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Tablet Adoption Slowing, but Hybrids are ‘Opportunity’

by Tom Allen

A survey by Gartner has found that 17% of consumers in mature markets intend to buy a tablet in the next 12 months. 19,000 consumers were surveyed in early summer, across the UK, USA, …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 45| Worldwide

Blu-ray Popularity to Rise

by Tom Allen

The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) says that consumer spending on home entertainment remained stable in Q3 this year. Spending was driven by gains in electronic sell-through and streaming. Although a ‘resurgence of interest’ in …

Tags:Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Packaged Media| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Q3 Cord-Cutting Forecast by TDG Research

by Tom Allen

US-based TDG Research has found that adult broadband users are now less likely to cancel their pay-TV service. Research conducted in the first half of 2015 found that the percentage of these users ‘moderately …

Tags:Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Video Clarity Compares 8k Video

by Tom Allen

Video Clarity has announced a video quality analysis system for 8k video, as well as an uncompressed SD-to-8k recorder and player. The ClearView Extreme 8k system can be used to measure and analyse the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Anoto to Acquire Livescribe

by Tom Allen

Anoto Group AB is to acquire digital pen maker Livescribe. Livescribe will act as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Anoto when the deal is closed, expected to happen later this month. The deal will be …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Pen Input| Vol 22 - Issue 45

French PSB Warns of DTT Loss

by Tom Allen

The head of French public service broadcaster France Televisions has said that up to 7% of households could lose DTT access, when the country moves to the MPEG-4 AVC platform on the 5th April …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Free Brings UltraHD to Basic Offer

by Tom Allen

Free is now broadcasting an UltraHD channel in France: Festival 4K, dedicated to music festivals, concerts and similar. Access is included in Free’s basic Freebox package.

Tags:4k| France| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Colmbian Pay-TV Enjoys Small Rise

by Tom Allen

According to Dataxis, the pay-TV market in Colombia will reach 5.8 million households by 2018: a 3.4% rise from end-2015. Households with CATV services will have a 64.8% share of the country’s pay-TV market. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 45

MIT Works on 2D to 3D Conversion

by Tom Allen

MIT researchers, together with a team from the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), have developed a system that automatically converts 2D video of football games to 3D. The footage can then be played back …

Tags:2D-3D conversion| 3D Content Creation| Large Display Monitor| MIT| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Rufus Labs Wants to Replace Smartphones – and Might

by Tom Allen

The Rufus Cuff, from Rufus Labs, was funded on Indiegogo last year, and is almost ready to start shipping. Set to reach customers early next year, the wearable is designed to be the first …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 50| Wearables

Daktronics Scores Touchdown at Gillette Stadium

by Tom Allen

Daktronics has installed itts first 1.9mm LED video wall, at the New England Patriots’ Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts. The display is 1.5m x 3m, and is being used to highlight sponsors and team-branded content …

Tags:Daktronics| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| USA| Video Walls| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Microtiles Installed in Madrid

by Tom Allen

Christie Microtiles have been chosen to form a video wall at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas’ new assembly hall, at its Cantoblanco campus in Madrid. Originally the University wanted a projector, which would have generated …

Tags:Back Panel| Christie| Large Display Monitor| Projection Cubes| Spain| Vol 22 - Issue 44