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OLEDs are a “Dream Come True”

OLEDs are potentially a dream come true to the smartphone industry, enabling manufacturers to raise prices by improving display performance, increasing ...

Tensions in France

I’m just coming to the end of my “vacation”. We enjoyed peaceful and good natured fireworks for the 13th/14th July festivities, ...

BBC iPlayer starts Ultra HD and HLG trial

The BBC is experimenting with UHD and HLG-based HDR on ‘compatible connected TVs’. A four minute extract of the recent Planet ...

Absen and Clear Channel Partnership Takes Off at Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport

Clear Channel Finland has updated their Business Panorama digital network at Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport with the installation of two 8.7sqm state-of-the-art ...

Acer Attempts to Kickstart Notebook Innovation

Unlike other tier one companies, Acer had taken a suite in The Cosmopolitan, with no presence on the show floor at ...

Cines Babel go digital with Christie Solaria One

Cines Babel in Valencia (Spain) have wrapped up the digitalisation of their five theatres with Christie Solaria One projectors supplied by ...

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SFR and Nagra Launch UltraHD in France

by Tom Allen

French pay-TV operator SFR has launched a new UltraHD service, with Nagra. ‘La Box Fibre Zive de SFR’ uses Nagra’s content protection system on its multimedia home gateway, and Medialive multiscreen and video player …

Tags:4k| France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 45

TiVo Reaches International Milestone

by Tom Allen

TiVo has passed 4 million international subscribers to its “traditional” Tivo offering.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Tivo| Vol 22 - Issue 45| Worldwide

Time Warner Cable Begins IPTV Trial

by Tom Allen

Time Warner Cable has begun a Roku trial in New York – its first IP-only video trial. Participants will be able to access TWC’s video service, through its own network, using a Roku Streaming …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Roku| STBs| Time Warner| Vol 22 - Issue 45

RIP CEA! Long Live CTA!

by Norbert Hildebrand

The biggest news at CES Unveiled in New York was the new name the CEA is using from now on. Gone is the ‘Consumer Electronic Association’ with the new name being CTA (Consumer Technology …

Tags:CTA (was CEA)| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Haptics| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Adaptor Fools a Mac to Work Headlessly

by Tom Allen

An interesting product, aimed at users of ‘headless’ Mac systems, has been released by US-based Newertech. The HDMI Headless Video Accelerator plugs into a Mac Mini’s HDMI port to fool the computer into thinking …

Tags:Apple| HDMI| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Lumii Wins Grant for Light Field Technology

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Lumii Inc. (http://www.lumiidisplay.com/), a start-up spin-out from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was one of 26 winners of seed money from the MassChallenge (http://masschallenge.org/). The MassChallenge organization’s goal is to encourage startups and …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Large Display Monitor| MIT| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45

TAG Heuer Presents the “TAG Heuer Connected” Watch

by Isaac Oburu

Today, TAG Heuer, Intel Corporation and Google unveiled a connected watch, designed by Luxury Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer, engineered with Intel technology and benefiting from everything the Android Wear universe has to offer. The …

Tags:Android Wear| Google| Intel

Luxury Watch Maker Does Digital

by Tom Allen

Tag Heur, working with Intel and Google, has released a smartwatch running Android Wear. The Tag Heur Connected Watch has a 46mm diameter face, with a titanium case, back and lugs. The watch will …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Wireless Projection Aids Epson Portability

by Tom Allen

Epson America’s new portable 3LCD projectors include wireless projection and high brightness levels, for small- and mid-sized businesses. In addition, both the EX5250 Pro and EX5240 include features from the wider EX-series, such as …

Tags:3LCD| Business Projectors| Epson| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Actions Launches Leading-edge 64-bit 4K Chipset for Global OTT Set-top Box Market

by Isaac Oburu

Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (“Actions Semiconductor” or “the Company”), one of China’s leading fabless semiconductor companies that provides comprehensive portable multimedia and mobile internet system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for portable consumer electronics, today announced the …

Tags:Semiconductors| SOCs| STBs

Peerless Recruits Krüger for DACH Region

by Tom Allen

Stefan Krüger has been recruited by Peerless-AV, taking on the position of director of sales for DACH and Eastern Europe. Krüger has more than 20 years of experience in the German AV/IT industries. Krüger …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Peerless AV| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 22 - Issue 45