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Animal Planet Claims First 60fps UltraHD Programme

by Tom Allen

Animal Planet (owned by Discovery) claims to have the first TV series to have been shot and post-produced in UltraHD at 60fps. The series, Too Cute, is about kittens and puppies. It consists of …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Eyevis Creates Convex Wall With Omnishapes

by Tom Allen

Eyevis has created a large curved videowall for the headquarters of Waters Corporation in the UK. The 3.8m x 2.2m wall is made 48 Eyevis Omnishapes rear-projection display modules, and has a convex form …

Dell Partners with The FADER FORT Presented by Converse to Power First-Ever Concert Streamed Live in 4K

by Tom Allen

Dell announced that the FADER FORT Presented by Converse, taking place during the 2015 South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and Festival, will be the very first live concert streamed live in 4K worldwide. …

Tags:Dell| sharp| Streaming Video| UltraHD & 4K

Samsung Drives SMART Signage Innovation and Adoption at DSE 2015 with New Color Expert Technology

by Tom Allen

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is showcasing its new SMART Signage Video Walls with Color Expert technology along with a broad range of solutions for any digital signage environment at the 2015 Digital Signage Expo …

Tags:Digital Signage| DSE 2015| Samsung

Barco Tiles Brighten Up Advertising Market

by Tom Allen

Two new units have been added to Barco’s range of indoor LED tiles. The V41 (4mm) and V6i (6mm) are designed for fixed indoor installation in various advertising applications. Both units will run 24/7. …

Christie’s CEN Arrives in US Cinema Lobbies

by Tom Allen

Christie has begun the rollout of its new Christie Experiential Networks solution, introduced last October, to 200 cinema lobbies across the USA. CEN uses two display platforms: digital one-sheets (65″ vertically-oriented displays in wall-mounted …

Dell Live-Streams Concert in UltraHD From SXSW

by Tom Allen

Dell, Intel, Red Digital Cinema and Sharp are working together to live-stream the ‘Fader Fort Presented by Converse’ concert from the SXSW Festival in Texas, in UltraHD. The stream will begin on 17th March …

Rotating Display Enables Switch Between Watch and Fitness Band

by Tom Allen

Photo credit: Pocket LintUK-based Pratech’s smartwatch, called UB, has a rotating display. It was shown at the recent Wearable Technology Show in London. The device is currently a prototype, and fairly chunky according to …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Google Boosts Pixel to Ludicrous Speed (Officially)

by Tom Allen

Two years after Google introduced the first Chromebook Pixel (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 8), the company has shown off the second-generation model – with more speed, more power and the new USB-C interface. …

Another Broadcaster Begins -T2 Testing

by Tom Allen

Westdeutscher Rundfunk, a German public broadcaster, is to begin trialing DVB-T2 in August. The tests will offer HD content in the Bonn/Cologne region.

Tags:Broadcast| DVB-T & T2| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Greece Completes ASO

by Tom Allen

Greece has completed its analogue switch-off. The DTT platform is now available to more than 96% of the country’s population.

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Greece| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Broadcom Drives Free’s UltraHD STB

by Tom Allen

Free, a French company that has developed an UltraHD Android STB, is powering the box with a Broadcom chip. The Freebox uses a BCM7252 SoC and can show streamed, terrestrial, VoD and recorded content. …