Vol 24 – Issue 04 – Page 7

Cisco Has UHD Spark Board

by Bob Raikes

Cisco has launched the Spark Board, an interactive edge-lit 55″ LCD with UltraHD (well Cisco said 4K, but we think it doesn’t understand the difference!) with contrast of 4,000:1 and brightness of 350 cd/m². …

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Goldbach Increases Market Share in DooH

by Alan Spencer

According to Invidis, Goldbach Media has significantly increased its market share in its DooH portfolio. In Switzerland, Goldbach added the three digital-out-of-home networks, Interdiscount Instore TV, Signactive TV and Verbierbergbahnen to its marketing portfolio …

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MediaTek Results 27/01/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

MediaTek Inc.announced FY16 Q4 consolidated revenue of NT$69 bn ($2.2 bn) with operating profit of NT$3.9 bn ($126 mn), resulting in an operating margin of 5.7%. The FY16 Q4 revenue was down 12.4% from …

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Pioneer Has Two New 4K UHD Blu-ray Drives for PCs

by Bob Raikes

Pioneer has launched two new UltraHD Blu-ray players for building into PCs in Japan. The disks are large and in a 5.25″ format for desktop PCs. The BDR-S11K is a ‘standard’ player, while the …

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AT&T Reports 235,000 Increase in Satellite Subscribers

by Alan Spencer

AT&T added 235,000 satellite subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2016, although IPTV subscribers declined by 262,000. For the third straight quarter, gross additions increased on a year-on-year basis even when excluding IPTV customers …

RTL XL Puts Advertising on Catch Up TV

by Bob Raikes

Broadband TV News reports that RTL Nederland is putting advertising on its Smart TV app, RTL XL, using a management platform called SpotX. The app is on Smart TVs from LG, Philips and Samsung.

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Is the Consumer Ready for AR / VR / MR?

by Norbert Hildebrand

With CES just behind us and MWC looming on the horizon, we can see how the idea of augmented / virtual / mixed realities is dominating many of the headlines focusing on consumer electronics. …

Dell Expands Interactive Display Range With InGlass

by Bob Raikes

Dell has been steadily increasing its product range in the large format display category and at BETT it was showing, for the first time globally, an 86″ interactive UltraHD display with FlatFrog ‘InGlass’ touch, …

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Exterion Media Grows in NI & Eire

by Bob Raikes

Exterion Media in Northern Ireland has added 70″ displays in five shopping malls in Kennedy Centre, Belfast; Bloomfield Shopping Centre, Bangor; Bow Street Mall, Lisburn; High Street Mall ,Portadown and Erneside Shopping Centre in …

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Daktronics Installs Largest European LED Display in London

by Bob Raikes

Daktronics has installed a new 1,128m² curved LED display at the Olympic Stadium which is now being used by West Ham football club as well as for other sports and entertainment. The display is …

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Epson Adds Four UST Projectors for Education

by Bob Raikes

Epson announced the latest BrightLink interactive ultra short-throw presentation displays for education, including the BrightLink 685Wi, 695Wi, 696Ui, and 697Ui. These enhanced displays enable individualized instruction with wireless content sharing and deliver up to …

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German Consumers Still Like TVs

by Bob Raikes

ZVEI commissioned a survey of 2,000 German consumers and found that the TV is still the preferred way to watch TV but there are changes in viewing practice. The study can be downloaded (although …