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Huawei Prepares European Rollout

by Tom Allen

Huawei’s stand had an unfinished look about it – explained, we heard, by the ornate false ceiling collapsing the day before the show opened! Other exhibitors, including competitors, pitched in to help resurrect the …

TV Connect 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

Arris’s new remote looks attractive – and Ruwido was on the firm’s booth, so….Access was showing its latest developments. Access makes components (such as a browser) that are integrated into middleware. The company’s added …

Resolution on a Budget Promised by Dune HD

by Tom Allen

Dune HD was the sponsor of the show’s lanyards and badges, and had a prominent spot near the front of the hall. The company was promoting its new UltraHD products, which – it said …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| TV Connect 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Canatu Raises Light Transmittance

by Tom Allen

Canatu announced a new generation of high-optical-transmittance carbon nanobud (CNB) films at Printed Electronics Europe last month. The Generation 6 film features ‘significantly improved’ light transmittance over previous products, as well as zero haze …

Tags:Canatu| CNTs (Carbon Nanotubes)| ITO Replacement| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Rice Uni Bringing Touch to Gaming in a Whole New Way

by Tom Allen

The USA’s Rice University is developing haptics for virtual reality, to provide gamers with physical feedback. The Hands Omni glove is a prototype, sponsored by VR company Virtuix. The glove inflates bladders underneath the …

Tags:Haptics| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18| Wearables

Albis Focuses on IPTV

by Tom Allen

Albis Technologies showed its Scenegate set-top boxes. These are designed to support both traditional (IPTV, broadcast and VoD) and value-added services (OTT, interactive, media sharing). The Scenegate 8073 is Albis’ newest STB, introduced at …

Amino Rolls Out Smart Home to Non-IP Customers

by Tom Allen

Multiscreen solutions were the highlight of Amino’s stand. The company is an IPTV specialist and was highlighting the technology’s distribution capabilities. Amino was showcasing an UltraHD HEVC platform using its Aminet software, as well …

UltraHD Dominates TV Connect

by Tom Allen

The Display Monitor team has not visited TV Connect since it rebranded from IP&TV World Forum after the 2012 show. At the time, the buzz was about the replacement of set-top boxes by home …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Connect 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Anga Com Replaces STB Vendors

by Tom Allen

Anga Com 2015 will take place in Cologne, Germany from the 9th – 11th June, and bookings have exceeded expectations. 440 exhibitors from 35 countries have booked space so far. Anga Com managing director, …

Clear Channel’s Storm Spreads Over Midlands

by Tom Allen

Clear Channel has launched two new sites, under its Storm brand. The first, the Hammersmith Tower, is on the Hammersmith Flyover in London – the sixteenth location in the city for the Storm network. …

DisplayLink Dock Accepts Multiple Device Types

by Tom Allen

At the recent Interop Las Vegas Expo, DisplayLink showed a dock that connected to a new Macbook, Chromebook Pixel 2 and Windows notebook via USB-C, and existing notebooks, tablets and Android smartphones through USB-A. …

Kopin Chosen for Follow-On Order

by Tom Allen

Kopin has secured a $1.8 million follow-on production order from the US government, for a high-brightness microdisplay. The displays, which will be supplied over a 15-month period, will be used in the F-35 Helmet-Mounted …