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Panasonic Could Sweep Five Awards at AV Awards 2016

by Isaac Oburu

Panasonic has been nominated in five categories at the AV Awards 2016, including Manufacturer of the Year. The PT-FZ570 has been nominated Projector of the Year; the AF1 display for Digital Signage Product of …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Samsung Developing Standalone Headset

by Isaac Oburu

According to reports, Samsung confirmed that a new standalone VR headset is being developed at its developer conference, and a new trademark filing in Korea may indicate its name. According to Galaxy Club, the …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Tricolor TV Launches UltraHD Package

by Isaac Oburu

Russia’s pay-TV operator Tricolor TV has launched a commercial UltraHD package that consists of three channels: Tricolor Ultra HD, Insight UHD, and Fashion One.

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Russia| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Nokia Want a Piece of the Smartphone ‘Cake’

by Isaac Oburu

Nokia has its eyes set on the mobile market again, with two Android 7.0 devices. Sources told NokiaPowerUser that the could be waterproof, with IP68 certification. They will both feature a metal chassis, with …

Tags:Android| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 29

UltraHD Missing From Xbox One S

by Isaac Oburu

Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox One S requires an update to be downloaded before it can play bacl UltraHD content. The console was launched worldwide on the 2nd August.

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 30| xBox

Rogers TV Subscribers Down in Q2

by Isaac Oburu

Rogers Communications, a Canadian communications and media company has announced its operating results. Rogers recorded a drop in total TV subscribers to 23,000 in Q2’16 from 32,000 in Q2’15.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| North America| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 29

AT&T Records 25 Million Subscribers in Q2

by Isaac Oburu

AT&T recorded a drop of 49,000 total video subscribers in Q2’16. Satelite subscribers rose to 342,000 in the same quarter. U-verse TV subscribers declined 391,000. Total AT&T video subscribers for the quarter were 25.3 …

Tags:AT&T| DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 29

CAST introduces Ultra HD-capable video compression cores

by Isaac Oburu

Semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc. recently introduced the newest generation in its eighteen-year-long series of IP cores for video and image compression. The new 2016 Video and Image Compression Cores Family includes encoders …

Tags:Encoders| MPEG4 (H.264 AVC)

Insta360 Nano Offers Perfect Peripheral Vision on the Go

by Isaac Oburu

Insta360 Nano is the first HD camera to shoot and live-stream high definition virtual reality and panoramic stills and videos directly from an iPhone. The Apple MFi-approved Insta360 Nano simply clips onto an iPhone …

Tags:Cameras| iPhone| Virtual Reality

BrightSign Powers Digital Signage Pillar at Westfield

by Isaac Oburu

BrightSign, LLC®, the global market leader in digital signage media players, and Project Audio Visual today announced the successful installation of a very unusual cylindrical digital signage column at theWestfield Shopping Centre in White …

Tags:Brightsign| Digital Signage