Vol 21 - Issue 45

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DirecTV Firming up Plans for 4K-UHD Service

by Raverstead

According to a transcript of the earning call for DirecTV provided by TheStreet, the company will soon begin offering an UltraHD video on demand (VOD) service by the end of the year. In 2015, …

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JCDecaux Result 07/11/2014

by Raverstead

JCDecaux SA has released its quarterly trading update for Q3. The company’s turnover in the quarter rose 6% year on year to €669.3 million from €631.6 million in the third quarter of last year. …

Tags:Financial Data| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45

USB Promoter Group Adds New Type-C Specifications

by Raverstead

New USB specifications have been released by the USB 3.0 Promoter Group, and are now available to download from http://www.usb.org/developers/docs. They are USB Power Delivery v2.0 and USB Billboard Device Class v1.0 – said …

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KPN Scraps STB for IPTV Service

by Raverstead

Dutch operator KPN is working with SMiT, a manufacturer of conditional access modules (CAMs), to launch an IPTV service that does not require a set-top box. A product pilot will begin next year, using …

Tags:CI+ Interface| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| STBs| Vol 21 - Issue 45

US TV Subscriber Fall Offset by Telco Gains

by Raverstead

Cable and satellite TV services in the USA suffered significant subscriber losses in Q3 – but these were offset by telco provider gains. According to Informitv’s Multiscreen Index, there was a net loss of …

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AUO’s Sales, Shipments Edge Higher

by Raverstead

AU Optronics (AUO) saw increases in both sales and panel shipments in October, achieving revenue of just under NT$37 billion ($1.2 billion) for the month, up by 3.9% month on month and 9.1% year …

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Dish and CBS Finally Reach an Agreement

by Raverstead

As we have reported before, Dish Network and CBS have been in negotiations about a new carriage agreement for quite some time. Now the companies say they have reached an agreement which satisfies both …

Tags:Dish Network| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retransmission| Vol 21 - Issue 45

What has 3D Done for me Lately?

by Raverstead

In the educational 3D world, stasis is a hazardous state of being. It’s all too easy for a pioneering software or hardware company to slow drip their way into obsolescence. I have seen it …

Tags:3D Content Creation| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45

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 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 21 - Issue 45

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 …

Tags:business| LATAM| Latin Display 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 45

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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