Vol 23 – Issue 28 – Page 3

BrightSign Powers Curved Column

by Tom Allen

A cylindrical digital signage column has been installed at Westfield White City in London, using Brightsign’s media players. A curved LED display from Dynascan, which was an unusual 820 x 580 resolution, was installed …

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Displax Expands With Chang

by Tom Allen

Thomas Chang has joined large screen pcap touch maker Displax as an executive vice president, to support the company’s expansion in North America. Chang has previously worked with Cima Nanotech as VP of sales, …

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Insight Media Examines Sub-Pixel Rendering

by Tom Allen

Insight Media has published a new white paper on sub-pixel rendering. The document both discusses the technology itself, various methods of SPR and provides details on products using these techniques. These include smartphones, tablets, …

China Boosts Barco’s Bottom Line

by Tom Allen

Barco has celebrated an rise in its results for the first half of 2016. Incoming orders rose 2% YoY (to €532.9 million) and sales were up 4.5% (to €529.2 million). Gross profit margin was …

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Asahi Revises Sales Down and Profits Up

by Tom Allen

Asahi Glass has revised both its first half and full year 2016 consolidated financial forecasts, based on ‘recent performance trends’. The previous forecast for the first half 2016 was ¥680 billion ($6.4 billion), with …

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Leyard Brings Desert Sky to Switzerland

by Tom Allen

Leyard LED video walls are being used in La Salle des Emirats, at the European headquarters of the United Nations: the Palace of Nations in Geneva. The Leyard TVH series wall uses 126 LED …

90%+ of Operators Offer Multiscreen

by Tom Allen

A report from the Pay TV Innovation Forum, researched by MTM and funded by Kudelski, has found that 92% of operators in Europe offer a multiscreen service. 49% provide access to third-party platforms and …

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Christie Supplies Projection to Universal

by Tom Allen

Christie has signed an agreement with Universal Parks & Resorts, to act as the Official Projection System Provider for the organisation. Christie will supply projection systems, including hardware, software and services, for Universal, including …

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Discussion Turns to DOOH in Austria

by Tom Allen

The Austrian Media Days event will be held on the 20th and 21st September 2016, where industry members will discuss digital signage in Austria and the wider world. A focus this year will be …

Gartner Prepares For Symposium 2016

by Tom Allen

The next Gartner Symposium/ITxpo will take place between the 16th and 20th October in Orlando, Florida. More than 8,500 CIOs and senior IT and business leaders will attend. Keynote speakers will include Microsoft CEO …

Live HEVC Streaming With Media Excel and Unified Streaming

by Tom Allen

Encoding/transcoding firm Media Excel and stream technology provider Unified Streaming are now offering a joint content delivery solution, based on HEVC, using existing infrastructure and ‘proven’ workflows. Live HEVC has been added to Media …

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APAC Climbs, but USA Leads OTT Revenues

by Tom Allen

Digital TV Research’s OTT & video revenue report predicts that global revenues will reach $64.8 billion in 2021 – a large increase from $4.5 billion in 2010 and $29.4 billion in 2015. APAC will …

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