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Thin Film Transistors (TFTs) are typically produced using one of three processes: amorphous silicon, low temperature polysilicon or indium gallium zinc oxide. New research suggests that there is an opportunity to replace and improve upon these processes. Target applications include the production of the TFTs used to drive pixels in active matrix displays sized from … Read more
Several months ago, Eurofins Digital Testing said that it would work with Akamai to look at OTT quality of experience. Now, Akamai has said that based on the research, it believes that for good quality viewing of complex content on large screen TVs, 6-8 Mbps is needed, although for simple content (i.e. not sports or … Read more
Whenever the best of the best meet, they strive for superlatives. Therefore, this year’s IBC once again aims at breaking all previous visitor and exhibitor records. Watch, be amazed, experience – at hardly any other trade fair superlatives count more than at the world’s largest broadcast event in Amsterdam. German KVM experts and pioneers Guntermann … Read more
We’ve reported German KVM maker, Guntermann & Drunck several times, most recently from the ATC event in Madrid (KVMs Important in ATC) and we spotted them in our rush around Infocomm, but didn’t have time to stop. However, the company has said that at IBC it would show its ‘KVM-over-IP’ technology in a matrix system … Read more
Plaza Norte, one of the iconic shopping malls in Lima, the capital of Peru, is now home to South America’s largest digital out-of-home (DOOH) LED signage created by Samsung Electronics. The two hundred thousand square meter shopping mall houses major shops and brands. Now the shoppers and visitors can also gather at the square in … Read more
The Plaza Norte shopping mall in Lima, Peru is now home to LED signage from Samsung. The company’s engineers decided that the ideal LED screen product for the mall would be its XA160F outdoor display, which consists of 528 cabinets, has an area of 487m², a brightness of 7,700 cd/m² and a pixel pitch of … Read more
The BBC says it has found the answer to one of the problems bedevilling the industry’s transition to live HDR production — that of not compromising the standard dynamic range signal. It has developed a means of ensuring that the SDR content derived from an HDR workflow is consistent in terms of colour and light … Read more
Many consumers in Germany want to spend more on consumer electronics, kitchens, cars and travel in the near future, according to a recent survey conducted by GfU. However, when comparing the willingness to purchase a television set to the actual amount spent, there is a big discrepancy. For instance, new TV sets are often purchased … Read more
Rumours have surfaced regarding an updated version of Xiaomi’s Android-based Mi Box media player, following the roll-out of Android Oreo to its current iteration. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US has apparently given the go-ahead for the new device. Aside from a newly designed Bluetooth voice remote — which features a Netflix button … Read more
Portugal’s National Communications Authority has said that the country’s DTT frequency change — taking place all over Europe over the next two years, to free up the currently occupied 700MHz frequency band for 5G services — will commence during the fourth quarter of 2019 and conclude by the end of June 2020. The regulator also … Read more
The MENA region will have 20.80 million movie and TV series SVOD subscribers by 2023, up from the 5.22 million recorded by end-2017. From the 20 countries covered in the Middle East & North Africa OTT TV & Video Forecasts report, Turkey will remain the leader by some distance, with 6.72 million subscribers by 2023 … Read more
The MENA region will have 20.8 million movie and TV series SVOD subscribers by 2023, up from the 5.22 million recorded at the end of 2017. Turkey will remain the leader by some distance, with 6.72 million subscribers by 2023 — a third of the region’s total. Principal analyst Simon Murray commented: “Netflix is dominant … Read more
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