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Amazon Releases UHD Streaming Media Player with Alexa Voice Control

by Andrew Fenn

Amazon has announced Fire TV Cube, a hands-free Ultra HD streaming media player with built-in Alexa voice control. The device uses multi-directional infrared technology, cloud-based protocols and HDMI CEC that — combined with Alexa …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 22

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Amazon Acquires Premier League Rights

by Bob Raikes

Amazon has bought the rights to screen 20 games in each of the next three seasons from the English Premier :League. Analyst Comment This is the first time that a broadacaster other than Sky …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Acorn TV Now Available on Roku in Mexico

by Andrew Fenn

Roku users in Mexico can now subscribe to Acorn TV for 89 pesos (about $4.30) per month. The programmes will be spoken in English with Spanish subtitles available. Acorn TV is commercial-free and features …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Streaming Dongles| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Oppo UHD Blu-ray Players Now Support Sony Dolby Vision TVs

by Andrew Fenn

Oppo has released a firmware update for its line of Ultra HD Blu-ray disc players, adding support for Sony’s Dolby Vision-compatible TVs. Oppo’s players join a minority of devices that are currently able to …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Allos Semiconductor Focusing on GaN-on-Silicon for microLEDs

by Chris Chinnock

Fabrication of blue and green LEDs – whether for conventional LED signage or emerging microLED applications – has typically started with a GaN epitaxial layer on sapphire. But the limited size of sapphire substrates …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 21

40% of US Broadband Households Own a Streaming Media player

by Andrew Fenn

New research from Parks Associates shows that ownership of streaming media players has risen from about 6% of US broadband households in 2010 to almost 40% at the beginning of 2018. The data indicates …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Smart TV| STBs| Streaming Dongles| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Stronger Growth for Worldwide All-In-One PC Shipments in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes Research predicts that global all-in-one (AIO) PC shipments will see stronger growth in 2018. The ratio of AIO to desktop PC shipments will also continue to increase. The company also estimates that Dell …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Large Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Lextar Mini LED Backlighting to Enter Mass Production in 2018 Q3

by Andrew Fenn

Lextar Electronics chairman David Su says the company has commenced trial production of mini LED-based backlighting technology at its facility in Chuzhou, China and will move into mass production in the third quarter of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MiniLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Viaccess-Orca, Wiztivi and EKT Introduce Joint OTT/IPTV Solution

by Andrew Fenn

Viaccess-Orca (VO), a provider of OTT and TV platforms, content protection and advanced data solutions; Wiztivi, a creator of multi-screen UIs; and EKT, a specialist in the design and manufacture of STB solutions, have …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Worldwide Pay TV Market to Reach $295 Million Revenue in 2022

by Andrew Fenn

Despite the competition from OTT video services, the worldwide pay TV market has been growing at a steady pace. According to ABI Research, the global pay TV market — including satellite, cable, and IPTV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 25 - Issue 22

KN03 Nanorod LEDs Could be the Future

by Bob Raikes

Professor Hiroshi Amano was the third keynote speaker at DisplayWeek and he discussed Nanorod LEDs in the display field. However, he started by pointing out the contribution of LEDs in reducing power use in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 21