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Netflix Reaches European Milestone

Netflix has passed 2 million subscribers in continental Europe, with customers in France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

VR May Replace Pills in the Future

The Colorado State University has launched the Virtual Reality Initiative to bring VR to their students. In their recent ‘Virtual Reality ...

Technical “Fun” and the UltraHD Logo

This has been one of those “techie” weeks, when technology intervened to cause disruption. On Monday morning, the “five minutes” that ...

Absen Europe Puts Quality and Service First with Appointment of Two Industry Figures

Absen Europe has announced the appointment of industry experts Liam Winter as product director and Michael Scott as technical and project ...

Opera TV Launches Next-Generation OTT TV App Technology

Opera TV today announced the launch of the latest update to its next-generation TV app technology, Opera TV Snap 3.0. The ...

Intel Unveils Project Alloy – a Merged Reality Headset

At the Intel developers conference 2016 in San Francisco, California, this week, Intel CEO, Brian Krzanich, announced the development of a ...

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DTG and DTVP Schedule UHD Plugfest

by Tom Allen

The Digital Television Group (DTG), of the UK, and German TV Platform (DTVP) are to hold the second joint Plugfest on the 12th and 13th April, at the DTG’s headquarters in London. The event …

Tags:4k| DTG| Large Display Monitor| Testing| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Unitymedia Will End Analogue in 2017

by Tom Allen

Unitymedia, the German cable operator, has announced that it will end analogue distribution to its network on the 30th June 2017. By then, the firm aims to have moved 95% of its customers to …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Cable| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Canatu Gains New CNB Customer

by Tom Allen

Canatu is celebrating another customer win for its carbon nanotube (CNB) Flex Film. The film, which detects touch signals, is used on the flexible OLED display of a customer’s curved wearable device. (However, Canatu …

Tags:Back Panel| Canatu| Film materials| ITO Replacement| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13| Wearables

LG Enables VR Through SlimPort

by Tom Allen

Analogix Semiconductor has announced LG’s G5 smartphone and LG 360 VR headset both feature SlimPort connectivity. The technology provides DisplayPort over USB-C, and is used to enable VR in the headset. The phone uses …

Tags:Analogix| Back Panel| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Interfaces| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USB| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Ingram Changes in France

by Tom Allen

According to France’s Distributique, Ingram Micro France has dismissed new head Pierre-Yvon Méchali, just nine months after his appointment. He will be replaced in July by Sophie Deleval, currently leader of the company’s Belgian …

Tags:France| Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 23 - Issue 13

iPhone SE is Amalgam of Three Generations

by Tom Allen

In a teardown, IHS has revealed its early estimate of the production cost of Apple’s iPhone SE. The firm estimates that the handset costs about $160 to build; the entry-level US version, with 16GB …

Tags:Components| IHS Markit| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Vol 23 - Issue 13

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‘Barco CEC’ Addresses China

by Tom Allen

Barco has formed a joint venture with CEC Panda to address the Chinese control rooms market. The new company – Barco China Electronic Corporation (Nanjing) Visualization Co., Ltd – will give Barco direct access …

Tags:Barco| China| Control Rooms| Large Display Monitor| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Kramer Switch Reaches 17.82Gbps

by Tom Allen

Kramer has released a switcher that can handle DCI-4k 60Hz content with 4:4:4 colourimetry. The VS-211H2 has a maximum data rate of 17.82Gbps, includes actual video output connection and supports HDCP 2.2. It is …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Switchers| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Optoma Keeps Attention Focused

by Tom Allen

Optoma’s newest DLP projector, the WU416, is a compact model designed for mid-size spaces such as meeting rooms, retail and churches. It has a high (20,000:1) contrast ratio, a 1.6x zoom, vertical lens shift …

Tags:AMX| Crestron| DLP Projectors| Extron| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Pay-TV Rising Worldwide, Says Informitv

by Tom Allen

Informitv’s quarterly Multiscreen Index shows that most pay-TV operators are gaining subscribers. The 100 pay-TV services that Informitv tracks gained 8.16 million total subscribers in Q4’15, rising just over 2% QoQ. Subscribers rose by …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 13| Worldwide