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Samsung Wins 20th Century Fox & Panasonic for HDR10+

20th Century Fox, Panasonic Corp. and Samsung Electronics announced a new partnership to create an open, royalty-free dynamic metadata platform for ...

SES Industry Days Highlight UltraHD

SES, the satellite operator, held one of its regular industry days in Luxembourg and we attended, as our own Bob Raikes ...

Philips 2009 Smart TVs Lose Their Smarts

Like many ‘intelligent’ devices, SmartTVs have a limited life and Philips will withdraw smart features from the 8000 and 9000 series ...

SMI Refreshes Eye Tracking Glasses for OEMs

Sensomotric Instruments (SMI) has developed a glasses-type eye-tracking platform for OEM use. The ‘Eye Tracking Glasses 2 Wireless’ product is designed ...

AI/Deep Learning Will Help VR

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning and Deep Learning were topics that emerged at NAB that were covered in several sessions we ...

Eutelsat Deploys V-Nova PERSEUS™ to power 4K Contribution of Live UEFA Euro Championship Matches for RAI UHD channel

V-Nova Ltd., a leading provider of video compression solutions, today announced that Eutelsat has chosen V-Nova PERSEUS™ video compression for the ...

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VRChat Secures $4 Million in Series A Investment Round

by Andrew Fenn

Social VR app VRChat has secured $4 million in funding in its Series A investment round, led by HTC’s Vive group. VRChat has stated that HTC is now a strategic partner in the business, …

Tags:HTC| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Opera Adds 360° VR Video Playback Support

by Andrew Fenn

Opera has integrated support for up to 360° video playback for OpenVR-compatible headsets such as the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive in the latest version of its developer browser. The move creates a unique …

Tags:360 Degree Video| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Imagination Sold to Chinese-backed Fund

by Bob Raikes

Imagination Technologies of the UK has been sold to Canyon-bridge Capital Partners, a private equity fund, for £55 million, a 47.4% premium to the share price on the day before the company was put …

Tags:GPUs| Imagination Tech| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 36

LG Signature OLED TV W Now Available in the Middle East

by Andrew Fenn

LG’s Signature OLED TV W is now available throughout the Middle East. The multi-award-winning, semi-flexible display is just 2.57mm thick, available in two screen sizes (65″ and 77″) and designed to be wall-mounted, delivering …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 36

BOE Plans Volume OLED Shipments from Chengdu

by Bob Raikes

Nikkei has reported that BOE is close to starting to ship OLED panels in volume from its B7 factory in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The company told Nikkei that it plans to make its first …

Tags:BOE| China| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 36

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Sales of Flexible OLEDs Double in a Year

by Bob Raikes

Yonhap News in Korea quoted data from IHS that puts the market value for flexible OLEDs at $2 billion in Q2, up from $886 million in the year ago period. Samsung is quoted as …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Panel Makers Trying Small LEDs for BLUs

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese sources say that Epistar, the LED maker, is developing new direct backlight systems using small LEDs to help to counter the progress of OLED TV smartphones. The use of larger numbers of smaller …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 36

DishTV Implements HD for All Initiative

by Andrew Fenn

Indian direct-to-home Pay TV service DishTV has rolled out HD capability to the set-top-boxes of its entire user base, as well as launching a dedicated high-definition STB, the DishNXT HD. With a view to …

Tags:HDTV| India| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 36

World’s First Mixed Reality Arcade Opens in Stamford, CT

by Bob Raikes

A new arcade, the Holodeck, has opened in Stamford, CT, USA that is promoting VR gaming and is using a combination of Microsoft’s Holovision, some HTV Vive systems and also XBox gaming stations. The …

Tags:AR/VR| Game Playing| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Aska3D Goes for Plastic

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the Aska3D technology from Asukanet of Japan at the Retail DSE show and at Infocomm (Aska3D is not ‘Just Pepper’s Ghost’) and now the company has said that it has succeeded …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Sony Adds 8K Camera and Highlights Cloud

by Bob Raikes

Sony was in a very positive mood when it gave its press event just before the show floor opened and on its booth. Sony has been working with the BBC which now can produce …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| OLEDs| sony| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Ericsson Develops Intelligent Tone Mapping

by Bob Raikes

It’s always good to get an update from Ericsson at IBC about quality standards. The company processes a lot of the video that gets broadcast and Matthew Goldman is who we usually talk to …

Tags:Ericsson| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35