Vol 23 – Issue 10 – Page 6

Signagelive Powers GameStop’s CMS

by Tom Allen

Integrator Cedemo, with IAdea and Signagelive, has installed a digital signage solution in more than 1,000 stores across five European countries. US retailer GameStop owns the locations, and placed particular value on the ability …

Samsung Beats Galaxy Pre-Orders

by Tom Allen

Samsung UK has said that pre-orders for the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge were the highest ever seen for any Galaxy product sold in the country. Pre-orders were ‘at least 2.5 times greater’ than …

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UK Footfall Falls on Brexit Concerns

by Tom Allen

Data from Ipsos Retail Performance has shown that retail footfall in the UK was down 7.9% MoM in February, and 1.3% YoY. The firm believes this to be due to weakening consumer confidence at …

NEC Strengthens European Sales Team

by Tom Allen

NEC has made new appointments to its sales team in Europe. Simon Jackson is the new leader of the Strategic and Vertical Sales EMEA group. Responsible for the UK operation since 2007, Jackson was …

NEC Prepares for Solutions Showcase

by Tom Allen

Registration for the 2016 NEC Display Solutions Showcase is now open. Now in its eighth year, the Showcase will highlight end-to-end solutions created by partners using NEC’s products. The event will take place in …

Perseus SDK Now Available

by Tom Allen

V-Nova has launched its Perseus compression technology (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements) as an SDK. With this move, Perseus can be built into third-party encoders and video players. Perseus can be deployed on …

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LDM Product Roundup Vol 23 No 10

by Tom Allen

Wee have received the prices for AOC‘s 75 Series of desktop monitors (AOC Has a Monitor for Everyone). The monitors will cost £335 ($430) (Q2775PQU); £210 ($270) (I2775PQU); £180 ($230) (E2775SJ); £155 ($200) (I2475PXQU); …

LG Asks Samsung to Join OLED Effort

by Tom Allen

LG Display has officially reached out to Samsung Display, asking its rival to join the race to efficiently develop large-size OLED panels, in order to beat rising competition from China. At a meeting of …

Dolby Vision Coming to Amazon Video

by Tom Allen

Amazon has said that it will begin to stream Dolby Vision content ‘soon’, in addition to the HDR10 content is began to offer last summer. LG’s new Super UHD (2016) TVs will be the …

Prestigio Furthers Reach with Smithie

by Tom Allen

Smithie UK has taken on Prestigio’s range of smartphones, tablets, dash-cams and interactive multiboards.

Sequential Rise Expected at TSMC

by Tom Allen

TSMC’s consolidated revenues in February reached NT$59.6 billion ($1.6 billion): a 16% QoQ and 4.9% YoY fall. Year-to-date revenues were NT$130.4 billion ($3.6 billion), down 12.9% YoY. The firm previously adjusted its Q1 revenue …

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Rai Working With Eutelsat on UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Italian public broadcaster Rai is working with Eutelsat to trial UltraHD broadcasts. Although Rai has not shared any more details, it has purchased the TV rights to (eventually) air 23 of the games from …