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Izmir Hit by Earthquake

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The earthquake in Izmir, Turkey has seen more than 100 deaths, so our thoughts go out to those affected. Survivors were still being found yesterday (3rd November). What We Think As …

Tags:Beko| Europe

Modelling audiovisual sector revenue flows in the EU

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The European Audiovisual Observatory has published a report on how revenue flows in the audiovisual sector flow in the EU. The aim of the report was to develop a model for …

Tags:Broadcast| Cinema| Pay TV| Streaming Video| SVOD| TV Production

JCDecaux Loses New York Airport Contract

by Bob Raikes

What They Say JCDecaux has lost a long term contract to provide digital signage advertising at the four New York airports of JFK, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty and New York Stewart. The contract was won …

Tags:Aviation| ClearChannel| JCDecaux| USA

Google Requires AV1 Support

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google will require Android TV device makers to support the AV1 codec from April 1st 2021. The latest Fire TVs (from Toshiba and others) have already got support and Netflix is …

Tags:Codecs| HEVC (H.265)| Streaming Video

Some Quarterly Finance results

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Universal Display reported its Q3 2020 financial results, with revenues of $117 million (up from $58 million in Q2 2020 and $98 million in Q3 2019, and a net income of …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| OLED Materials| Samsung| UDC

Epson announces new a OLED microdisplay and AR display engine

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Epson announced a new OLED microdisplay and an AR display engine. The engine will be used in the firm’s Moverio glasses and also sold on the merchant market. The new microdisplay …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Epson| Microdisplays| OLEDs

Royole to build a $2.4 billion flexible OLED fab in Qingdao

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Although we haven’t been able to pin down an original source, we have seen various reports that Royole has announced a $2.4 billion flexible OLED fab to be built in Qingdao, …

Tags:China| Flexible Displays| Investment| OLED Fabs

German TV platform starts initiative for CI + 2.0

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say The Deutsche TV-Plattform has launched a support initiative for the CI-Plus V2.0 system. The key development in version 2 is to support the use of external USB keys for decryption control. …

Tags:Europe| Germany| Pay TV| USB

Apple to account for half of flexible OLED smartphones in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec in Korea reports a forecast from Stone Partners that half of all new flexible OLED smartphones due to launch in 2021 will come from Apple, with the market representing …

Tags:Flexible Displays| OLEDs| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphone Market

Vizio releases AMD FreeSync update for 2020/21 P-Series & M-Series TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vizio said that its M-Series Quantum, P-Series Quantum, and P-Series Quantum X, which have the firm’s ProGaming Engine, will be upgraded to support AMD FreeSync, with the P-Series going to the …

Tags:Game Playing| Nvidia| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vizio

8K Seminar at SMPTE 2020

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The 8K Association is a sponsor of the 2020 SMPTE virtual conference. There are 13 talks that have been arranged that will touch on 8K covering Production, workflows, creative aspects and …

Tags:Events| SMPTE| Super Hi-Vision (8K)