LG Electronics has partnered with Google for a joint marketing effort for OLED TVs. LG Electronics held a ceremony to declare the “OLED TV digital marketing cooperation” with Google on June 22. The companies plan to target their marketing towards potential users of Google’s big data analysis capabilities. Instead of …
LED Displays/Billboards
Mellon Independence Center Gets Daktronics Display Along Roof Façade
The roof façade of the Mellon Independence Center (MIC) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, now has a MEDIAM ESH® LED display. MEDIAM ESH is an LED display technology from Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota, and GKDMetalFabrics. A partnership between Daktronics and GKDMetalFabrics developed the MEDIAM ESH video display product that provides a combination …
LED Display Maker Trans-Lux Opens New Design and Production Facility in Shenzhen, China
LED display producer, Trans-Lux of New York, New York USA, announced the opening of a new design and production facility in Shenzhen, China. The new facility will complement its existing manufacturing operations in Des Moines, Iowa. Additionally, the company announced the formation of new technology partnerships with leading LED suppliers …
Digital Signage Revenue to Grow 10 Percent in 2015, According to IHS
Market research firm, IHS points out that as the total cost for digital signage continues to decrease, expanded deployment becomes more feasible in many industry sectors. According to a new report from IHS Inc., overall revenue for the digital signage market, which includes LED-based signage, is expected to increase by …
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Stadium to Get Two Massive Daktronics Displays
Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota, has been contracted to supply and install two large LED video displays at Queen Elizabeth. Daktronics claims that the displays will be the largest in-bowl displays in Europe and will be operational at Olympic Park Stadium, London, in time for 2015 Rugby World Cup. Daktronics …
Osram Wins Injunction Then Files Three Further Lawsuits Against Asus After Failing to Reach a Settlement
Osram reports that the company has obtained a favorable first instance judgment in its patent infringement lawsuit against the Taiwanese company, ASUSTek Computer Inc. Osram alleged that certain white LEDs such as those used in first generation ASUS Nexus 7 tablets infringe its German patent DE 196 55 185. The …
on May 26, 2015 in Single and Multi-chip Packaged LEDs, Latest News, LED Displays/Billboards, LED Business News
Calgary Stampede Adds New Mobile NanoLumens NanoSlim® 6MM Pitch LED Displays
The Calgary Stampede, a 10-day event billed as “The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth”, draws 1.2 million visitors. The event features one of the world’s largest rodeos, and about 350,000 people attend a parade. The event also features a midway, live music, agriculture competitions, chuckwagon racing, and First Nations exhibitions. …
Ignis to Debut High Dynamic Range AMOLED Display for Smartphones
Ignis, a smartphone display maker, says that the drive to higher pixel’s per inch has become crazy with no real practical difference for consumers. However, the company says that other parameters such as high dynamic range (HDR) have been ignored for smartphones. Before the advent of AMOLED displays, the company …
Watchfire Introduces Ten-Year Guarantee for its MX Class Billboards
LEDs can last a long time, and some LED products come with a warranty. Watchfire signs, a maker of LED-based digital billboards has gone further. Watchfire Signs announced the launch of its MX Class, a billboard option that the company guarantees to look as good in its tenth year of …
Indy Cars to Get LED-based Alpha-Numeric Displays to Engage Fans
The May 9th race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, was the first race to implement an LED display on each car that revealed each car’s real-time ranking in the race. The 8-inch by 7-inch LED display panel is positioned on either side of air box below the cockpit camera mount. In …
