Vol 25 – Issue 12 – Page 4

Digital TV Research: Western Europe Pay TV Subs Up But Revenues Down

by Andrew Fenn

Western European pay TV will gain subscribers between 2017 and 2023, according to Digital TV Research. Although this only represents a 2.6% increase, the report estimates nearly 3 million more subs, to take the …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| TV Viewing| Vol 25 - Issue 12

Edgeware Enables Server-Side Ad Insertion for Android and iOS Devices

by Andrew Fenn

Edgeware has announced Ad Enabler, which the company claims will make its ad insertion solution one of the first to support live OTT ad insertion on the MPEG-DASH standard, the native format for Android …

Tags:Advertising| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 12

Radiant Vision Systems to Host Webinar on Sparkle Measurement

by Andrew Fenn

Radiant Vision Systems’ Automotive Business Leader, Matt Scholz, will host a 30-minute webinar called Defining a Sparkle: Measurement Standard for Quality Control of Anti-Glare Displays on Tuesday 3rd April at 12 pm EDT. Topics …

Fremont Street Experience LED Canopy to be Refreshed

by Andrew Fenn

The Fremont Street Experience LED canopy in downtown Las Vegas is to get a facelift, upgrading its current brightness from 700cd/m², meaning the display can be operated—and visible—continuously rather than just at night time. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Outdoor Displays| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 12

Chicagon Magnificent Mile Goes LED

by Bob Raikes

A mall in Chicago, US, the ‘Magnificent Mile’ has a ceiling that is based on LED and that is used to show videos of the sky, trees and local birds as well as graphics. …

Ping HD Announces Grocery Retail Partnership with Adcorp360

by Andrew Fenn

Digital signage software solution provider Ping HD has announced that grocery retail advertising group Adcorp360 is rolling out its EngagePHD content management platform on system-on-a-chip digital signage displays from Samsung. With an initial rollout …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 12

BrightSign Powers Digital Signage in Mexico Department Store

by Andrew Fenn

Mexican department store chain, El Palacio de Hierro, recently completed a $300 million renovation which included a 60″ LED sphere and a full-ceiling patchwork of 90″ LED displays installed 20 metres above the main …

Zytronic to Demo New Touch Technology at DSE 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Zytronic of the UK will demonstrate its new range of multitouch controllers at this year’s Digital Signage Expo. The hardware has been designed to allow sensors to be designed with reduced borders—for example, less …

Tags:Back Panel| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Touch Controllers| Vol 25 - Issue 12

KDDI and Samsung Complete 5G Multi-Device Trial in Japan

by Andrew Fenn

KDDI and Samsung Electronics today announced the successful completion of a 5G field trial held in Okinawa Cellular Stadium, a 30,000-person capacity baseball stadium in Japan. Using Samsung’s 5G end-to-end solutions spanning virtualised core, …

LG Display Files Three New Micro-LED Trademarks in the EU

by Andrew Fenn

LG Display has filed three new EU trademarks relating to Micro-LED—XµLED, SµLED and XLµLED. In the application, the company attributed the trademarks to laptops, tablets, smartwatches and VR glasses. TVs and large-sized displays weren’t …

Apple to Launch Foldable OLED Smartphone in 2020?

by Andrew Fenn

Apple may be working towards a 2020 launch for its own foldable OLED smartphone, according to Wamsi Moham, an analyst with Merrill Lynch, who met with the company’s suppliers in Asia recently. Moham reports …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 12

Samsung Finds Reason For Blue PHOLED Decline

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Electronics is working with the Ewha Womans University in Korea to understand the mechanism for the degradation of the performance of blue phosphorescent OLED materials and the group has published a paper on …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 12