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BlackBody Uses LG Chem Panels in Design Installation

The recent London Design Festival held an installation called the Dispertion, which was constructed using LG Chem’s OLED lighting panels. Built ...

Medion Reaches Online Retailers

Germany’s Medion (owned by Lenovo) has said that it wants to extend distribution of its smartphone line, with online retailers such ...

Tsinghua Eyeing MediaTek?

The chairman of Tsinghua Unigroup, a state-backed Chinese technology company, has said it may be interested in a tie up with ...

Metameric Failure Not an Issue in Cinemas

Matt Cowen of Entertainment Technology Consultants, talked about metamers. He explained that when you move from broadband primaries, for example, from ...

LG Adds French Distributor

Exertis Banque Magnetique in France has expanded its LG offering and is now also distributing smartwatches, tablets and smartphones.

NEC Scales Content for Faster Set Up

NEC Display Solutions of America has introduced two large-format displays, designed for 24/7 use in video walls. Both 55″ products (X555UNS ...

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Brazil Approaches 20 Million Pay TV Subs

by Bob Raikes

Brazilian regulator Anatel has said that the country is likely to exceed 20 million pay-TV subscribers this year. Anatel believes that the growth seen in October (210,000 new subscribers, boosting the total to 19.65 …

Tags:Cable| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Pay TV| Satellite| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Ukrainian Group Publishes ASO Recommendations

by Bob Raikes

A working group has recommended that Ukraine’s digital switchover be undertaken in four stages. The first (analogue switch-off in 10 locations, including Kiev) should be completed by 15th June 2015. Five more locations would …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| Ukraine| Vol 21 - Issue 50

TV Ownership Falls in UK

by Bob Raikes

The UK has the highest proportion of connected TVs, according to Ofcom. 22% of UK consumers say that they own a Smart TV, and 84% of these say that they have connected it to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| TV Viewing| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Tivùsat Passes 2 million Subs

by Bob Raikes

There are now 2.3 million subscribers to Italy’s free satellite platform, Tivusat. 210,000 of these are new customers this year.

Tags:Italy| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Ofcom Measures White Space Interference

by Bob Raikes

Ofcom, in the UK, is testing the possibility of interference to DTT signals when using white space devices. The regulator is trialling a system called dynamic spectrum access; white space devices could use this …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 21 - Issue 50

IPTV Grows in Czech Republic

by Bob Raikes

O2 TV, an IPTV service in the Czech Republic, has announced that it has gained more than 4,000 new subscribers through October and November. 182,000 people are now customers of O2 TV.

Tags:Czech Republic| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 21 - Issue 50

France’s ARCEP Reviews Frequency Bands

by Bob Raikes

ARCEP, the French communications regulator, is holding a two-month consultation on a review of spectrum for high-speed mobile systems. The consultation is examining the re-use of existing frequencies, with more efficient technologies, and the …

Tags:France| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Canal Digital Chooses ADB

by Bob Raikes

The ADB Multi-Screen software suite is now in use on Canal Digital’s Kabel-TV network in Norway. The suite is running on ADB’s Wideband Tuner, an eight-tuner hybrid cable HD DVR. Customers can use the …

Tags:ADB (Advanced Digital Broadcasting)| Mobile Display Monitor| Norway| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Analogue Remains On In Uganda

by Bob Raikes

Uganda has abandoned its plan to switch off analogue TV services on 31st December. The country is still working towards the June 2015 ASO deadline, but according to local media, this will be difficult …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Wah Hong Looks to Capacity Expansion

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial is to begin producing films for display sizes up to 90″ next year. The company currently produces films up to 60″ in size. In addition, two more …

Tags:Film materials| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 21 - Issue 50

TV Panel Prices to Fall on Lower Chinese Demand

by Bob Raikes

Falling LCD TV demand from China could lead to excess panel capacity next year, leading to a price fall in the second half of 2015, say industry sources. LCD TV sales in the country …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| TV Production| Vol 21 - Issue 50

TCL On Course to Meet Smartphone Targets

by Bob Raikes

TCL expects to meet its 40 million-unit smartphone shipment target this year, following the ramp of monthly shipments to over 8 million units in October. Shipments have also risen to Europe, Africa, Latin America …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| TCL| Vol 21 - Issue 50