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Akamai to Use Eurofins to Test and Measure Video QoE

by Andrew Fenn

Eurofins Digital Testing, a provider of end-to-end quality assurance QA and testing services, has announced that it will provide Akamai Technologies with extensive research into OTT quality-of-experience (QoE), giving both companies’ customers an objective …

Dataxis: Mobile Operators in Latin America Keen to Adopt OTT Video

by Andrew Fenn

Dataxis reports from its latest research that 34 mobile operators in Latin America have already deployed their own OTT platform as added value for their clients. Moreover, some of these are keen to add …

Epix Announces UHD Content and Standalone Subscription Service

by Andrew Fenn

US cable network Epix is preparing to launch its own standalone subscription video service later this year. The company’s executive VP and GM, Monty Sahran, broke the news during an interview with Variety earlier …

Panasonic Fixes Stuttering Issue on EZ950 OLED TV

by Andrew Fenn

Panasonic has released a firmware update for its EZ950 OLED TV, fixing a long-running issue with micro-stutter, which affects both broadcast and streaming content in 1080p resolution. Ultra HD content and Blu-ray discs were …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Software| Vol 25 - Issue 08

Hybrid Virtual LED Advertising Boards Come to German Football

by Andrew Fenn

Hybrid virtual LED perimeter advertising boards were used at a German football match for the first time last month, according to Invidis. The augmented reality solution allows targeted advertising based on location. For instance, …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Sky Q Announces Spotify and HDR for Spring Update

by Andrew Fenn

Sky has announced a raft of new features coming to Sky Q this spring. Voice functionality will be extended to provide personalised recommendations and app-specific requests, as part of a more personalised experience throughout …

High Frame Rate Mastering War Stories

by Chris Chinnock

DoP Bill Bennett and RealD Sr. Scientist Tony Davis gave a presentation to detail some of the experience the two have gained in capturing cinematic content at high frame rates and then using a …

Tags:HFR - High Frame Rate| HPA Tech Retreat| Large Display Monitor| RealD| Vol 25 - Issue 08

Thoughts on ACESnext

by Chris Chinnock

ACES (the Academy Color Encoding System) version 1.0 has been released for about two years now. It was developed as a way to more easily manage color consistency across multiple cameras and through the …

Tags:ACES| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HPA Tech Retreat| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 08

Black Level Visibility Study

by Chris Chinnock

Dolby Labs and contributors at EPFL reported at the HPA Retreat on a new study they recently undertook. The goal was to understand how the perception of black level was affected by the eye’s …

Advancing the Roll Out of LED Cinema Screens

by Chris Chinnock

Pete Lude from Mission Rock Digital gave a presentation on the state of LED cinema screens at the HPA Tech Retreat that was similar to one he gave at IFA last September, but with …

SMPTE Discusses Specifications vs. Standards

by Chris Chinnock

Bruce Devlin used his presentation at the HPA Tech Retreat to discuss a new initiative within SMPTE: Specifications. He noted that the organization typically focuses on the development of standards, but there is a …

Tags:HPA Tech Retreat| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE| Standards| Vol 25 - Issue 08

Taiwan LCD TV Shipments to Drop Significantly in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

Shipments of LCD TVs from Taiwan-based manufacturers will drop by almost 30% quarter-on-quarter, down to 7.14 million units, during the first quarter of 2018, according to Digitimes Research. The new data reflects an anticipated …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Taiwan| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 08