported “a solid performance” in the last week of October, though sales in the electrical and home technology sector were down 3.2% from the previous week, which the company attributed to the …

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Spanish Pay-TV Rose in Q2

by Raverstead

The number of pay-TV subscribers in Spain increased by 340,000 in Q2’14, says regulator CNMC, to 4.3 million. Telefonica’s Movistar service saw the largest growth, up 91% YoY to 1.2 million. Canal Plus lost …

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Asia Tops Thomson Reuters Innovators

by Raverstead

Thomson Reuters has named its top 100 global innovators for 2014. Asian companies led the list, with 46 hailing from the region – including the first Chinese company, Huawei. North America, with 36 entrants, …

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Dell Replaces P-Series TN Panels

by Raverstead

Dell is iterating on last year’s 28″ UltraHD monitor, the P2815Q (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 47), with two smaller units known as the P2415Q (23.8″) and P2715Q (27″). The P2815Q was targeted at …

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USA and China Agree Landmark ITA Deal

by Raverstead

The USA and China have reached a new agreement on technology tariffs, which could cover as much as $1 trillion in trade. A deal was reached earlier this month, expanding the Information Technology Agreement …

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Perch Shows Projection Based Digital Signage Solution

by Helen Vince

Digital Signage – Perch is a New York based company focusing on creating a point of product display solution. While this is nothing new in general, Perch uses a combination of technologies to provide …

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The Latin American Perspective on the Display World

by Helen Vince

SID Latin Display Conference – I’m currently in Brazil for the annual Latin Display conference – an SID event that is run to help to educate display users in Brazil, and give an opportunity …

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DPAA Video Everywhere Summit Says Digital Advertising is Taking-Off

by Helen Vince

DPAA – The DPAA (Digital Place Based Advertising Association) organized The Video Everywhere Summit on November 4 in New York City. The conference addresses the advertising industry, agencies, advertisers and digital signage networks (digital out of …

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Large Format Display Applications at TGM 2014

by Helen Vince

Large Display, User Interface – Touch Gesture Motion 2014 in Austin, Texas, October 28-30, 2014, offered several presentations involving large format display applications.  A key observation by several presenters and attendees at TGM 2014 was …

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