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Creating Derivatives from the 4K/120/3D “Billy Lynn” Master

That was the topic of discussion I had with Ben Gervais, the technical supervisor on “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”, a film directed by Ang Lee and captured in 3D, 120 frames per second and 4K resolution. But the film will only be shown in this format on a few select screens, so for more … Read more

ADB Helps Multimedia Polska Deliver Enhanced TV Services with User-friendly Personal TV Solution

ADB, a leading provider of solutions and services for media convergence, has today announced that Multimedia Polska, a cable operator in Poland, has chosen ADB’s Personal TV software platform to enhance its pay-TV offering. ADB’s Personal TV solution offers a variety of next-generation features within an innovative, intuitive and user-friendly interface. Multimedia Polska S.A. provides … Read more

Teledyne LeCroy Announces quantumdata™ 780 Series HDBaseT Remote Cable Test Solution

Teledyne LeCroy, the worldwide leader in protocol test solutions, today announced an optional HDBaseT Remote Cable test feature offered with certain models of their popular quantumdata 780 series handheld test instruments. The HDBaseT Remote Cable test solution includes an HDBaseT Remote Terminal device and enables professional A/V integrators to verify installed network cable infrastructure for … Read more

Initiative for Auto LED Lighting

We don’t cover lighting, but we noted a report on a new initiative, the IseLED Alliance, that is working to support full colour lighting in automotive applications. The Alliance consists of Inova Semiconductors, Dominant Opto Technologies, NXP, TE Connectivity, and Pforzheim University and the idea is to allow relatively simple and low cost control of … Read more

US Connected TV Viewing Growing Rapidly

US connected TV penetration will reach 71.2% of US internet users by 2020, according to eMarketer, representing 60.4% of the population. The analyst reports that growth in the use of connected TVs will increase by 20.6% this year to reach 181.8 million users, but growth will slow, reaching 202.1 million in 2020. SmartTVs will be … Read more

FPD Revenues to Increase in 2017 – IHS Markit

IHS Markit said that the flat panel industry will grow by 9.3% in 2017 to $110 billion, after two years of decline. Firmer pricing will be the key factor as supply has become tighter this year as volume is only expected to increase by 0.3%, while area will grow by 6.6%. “While it would be … Read more