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The streaming service Epix is now available on Apple TV4 and comes with a limited free trial for subscribers. Movies including ‘The Hunger Games’, ‘James Bond’ and ‘Star Trek’ are available via the app. Such people as Katy Perry, Louis CK and Wanda Sykes also feature as do other music and comedy events. Series such … Read more
Starting from 2018 streaming providers such as Netflix, Viaplay, Sky, and Spotify will no longer be allowed to use “geo-blocking” to prevent access to EU subscribers that are travelling within the EU. All providers of online content will no longer be allowed to use geo-blocking starting in 2018, and this will be enforced by the … Read more
Flex is to open a new facility later this year. This will add 11,000 square metres of space with 9,000 square metres allocated to manufacturing space. The rest of the building will be allocated to storage, according to an update on Invest in Pomerania. This will be Flex’s fourth production facility and will be opened … Read more
According to industry sources in Taiwan, global demand for the LED chipsused in fine pixel pitch displays will see an increase of 30-40% this year. The information was reported by Digitimes. The forecast growth is based on the increasing demand for these displays and the increasing density of LED chips per unit of display area, … Read more
MediaTek saw a drop in its consolidated revenues to NT$18.31 billion (US$588.3 million) in January 2017. This represents a 11-month low and a decrease of 14.2% on month and 14.1% on year. Blamed for this drop are seasonal factors, as well as the strong US dollar. These factors will drag down MediaTek’s revenues in the … Read more
The revenues were down for TPK Holding for the month of January 2017. The company reported consolidated revenues of NT$7.624 billion ($247 m) for the month. This represents a 12.74% drop on a monthly basis and 14.53% drop on a yearly basis.
A fire broke out at the Samsung SDI battery factory in China. This occurred just weeks after Samsung stated that it was defective batteries that caused its Note 7 mobile to burst into flames. Samsung had implemented several controls to prevent it from happening again. The fire at the factory in Tianjin was described as … Read more
Irdeto CA has been deployed to over 2 million subscribers of the Russian telecommunications group, MTS. Irdeto’s scalable CA solution now securely delivers the Russian broadcaster’s television services across nine different time zones, representing the majority of Russian territory. Irdeto started working with MTS in 2012 in cable television services, and then became one of … Read more
Viaccess-Orca and ContentArmor have joined forces to strengthen the protection of UHD and 4K premium content. ContentArmor watermark technology has been integrated into the full range of Viaccess-Orca’s Sentinel content protection solutions, including hybrid card/cardless CAS and proprietary DRM products for multiscreen TV. By embedding the watermarking agent within Viaccess-Orca’s product family, operators will meet … Read more
A new color filter technology is under development that claims to have the potential to advance the commercialization of the next generation of ultra-high definition TVs. At the same time, the technology also has the potential to reduce TV prices. First, a few words of background information. The color filters widely used in current displays … Read more
The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA), which is now part of SMPTE, plans to host its annual Tech Retreat event in Indian Wells, California in a couple of weeks. One of the topics will be a special afternoon session on AR/VR on Feb. 20 called TR-X. We listened in to a webcast and question and answer … Read more
Scala, Inc., today announced the extension of their digital signage solutions to include a line of powerful, secure Scala-branded media players and commercial tablet products. The addition of Scala-branded players – as well as new software licensing and hardware bundling options – will address the current market climate of competitive pricing and ever-improved deployment on … Read more
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