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Elettronica Industriale Signs HD Capacity Agreement with Eutelsat

by Andrew Fenn

Elettronica Industriale, a subsidiary of Mediaset, has signed a multi-year capacity agreement with Eutelsat to accelerate its transition to HD. Under this contract, the three flagship channels of the Mediaset Group (Canale 5, Italia …

Tags:HDTV| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 25 - Issue 07

Sony Launches Four New Mid and Low-Range TVs in Europe

by Andrew Fenn

Sony Europe has announced it will release new mid and low-range TVs this year. The mid-range XF80 and XF75 are both edge-lit, LCD Android TVs with Ultra HD resolutions, coming in screen sizes ranging …

NEC and S[quadrat] Joined for ISE

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The big NEC news from ISE was the acquisition of S[quadrat], the German LED video wall manufacturer, the day before ISE began and reported in the February 9th issue of LDM. (NEC Acquires German …

Coretronic, Calibre and Optoma Combining

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Coretronic and its subsidiary Optoma had separate but adjacent booths at ISE. Calibre, the UK-based manufacturer of video scaler, switcher, processor and control systems had been acquired by Coretronic last August and was exhibiting …

Crestron Explains AV and Building Control Systems

by Matthew Brennesholtz

First thing after the ribbon cutting ceremony on the opening day of ISE, I got a media booth tour of the Crestron booth led by Jeff Singer, the Executive Director of Product Marketing. Crestron …

ISE 2018 Overview

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Integrated Systems Europe (ISE 2018) was held in Amsterdam at the RAI center. It’s a big show, a bigger show than InfoComm in the US, which covers similar topics. According to ISE’s managing director …

Tags:ISE 2018| Large Display Monitor| Projection Mapping| Vol 25 - Issue 06

M7 Group Launches Diveo DTH Platform in Germany

by Andrew Fenn

M7 Group has launched Diveo, its new DTH platform, in Germany. Diveo offers access to up to 70 TV channels in HD quality, catch-up TV and video on-demand. It also includes features including Pause …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Satellite| Vol 25 - Issue 06

LG Fixes Dolby Vision Raised Blacks on 2017 OLED TVs

by Andrew Fenn

A week after LG released an update for its UP970 Blu-ray player, which fixed an issue with raised blacks when outputting content in Dolby Vision HDR, the company has issued a similar fix to …

Tags:Dolby Vision| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Taiwan’s Large LCD Panel Shipments Higher Than Expected in 2017 Q4

by Andrew Fenn

Shipments of 9″-and-above LCD panels from Taiwan-based manufacturers were better than expected during the fourth quarter of 2017, according to Digitimes Research. This new data reveals that Taiwan’s shipments of large-size panels totalled 237.8 …

Taiwan Small and Medium-Sized Panel Market Steady in 2017 Q4

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes Research has released more data regarding the LCD panel market in the fourth quarter of 2017, this time for small and medium-sized panels, which dropped by 1.1% to 314 million units, a bigger …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 06

YouTube TV Price Increases to $40 Next Month

by Andrew Fenn

The cost of a monthly subscription to YouTube TV is increasing to $40 from March 13th. The reason for the price rise is the addition of several new channels, including Turner Classic Movies, truTV, …

Minerva Unveils New Cloud Television Service

by Andrew Fenn

Minerva Networks has announced a cloud television service that enables operators to transition from their legacy set-top box-centric offerings, delivering a personalised user experience across both managed and unmanaged devices. The new service is …

Tags:Cloud TV| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 06