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Fox Sports Starts UltraHD on DirecTV

by Bob Raikes

Fox Sports in the US is planning to support UltraHD sports broadcasts through DirectTV by showing the California-Stanford basketball game on the 17th Feb. The channel is available on channel 106 for subscribers (DirecTV …

Weather Network Now on Foxxum Smart TV platform

by Bob Raikes

Foxxum which supplies Smart TV solutions for TV makers including TCL, Hisense, Atmaça, Cultraview and THTF, has done a deal with the Weather Network, owned by Pelmorex Media, to support the weather app in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 06

UHD Blu-ray Discs to Hit 8.4 million in 2017

by Bob Raikes

Futuresource forecast that 8.4 million UltraHD Blu-ray discs would be sold in 2017, 4% of total Blu-ray disk sales. The development will be helped by the weak support for HDR so far in sets. …

Wipro’s In-car DTV Middleware Adapted for Japan

by Bob Raikes

WiPro of Bangalore, India, said that its Digital-TV (DTV) Middleware Solution, which facilitates In-Car TV reception systems, has been customized for the Japanese automotive market and is being offered as a turnkey solution for …

Tags:Automotive| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Eizo VPX H.265 Video Encoder has Dual 3G-SDI Inputs

by Bob Raikes

Eizo Rugged Solutions Inc. (formerly Tech Source, Inc.) has announced a new VPX H.265 High Efficiency Video Encoding (HEVC) video/audio encoder that fits a 3U rack. The Condor VPX-H265-SDI features dual 3G-SDI inputs and …

Tags:Aviation| Large Display Monitor| Military & Defence| Video Encoders & Decoders| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Nokia 3310 to Return?

by Bob Raikes

VentureBeat has reported that HDM Global Oy, the licensee of the Nokia brand for smartphones, will launch a number of new mobile phones using the brand at MWC. The Nokia 6 has already been …

Tags:FeaturePhones (mobile phones)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

JDI Shows Very Transparent LCD

by Bob Raikes

Japan Display Inc (JDI) has shown a display with transmittance of 80% at a technology event in Tokyo, according to Nikkei Technology. The display does not use a polariser or filter, but Nikkei said …

Tags:Automotive| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Mobile Display Monitor| Transparent Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Nokia Creates First 5G Connection Using Intel

by Bob Raikes

Nokia said that it has completed a 5G connection in Oulu, Finland using an Intel architecture-based data centre and Intel 5G Mobile Trial Platform as the end-user device. We liked this graphic about the …

Tags:5G| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Delta Electronics Down in January

by Bob Raikes

Delta Electronics saw revenues of NT$14.4 billion ($467 million), representing a 16% decrease as compared to NT$17.15 billion ($555 million) for January 2016 and a 26% decrease compared to NT$19.49 billion ($630 million) for …

Tags:Delta| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Barco Presents on Colour and Panning for Medical Imaging

by Bob Raikes

Barco’s medical group presented a number of studies at the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, February 11-16 in Orlando, Florida. The papers addressed the workflow in digital pathology reading, as well as the interpretation of …

Tags:Barco| Dicom Medical Calibration| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Samsung To Continue to Dominate OLED Market

by Bob Raikes

UBI Research of Korea said that it values the OLED market for smartphones as $57 billion by 2020, with 72% of the market being taken by Samsung at that time. The combination of Apple’s …

LG Wins “Best of the Best” for W7 Wallpaper TV

by Bob Raikes

LG Electronics said that it has won an Engadget Best of the Best award for its Series W7 Wallpaper TV, one of twenty awards won by the TV. Overall, the company said that it …