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Comcast Again Stalls Introduction of 4K HDR STBs

by Alan Spencer

Comcast has announced that it is delaying the introduction of its 4K HDR set-top boxes. The company is deliberately doing this until the 4K content landscape becomes clearer. Joshua Seiden, executive director at Comcast …

Tags:4k| Cable| Comcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Sky Q Gets Enhancements

by Alan Spencer

Sky in the UK has announced that a voice search feature is being added to the Sky Q platform. This should make it quicker and easier for subscribers to find what they want to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Sky| STBs| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Cogeco Connexion Introduces TiVo 4K PVR Service

by Alan Spencer

Cogeco Connexion has introduced a new TiVo 4K PVR allowing its customers in Quebec and Ontario to access UHD TV. Customers will now be able to see UHD images with four times the resolution …

Tags:Canada| Large Display Monitor| Tivo| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Eyevis UK Clocks Up One Million Hours

by Alan Spencer

The video wall and visual display solutions company, eyevis UK, has now clocked up over a million hours in a year of 24/7 operation. The UK branch of the company is based in Burnley …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 11

DSS Europe 2017 Moves to ICM Munich

by Alan Spencer

The eleventh Digital Signage Summit Europe is to be staged at the ICM (Internationales Congress Centre, Munich) on 5th and 6th July this year. DSS Europe will include a two-day conference plus an exhibition …

Tags:Back Panel| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Go2Digital Installs New Totems in Zagreb Mall

by Alan Spencer

Go2Digital has installed six freestanding double-sided totems in the Zagreb shopping mall, Arena Complex, adding to the 15 other shopping malls that have the company’s signage. Go2Digital is a Croatian national DOOH advertising media …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Exterion Media Installs DooH LED Screen in Spain

by Alan Spencer

Exterion Media has installed a large LED screen at a shopping mall in Spain. Prior to this, the UK company had been active in Spain with analogue advertising, including large analogue billboards as well …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| Spain| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Eutelsat and Nilesat HD Channel Count up 50% in MENA

by Alan Spencer

Eutelsat has announced that its satellite combination at 7/8° West, which is occupied by Eutelsat and Nilesat satellites, is now offering 175 HD channels, 100 of which are exclusive. This announcement was made at …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 11

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SES’s Global Audience Now Over One Billion

by Alan Spencer

According to Advanced Television, SES has announced that its satellites are now delivering TV entertainment and news programming to over one billion people and 325 million homes. They confirmed that this represents an 18% …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| Vol 24 - Issue 11

4KUniverse to Launch 4K SVOD on Amazon Fire TV

by Alan Spencer

4KUniverse is to launch its 4K SVOD service on Amazon Fire TV in May this year in North America. The service will be based on Accedo’s Videa cloud-based platform solution. The channel is available …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| SVOD| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Bochum To Get Gigabit Internet Service

by Alan Spencer

According to Broadband TV News, Liberty Global’s German subsidiary, Unitymedia is to launch a gigabit Internet service in the city of Bochum in the first quarter of 2018. The service will be based on …

Tags:broadband| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Electronics Banned on US Flights From Middle East

by Alan Spencer

A new ban has been announced by the US. No large electronic devices will be allowed in cabin baggage on passenger flights from eight Muslim majority countries. The Department of Homeland Security said that …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Security| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 11