Vol 23 - Issue 50

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Christie’s Pandora Box Pops Up

by Bob Raikes

Christie sent out information on uses of the Pandoras Box. One that caught our eye (and shows a Christmas-like scene) is the Hans-Peter Porsche Traumwerk, which has a 400m² alpine model railway set-up (German, …

Tags:Back Panel| Christie| Large Display Monitor| Projection Mapping| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Novel Metal Projection Screen in Milan Retailer

by Bob Raikes

Game 7 Athletics in Milan has a new flagship store that uses an area separated by perforated metal sheeting and sliding plexiglass panels to highlight the area where sports shoes are sold. The walls …

Tags:Italy| Large Display Monitor| Projection| Retail| Vol 23 - Issue 50

WordPress Gets Support for Embedded VR Media

by Bob Raikes

Much of the web is driven by sites built on the WordPress CMS platform (26% of the web by some accounts). Now the platform has been updated to allow the support of VR 360º …

Tags:AR/VR| Content Management (CMS)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 50

DTT Problem in Poland

by Bob Raikes

There are reports that there have been problems with DTT broadcast of some channels of public broadcaster TVP in Poland. The national transmission company, Emitel, said that there were problems in 11 of the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Poland| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 23 - Issue 50

TV Panel Supply Shuffle Continues

by Milos Pavlovic

Following the split between Samsung’s TV business and Sharp’s panel business, (Sharp Shuns Samsung TV Panel Business), further re-alignments are reported from the supply chain. As well as the Hisense (Hisense Joins Samsung on …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Samsung Display| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 50

EU Cable Will Grow Despite OTT – IHS

by Bob Raikes

IHS released data about the development of the cable industry in the EU and prepared in collaboration with Cable Europe, the European cable trade association. Key findings from the 2015 yearbook include: Gross cable …

Tags:Broadcast| Cable| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Lenovo’s Flexible Phone and Tablet Shown at Lenovo Tech World 2016

by Arthur Berman

At the recent Lenovo Tech World 2016 held in San Francisco, Lenovo showed two next generation prototypes based on flexible display technology. The first prototype was called CPlus. It is a conceptual smartphone / …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Smartwatches| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 50

BMW to Show the HoloActive Dashboard Interface at CES

by Arthur Berman

BMW has announced that it will debut the so-called HoloActive Touch system at CES 2017. Described by its creator as “an innovative operating concept for the interior of the future,” it is the latest …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50

JCDecaux Combines Sliding LED with Backlit

by Bob Raikes

JCDecaux has installed an unusual display configuration at Changi Airport, Singapore, Terminal 2. A 40m² 4.8mm pitch LED display is designed to slide in front of two 33m² backlit poster displays. The advertising designers …

Tags:DOOH| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 50

JC Decaux Wins Irish Transport Authority

by Bob Raikes

JCDecaux has signed a five year contract with the National Transport Authority of Ireland. The company will take over the advertising rights and maintenance related to 1,843 existing bus shelters and 3,726 advertising panels. …

Tags:DOOH| Ireland| Large Display Monitor| Transport| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Vivitek Appoints Karma in the UK

by Isaac Oburu

Vivitek has appointed Karma AV to distribute its home cinema solutions in the UK. Vivitek has also trained Karma AV on the new home cinema projector, H5098, that is expected to launch soon.

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50