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LG Brings Premium Features to Tiny Projector

LG’s new ‘Mini Beam’ DLP projector, the PF1500G, is a bright LED projector designed for portability; it weighs 1.5kg and measures ...

TiVo Renews Licenses with Panasonic

Tivo Corp has said that Rovi, a Tivo company, has renewed a licence with Panasonic Corporation for the supply of the ...

Sony Update Adds HDR

A software update for Sony’s Android TVs (Android TV 5.1.1) has enabled select UltraHD models to receive and process HDR content ...

Innovation (And Everything Else) Grows at CES

The Consumer Electronics Show again managed to grow in 2016, becoming the largest edition of the event ever. More than 3,800 ...

Sling TV Introduces Cloud DVR, to Debut in Beta for Select Roku Users

Starting today, Sling TV customers may request an invitation to participate in its cloud DVR beta program. Available first to eligible ...

Eyevis is Double-Sided in Germany

Eyevis has celebrated a win in Germany: since August 2015, its 46″ double-sided displays have been used at 200 Jet petrol ...

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Google Assistant Rolling Out on Sony Android TVs

by Andrew Fenn

Google Assistant is now available on all 2017 and select 2016 Sony Android TVs. The Sony Bravia XE93. Consumers can control their TVs, search for content or ask questions in a similar fashion to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sony| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Sling TV Rolling Out to Select Samsung Smart TVs

by Andrew Fenn

Sling TV is now available on select Samsung Smart TVs, making it the first live and on-demand over-the-top service to come to the platform. The service is currently available on Samsung’s 2016 line of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 42

AMC Enters US Home Entertainment Market

by Andrew Fenn

US cinema chain AMC is entering the home entertainment market, saying it has “strong studio support” enabling it to do so. CEO and president Adam Aron made the announcement at the company’s third-quarter results …

Tags:Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Deutsche Telekom Launches 4K STB in Germany with Zenterio

by Damir Lokas

Zenterio, a leading television and multiscreen solutions provider, announced that TDG Germany, owned by Deutsche Telekom Group, has deployed a second set-top box (STB) powered by Zenterio OS as part of the Deutsche Telekom …

Deutsche Telekom Launches Zenterio UHD STB in Germany

by Andrew Fenn

Deutsche Telekom has launched its first Ultra HD set-top-box in Germany, powered by the Zenterio operating system. The Entertain TV STB offers Ultra HD content via live IPTV, video-on-demand, Netflix, Youtube and other third-party …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 42

US Survey Shows VR Awareness is Growing – Adoption Not so Much

by Norbert Hildebrand

An online survey conducted by ReportLinker has been used to explore how the awareness and adoption of VR headsets has developed since 2016. The survey reached 650 US consumers representative of the US population …

Tags:Market Data| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Is Improved Scaling the Key to the 8K Content Void?

by Chris Chinnock

I have been thinking more about 8K recently. Many will agree that the increase from 4K to 8K pixels will be of marginal benefit for those watching TVs at standard distances on 65” TVs. …

Tags:Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Upscaling| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Italy Preparing for DVB-T2 HEVC Switchover

by Andrew Fenn

Italy is the first South European country to begin putting plans into motion to switch over its DTT signals to the DVB-T2 HEVC standard, freeing up to 700Mhz frequency band for high-speed 5G internet …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| HEVC (H.265)| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 42

All Moscow Schools to be Cloud Connected Within Two Years

by Andrew Fenn

By the end of 2018, every school in Moscow will be connected via a cloud-based platform which is claimed will “revolutionise the entire concept of education”. The Moscow Online School pilot project began in …

Tags:Education| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Russia| Vol 24 - Issue 42

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Qualcomm Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal from Broadcom

by Damir Lokas

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) (“Qualcomm” or the “company”) confirmed that it has received a non-binding, unsolicited proposal from Broadcom Limited (NASDAQ: AVGO) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Qualcomm for per share …

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Broadcom Wants to Buy Qualcomm

by Bob Raikes

Broadcom has made an unsolicited bid to buy Qualcomm for a price of $60 per share, plus $10 in Broadcom stock, valuing the company at around $130 billion and a 28% premium on the …

Tags:Broadcom| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 42