Vol 23 – Issue 27 – Page 4

Moab Moves Into Solar TV

by Tom Allen

A company called Moab Power is designing TVs for countries where power supplies are only intermittent. The company’s normal focus is on addressing basic power and lighting needs in developing regions. The Solar TVs, …

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AV Stumpfl Celebrates Norway’s Olympic History

by Tom Allen

AV Stumpfl’s Wings Engine Raw media servers and Wings Vioso calibration software have been used to resurrect Norway’s Olympic past in the Norwegian Olympic Museum. Opened in February, the Museum features the ‘Lysgaardsbakkene’ (‘Jump …

Acer’s X3 Focuses on Security

by Tom Allen

Acer’s new TravelMate X359 notebook, the first in the X3 series, is designed for portability. It is 14″, weighing 1.5kg and measuring 18mm thick. Intended for professional users, the notebook uses a 6th generation …

France: Cable Climbing at Expense of DTH

by Tom Allen

Audience measurement company Mediamétrie says that around 75% of the French population (43.7 million people) now take satellite, cable or IPTV services. DTH reception has declined since 2012 to about 15.2 million, while cable …

Digital Rises in Hungary

by Tom Allen

Hungarian regulator NMHH has said that 73% of pay TV homes in the country are now taking digital services. There were almost 3.3 million Hungarian pay TV subscribers as of May. Of these around …

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Consumer TVs Affect Public Display Market

by Tom Allen

The global digital signage and professional display market is growing at a CAGR of 8.3%, says IHS: from 4.4 million units in 2015 to a projected 7.7 million in 2020. In Q1’16, public display …

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Exertis Takes AVer

by Tom Allen

Exertis is now distributing video conferencing systems from AVer in the UK.

Apple’s OLED Capacity Will Take Half of G6 Equipment Orders

by Tom Allen

UBI Research has predicted that Apple’s rumoured adoption of OLED technology in the next iPhone will lead to $13 billion of production equipment orders by 2020. The firm estimates that Apple’s orders will take …

NHK’s iOLED is Moisture-Resistant

by Milos Pavlovic

In 2013, Japanese broadcaster NHK’s Science & Technology Research Laboratories (STRL) developed a new OLED structure to improve its moisture and oxygen resistance. The development was called ‘inverted OLED’ or iOLED. A full colour …

ViewSonic Chooses Android Player

by Tom Allen

ViewSonic’s newest 65″ display, the CDE6502, is a digital signage screen with a high contrast ratio, hard coating and bundled media player. The vController software, which is pre-installed, can be used for remote management …

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Barco Supports Hyundai’s 360° Projection

by Tom Allen

Hyundai has installed a 20m x 40m dome structure in King’s Cross, London to bring football fans to ‘the heart of each match’. The FanDome is a 360° experience, created to host 40,000 guests …

Mutlitaction Reaches Houses of Parliament

by Tom Allen

A Multitaction iWall was installed at the Houses of Parliament in the UK, to support a week-long exhibition held by the British Lung Foundation. The exhibition began on the 4th July and used the …