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KPN Loses DTT Subscribers

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KPN’s DTT platform in the Netherlands, Digitenne, is believed to have dropped below 500,000 subscribers. In KPN’s recent results, the Digitenne figure came under the heading ‘Other TV homes’ (508,000), which also included analogue …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| Terrestrial (DTT)| TV Reception| Vol 21 - Issue 44

KPN Scraps STB for IPTV Service

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Dutch operator KPN is working with SMiT, a manufacturer of conditional access modules (CAMs), to launch an IPTV service that does not require a set-top box. A product pilot will begin next year, using …

Tags:CI+ Interface| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| STBs| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Massive Billboard Installed in Times Square

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A new digital billboard has been erected in New York’s Times Square – one of the largest and most expensive in the world. Running the length of a full city block, the billboard is …

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Matrox Powers Munich Airport FID

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The 72-screen flight information display at Munich Airport (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 27) is driven by Matrox’s M-Series graphics cards. Local system integrator Inonet used a combination of an M9148 quad-monitor and an …

Tags:Germany| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| Video Wall Processors| Video Walls| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Nanotech Expands With Samsung

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Nanotech Entertainment has signed a deal with Samsung, making its Ultraflix VoD service available on all 2014 Samsung UltraHD TVs.

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| VOD in UltraHD & 4K| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Netflix Closing in on 17 Million Subs

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After achieving 14.4 million subscribers outside of the USA in September, Netflix has said that it expects to reach 17 million paying customers by the end of this year.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netflix| VOD| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Worldwide

No UltraHD Breakthrough Next Year

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OVAB’s Digital Signage Business Climate Index in the DACH countries shows that UltraHD signage is not expected to reach mainstream adoption next year. The ‘vast majority’ of respondents expected that the technology would have …

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Ocean’s ‘Hybrid’ Screen Arrives in Westfield

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Ocean Outdoor has extended its ‘Face @ Westfield’ screens. East Face @ Westfield is 15m x 9m and towers over the West Cross route, the main approach to the shopping centre. It is surrounded …

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Pay-TV Climbs in Hungary

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Hungarian regulator NMHH has said that there were around 3.4 million pay-TV subscribers in the country at the end of October. More than 2 million were taking cable or IPTV services, of which 1.1 …

Tags:Hungary| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Premium OTT Set for Significant Growth in Europe

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Research commissioned by Vindicia and Ooyala shows that the premium OTT market is set to grow 80% over the next three years. UK consultancy firm MTM says that the UK market will grow from …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 21 - Issue 47

PS TV Comes to Germany

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Sony’s Playstation TV (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 24) box is now available in Germany.

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RTL Considers Netflix Rival…

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The RTL Group is considering the launch of a Netflix-like SVOD service. Co-CEO Guillaume de Posch told French newspaper La Correspondance de la Presse that he feels it is a shame that US companies, …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| RTL| VOD| Vol 21 - Issue 48