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Uldage Calls for Patents Essential to 4K/8K for IPTV and CATV

by Alan Spencer

Earlier this month, Uldage called for patents essential to the standards of 4K/8K TV broadcasting, applicable to IPTV and CATV, in order to setup a license programme. Uldage (United License for the Digital Age), …

Tags:4k| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 13

NTV-Plus Increases Coverage with Two Eutelsat Satellites

by Alan Spencer

Russia’s NTV-Plus pay-TV platform, has agreed contracts for two additional satellites with Eutelsat Communications. Following the launch of new services earlier this month, NTV-Plus now has full coverage across the Russian Federation. The expansion …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Russia| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Roku Gives TV Advertisers Audience Guarantees

by Alan Spencer

Roku can now give audience guarantees to TV advertisers, so that marketers can now measure campaigns using detailed demographic metrics, comparable to linear TV with Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings. With the addition of demographic …

Tags:Advertising| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Roku| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Japan On Track for 50% of Homes to Have 4K TV by 2020

by Alan Spencer

According to Broadband TV News, Japan is likely to meet its target of UHD TV subscriptions by 2020, according to Suga Masayuki, the deputy director of Japan’s ministry of internal affairs and communications. Japan …

Tags:4k| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 13

April Fool’s DOOH Campaign Run by Hotels.Com

by Alan Spencer

As part of an April Fool’s Day campaign, Hotels.com used Clear Channel’s entire UK digital estate last Saturday, and launched a fictitious range of hotel-scented perfumes. The perfumes included, ‘Touche de Fresh Sheets’, ‘Essence …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 13

BBC Online Audience Figures Lower Due to Netflix

by Alan Spencer

Viewing numbers for BBC’s online services are suffering due to Netflix. Nine years after launch, the iPlayer is used weekly by 13% of all adults in the UK, the same as for Netflix. For …

Tags:BBC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Spanish Pay-TV Subscribers Now Over 6 million

by Alan Spencer

According to Spain’s competition watchdog, Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), at the end of the third quarter of 2016, Spanish pay-TV subscribers reached 6,006,326, which is up almost 600,000 from …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Spain| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Despicable Me 1 & 2 to be First Dolby UHD Blu-Ray Releases

by Alan Spencer

‘Despicable Me’ and ‘Despicable Me 2’ from Universal, will be the first two UHD Blu-ray releases confirmed to use the Dolby Vision HDR format. The two UHD Blu-ray HDR releases will be available on …

Tags:4k| Blu-ray| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Stratacache Acquires Lift Network

by Alan Spencer

Last December, Stratacache acquired a 3,500 screen shopper marketing network in Lift convenience stores, taking the contract from VeriFone and it has now confirmed the deal. Many companies have failed to make a go …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Oculus Founder Luckey Leaves the Company

by Alan Spencer

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus, has left the company. Luckey was responsible for the company’s rise to prominence and its VR headset which went on sale in early 2016. No comment was available …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 24 - Issue 13

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Barco Sells High-End Systems to ETC

by Alan Spencer

Barco announced today that it has finalized an agreement. Barco has finally agreed terms with US-based lighting company, ETC to sell its lighting activity, high-end systems, that are based in Austin, Texas. This followed …

Tags:Barco| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Embed Signage Becomes Google Chrome OS Partner

by Alan Spencer

Embed Signage from the UK is now a certified partner that can offer digital signage software under the Google Cloud Chrome OS. Embed Signage’s software, not only supports the Chrome OS, but also iOS, …

Tags:Cloud Computing| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 13