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Spanish Pay-TV Rose in Q2

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The number of pay-TV subscribers in Spain increased by 340,000 in Q2’14, says regulator CNMC, to 4.3 million. Telefonica’s Movistar service saw the largest growth, up 91% YoY to 1.2 million. Canal Plus lost …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Spain| TV Reception| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Spanish Government Urged to Move DTT Deadline

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Spanish trade bodies have urged the government to extend its DTT migration deadline (currently 31st December) by three months. The associations (Uteca, FORTA, Installers Federation Fenitel, the Consumers Association and Abertis Telecom) say that …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| Spain| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Sony TV Service Enters Beta

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We have been hearing rumours about a Sony web-TV service for almost two years (since Display Monitor Vol 20 No 2), and now the company has finally followed through. Playstation Vue will be a …

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Qisda Enjoys Rising Shipments

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Taiwanese OEM Qisda has raised its monitor and projector shipments by 20% and 40% YoY in Q1-Q3’14, according to company president Peter Chen. The results put shipments at 11.8 million and 1.2 million, respectively …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Qisda| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Qualcomm Supports Higher Mobile Resolutions

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Qualcomm has spoken out in support of UltraHD smartphone screens. By mid- to late-2015, there will be several smartphones on the market using the format, the company believes. In an open document, Qualcomm argues …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Resolution| Smartphones| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Quantel Shows 8k 60fps Post-Production

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At Interbee 2014 (Tokyo, 19th – 21st November), Quantel will present what it says is the world’s first post-production technology demonstration in 8k at 60fps. Quantel’s Pablo Rio software and ‘multiple’ Nvidia Tesla GPUs …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Post Production| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Roku Lead Narrows, Apple TV Loses to Chromecast

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Sales of Google’s Chromecast streaming media stick surpassed the Apple TV in Q1-Q3’14 – although Roku devices still lead. Chromecast sales were not counted in 2013, but were comfortably ahead of the ageing Apple …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Roku| Streaming Dongles| Vol 21 - Issue 48

SBB Invests CHF15 Million in LED Displays

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The Swiss railway operator, SBB, is installing signage systems in 17 stations around the country. By the end of next year 44 large-format LED displays will have replaced existing departure and arrival boards. The …

Tags:Digital Signage| Europe| Large Display Monitor| LED| Transport| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Short Supply Boosts Panel Prices

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TV panels in 32″, 40″, 42″, 48″ and 50″ sizes increased in price by between $1 and $2 at the beginning of December. According to DisplaySearch, this was largely due to increased demand due …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| NPD DisplaySearch| Pricing| Vol 21 - Issue 49

SkreensTV Brings Multi-Display to Consumer TVs

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A device currently seeking funding on Indiegogo (24 days left of the campaign and 14% funded at the time of writing) promises to bring picture-by-picture functionality to any TV. ‘SkreensTV’ can handle up to …

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Sky Subscribers Rise in Q3

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Sky Deutschland ended Q3’14 with more than 3.9 million subscribers. Sky Premium HD customers rose by 75,000, to exceed 2.3 million.

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Sky| TV Reception| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Sony Provides UltraHD For Free…ish

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Sony is now offering customers five high-resolution films for free. Between 31st October and 27th December, customers with a 2014 Bravia UltraHD TV can take the ‘Privilege Movies 4k’ promotion to get 10 films, …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| sony| UltraHD| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 21 - Issue 44