Vol 24 – Issue 20 – Page 6

Virtual Perimeter Advertising Shown in Germany

by Bob Raikes

We saw an intriguing news story from Germany. At the recent Bundesliga match between Eintracht Frankfurt and VfL Wolfsburg, ADI and Supponor, with the support of Lagardère Sports, installed a full TV arc Virtual …

Tags:Advertising| Large Display Monitor| LED| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 24 - Issue 20

TDK Completes Acquisition of InvenSense

by Bob Raikes

TDK has complete its acquisition of the InvenSense business (TDK Agrees to Buy InvenSense) for around $1.3 billion to boost its business in sensors. TDK’s President and CEO, Mr. Shigenao Ishiguro, said “We are …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Panasonic is Technical Partner of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic was the technical partner for the Cannes Film Festival and said that it would highlight its know-how and collaboration with the film community, forged through the Panasonic Hollywood Lab. The company used the …

Survey Finds ATSC 3.0 Features Boost Smart TVs

by Bob Raikes

The results of a US nationwide SmithGeiger consumer survey conducted on the Advanced Television Systems Committee’s new ATSC 3.0 features demonstrate significant increases in willingness to spend more on a smart TV and accelerate …

Displays for the Brain – Part 1

by Kenneth Li

I am not a biologist or physiologist and do not know about the brain at any cellular level. My understanding of the brain is from observations of the how human beings interact with real …

Tags:Human Visual System (HVS)| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Nielsen Measures OOH TV

by Bob Raikes

Some six months ago, Nielsen said in the US that it was planning to measure TV commercial viewing in public spaces including hospitality, gyms and transportation sites. ESPN is the first company to use …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 24 - Issue 20

3D Globe in Stockholm

by Yvette Raikes

Projection mapping is being used to show live data tracking flights to and from Arlanda airport in Stockholm, Sweden, on a 3D globe. The passenger volume to Arlanda has gone up by 30% since …

Tags:Aviation| Large Display Monitor| Rear Projection| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Delta to Trial Face Recognition

by Bob Raikes

Delta Airlines is introducing new self-service bad drop machines at the Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport this summer and one of them will be equipped with a facial recognition system to match the baggage to …

Tags:Aviation| face recognition| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Com Hem Retains Tivo, but adds Android

by Bob Raikes

Broadband TV News reports that at the Connected TV World Summit, Thomas Helbo, the CTO of Com Hem, the Swedish Pay TV operator, said that it will launch an Android-based STB that will be …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Mediatek Wins Oppo & Vivo with Helio

by Bob Raikes

Taiwan and blog sources are pointing to a design win for Mediatek’s Helio P30 chips with Oppo and Vivo, both Chinese smartphone brands on the rise. (see MWC 2017 Round-up for comments on the …

Tags:Chips| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Asus to Drop Smartwatches?

by Bob Raikes

Various sources in Taiwan are saying that Asus is to abandond the smartwatch market as it has seen sale of its ZenWatch 3 at levels lower than it hoped and at just 5,000 to …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Take a Big Breath, It’s Display Week…

by Bob Raikes

Next week is the annual SID Display Week, the highlight of the display industry and a real pleasure if you are a geek like me. There will be plenty to see and hear. I …