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ABI Research Survey Finds 55% of Respondents Say Wearables Will Play Key Role in Companies’ Innovation Strategies

In a recent B2B technology survey of 455 U.S.-based companies in nine vertical markets, ABI Research finds that 55% of respondents ...

Real-Time Video over IP Technology Develops

On February 10th I attended a half-day Technology Symposium hosted by Snell Advanced Media (SAM) in New York. The Symposium had ...

LG Announces World’s Lightest 14″ Ultra PC and AIO PC Packed with Ultra-Usability

LG Electronics (LG) will begin rolling out the world’s lightest 14-inch Ultra PC (Model 14Z950) and the world’s first 21:9 curved ...

Hitachi Enhances 8000 Series Contrast

Two new 3LCD projectors have expanded Hitachi’s line-up of HDBaseT models. The CP-WU8451 and CP-WU8461 can receive HDMI signals from up ...

Facebook Takes on VR ‘Experts’

Facebook has hired a team of VR ‘experts’ in London, according to The Telegraph. The recruitment creates Facebook’s first European base ...

18% of TV Homes Use FTA DTH Satellite

Dataxis has said that 314 million TV households are getting TV signals via Free-to-Air (FTA) DTH satellite, representing 18% of all ...

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Croatian Pay TV DTH Sees Growth

by Alan Spencer

Croatia experienced growth in pay-TV services during 2016, with DTH representing the biggest gain, according to data published by the regulator Hakom. Satellite TV subscriptions grew 8.52% more than in 2015, with subscriber numbers …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 09

The Kudelski Group Files Patent Case Against Shaw

by Alan Spencer

The Kudelski Group has filed a patent infringement case against Shaw Communications in Canada. It is alleged that Shaw’s system infringes six Canadian patents owned by Nagravision, and OpenTV, both being subsidiaries of the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Litigation| North America| Patents| Security| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Wearables Market Achieves All Time High in 2016

by Alan Spencer

According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, shipments of wearable devices reached 33.9 million units in the last quarter of 2016, growing 16.9% year-over-year. This represented an all-time high for the wearables …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 09| Wearable Market

OLEDs in Automotive by 2018?

by Bob Raikes

The PIDA in Taiwan, a trade association, has said that it expects the use of OLEDs in automotive displays to take off from 2018 with demand for automotive displays expected to develop from 94.64 …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 09

AltBalaji OTT Offers Alternative to Mainstream Indian TV

by Alan Spencer

Balalji Telefilms of India is launching AltBalaji, an OTT entertainment platform that aims to provide 300 hours of original shows in the first year. The commercial launch will be in mid-April 2017. The platform …

Tags:India| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Celeno and Realtek offer 4K Wireless STB reference design

by Bob Raikes

Realtek has joined with Celeno Communications to develop a joint reference design for a ‘4K’ STB. The design uses Celeno’s CL2440 4×4 802.11ac wave 2 Wi-Fi chip and Realtek’s RTD1295 SoC. The companies say …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Freeview Play TVs and STBs Sales Exceed One Million

by Alan Spencer

Freeview Play TVs and set-top boxes sales have now exceeded one million units in the UK. Freeview Play was launched in late 2015, and brings a combination of live, catch-up and on demand content …

Tags:FTA (Free to Air)| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Shima AR Glasses Look Like……Glasses

by Arthur Berman

Laforge Optical Inc. (San Mateo, CA) is developing a product line of augmented reality smart glasses. The glasses overlay video content derived from the wearer’s iOS or Android smartphone as images in the wearer’s …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 09

NBC Sports Using IP Routing

by Chris Chinnock

Sports Video Group (SVG) hosted a seminar on “Going Live with IP Workflows” at the NBC Sports Studios in Stamford, Connecticut. The idea was discuss how IP is being used today in live sports …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE| TV Production| Video over IP (VIP)| Vol 24 - Issue 08

DVB UHD Phase 2 Now an ETSI Standard

by Bob Raikes

The DVB, which coordinates the technical side of broadcasting in Europe and, increasingly globally, has announced that ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) has published the DVB Video & Audio Coding Specification as an ETSI …

Tags:Broadcast| DVB| Large Display Monitor| Standards| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 08

AOC Agon 240 Hz Gaming Monitor now Available

by Bob Raikes

AOC has now made the Agon AG251FZ gaming monitor available (AOC Aims at Gamers). Pricing has been set in the UK at £449 ($459 + tax) for the 240Hz 24.5″ TN-based unit, which is …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 24 - Issue 08