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Panasonic Detachable Toughbook Has Highly Specified Display

Panasonic has added to its Toughbook range by adding the “33” detachable notebook which has a 12″ 2160 x 1440 (3:2) ...

MB Chronowing is More Watch Than Smart

In partnership with HP, luxury American designer Michael Bastian has created a smartwatch that is understated but also feature-light – very ...

DirecTV Expands 4K Capability With First 4K Ultra HD Set-Top Box

A new set-top box from DIRECTV, now part of the AT&T family, makes it possible for more customers to watch 4K ...

UDC Investment in PPG Ohio Factory is Complete

Universal Display’s $15 million investment in PPG’s Barberton, Ohio facility is complete, the two companies have announced. The investment will double ...

Mercedes Pushes the Boat Out on Concept Design

Mercedes has shown a new concept car at a show in Pebble Beach, California, that has a wrap-around fibre-optic display in ...

A Recycling Record: 700 Million Pounds of CE Recycled in 2015 through eCycling Leadership Initiative, says CTA

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)TM today announced a record-setting 700 million pounds of consumer electronics (CE) have been recycled under the ...

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Chile to Begin ASO

by Tom Allen

The government of Chile now requires all broadcasters in the country to apply for a DTT licence over the next two months, to prepare for analogue switch-off. Licences will be allocated by the end …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Vol 22 - Issue 17

OTT Will Rise Four-Fold by 2019

by Tom Allen

Juniper Research says that OTT subscription revenues will rise four-fold by 2019, to $31.6 billion – up from just under $8 billion in 2014. There will be a ‘surge’ in uptake, due to continued …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| SVOD| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Lasers Light Up CinemaCon 2015

by Matthew Brennesholtz

CinemaCon 2015 is going on April 20 – 23 at Caesar’s Place and other venues in Las Vegas. CinemaCon, celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, is the official convention of The National Association of …

Tags:3D Cinema| 6p Laser| Barco| Christie| Cinema| Laser Projectors| NEC| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Rumor: Nokia Getting Back into the Phone Business?

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to an article by Re/Code, Nokia is planning on getting back into the mobile phone business. After the sale of its device business to Microsoft, many analysts believed that we had seen the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones| Nokia| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Insight Series: What Educators See

by Len Scrogan

Insights in Education This is another installment in my new series that shines some light on the thinking, preferences and tendencies of your education market customers. I know them well. I was one of …

Tags:Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Museums & Exhibitions| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Impressions from NAB 2015

by Chris Chinnock

I could not cover all the news from NAB 2015, but I can provide some impressions based on the companies I did meet with. You can see some of this coverage in videos posted …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| NAB 2015| UltraHD & 4K| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 17

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Ziosk Tablet Gets Installed in Olive Garden Restaurant Chain

by Norbert Hildebrand

Olive Garden, the Darden Restaurants Italian cuisine chain in the US, has announced that it will be using tablets in all of its restaurants this year. After a successful trial run in 2014, Olive …

Tags:Interactive Tables| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 17

V-Nova Secures Best in Show

by Tom Allen

V-Nova’s Perseus compression technology (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements) took home a 2015 Newbay Media Best of Show award at NAB this month. Perseus is said to lower bitrates by up to three …

Tags:Back Panel| Codecs| HEVC (H.265)| JPEG2000| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Researchers Explore High Dynamic Range for Broadcast TV

by Aldo Cugnini

Speaking at NAB, Ericsson researcher Lukasz Litwic discussed the Implications of High Dynamic Range on the Broadcast Chain for HD and Ultra-HD Content. The talk described the need and impact of new Electro-Optical and …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Satellite| Terrestrial (DTT)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 17

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Korea Broadcasters Gear Up For UHDTV

by Aldo Cugnini

Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) has carried out a number of live 4k terrestrial broadcasts of three major sports events in 2014, based on earlier terrestrial UHD experimental broadcasts. Transmissions covered the KBL (Korean Basketball …

Tags:Korea| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Terrestrial (DTT)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 17

NHK Discusses UHD Roadmap

by Aldo Cugnini

At the annual NAB Conference in Las Vegas last week, NHK described its plans for rolling out a UHD over-the-air infrastructure and content services. NHK Executive Research Engineer Masayuki Sugawara gave the talk, originally …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Terrestrial (DTT)| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 17