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New Rules for European Audiovisual Media Regulation

by Andrew Fenn

The European Parliament, Council and Commission have reached a preliminary agreement on revised audiovisual media rules in Europe. Negotiations will officially conclude in June. The rules are likely to mean that SVOD suppliers such …

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Roku Announces More New Features Coming in 8.1 Update

by Andrew Fenn

Roku has announced the addition of live and linear news content from ABC News Live, Cheddar, People TV and others, to its ad-supported streaming service, The Roku Channel. Other new features include “Collections,” enabling …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Roku| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Taiwan Graphics Card Shipments Plummet as Cryptocurrency Boom Wanes

by Andrew Fenn

Shipments among Taiwan’s graphics card manufacturers are set to decline by over 40% month-on-month, according to Digitimes, due to a sharp drop in demand for cryptocurrency mining hardware witnessed earlier this month. The publication’s …

Tags:GPUs| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Wind Hellas Launches Pay TV Service with Zappware

by Andrew Fenn

Greek telco Wind Hellas has announced the launch of Wind Vision, its new multi-screen pay TV service. The solution is built and operated by Zappware as a turnkey service, serving set-top-boxes and mobile devices …

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Roku OS 8.1 Will Bring Enhanced Voice Search to UK

by Andrew Fenn

Roku has announced that it will soon make its enhanced voice search feature available to users in the UK. The new feature can be used to search for movies, shows, actors and directors, or …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Roku| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 16

L16 Camera Falls Short of Promises

by Bob Raikes

It’s not a display, but we work on the principle that our readers may also be interested in images and their creation as well as their display. Light is a company that has developed …

Tags:Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Seraphic Announces Support for the Latest HbbTV 2 Deployment

by Andrew Fenn

Hybrid technology provider Seraphic has claimed that its Sraf HbbTV browser solution fulfills major HbbTV 2 functions, such as companion screen, TTML and ClearKey. The company has worked closely with the HbbTV Association and …

Tags:HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Samsung’s Folding Phone to Feature Three OLED Panels?

by Andrew Fenn

Rumours originating from Korean publication, “The Bell” indicate that Samsung’s long-awaited foldable smartphone will fold inwards and feature three 3.5″ OLED panels—two on the inside, which connect in the middle to make one 7″ …

Tags:Foldable Devices| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Cinno Research Says Full-Screen Smartphones will Boost IC Market

by Andrew Fenn

Increasing shipments of full-screen smartphones will boost the panel-driven IC industry, according to Cinno Research, which is based in China. Deputy general manager Yang Wende believes that the launch of the iPhone X will …

Tags:Display Drivers| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 16

BBC Streams Rugby League Game Live in UHD and HDR

by Andrew Fenn

The BBC streamed last week’s Rugby League match between the York City Knights and Catalans Dragons live in Ultra HD and HDR on its experimental iPlayer Beta app. The BBC uses HEVC encoding and …

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Japan Electronic Components Market Sees Lowest Growth in Five Quarters

by Andrew Fenn

Lower-than-expected demand for the iPhone X and other high-end smartphones has been blamed for the Japanese electronic component market’s slowest growth in five quarters, according to Nikkei. Alps Electric, Kyocera, Murata Manufacturing, Nidec and …

Tags:Components Market| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Misapplied Sciences Working on Multiview Displays

by Norbert Hildebrand

If you have never heard of Misapplied Sciences and what they do, you are not alone. When I first read about what they are doing, I was very skeptical that this is real or …

Tags:display technology| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Novel Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 16