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Dolby had its usual place on the show floor and was showing both its Dolby Vision developments and its Atmos audio, although we focused strongly on the video side when we went on the booth. However, we were mightily impressed with the full scale Dolby Atmos system set up for the Ang Lee keynote (Ang … Read more
We met with You.i TV, an Ottowa-based Canadian small company (200 staff) that is looking to develop apps for TV as the company believes that Apps are the future of TV. The company, which has a lot of experience with gaming, before it got into TV, realised that developing apps for TV can be tricky, … Read more
There is mounting evidence that VR is not necessarily an isolating experience, but one which can and will become very social. Virtual Reality Arcades or VRcades may indeed be one of the next big ideas that drives VR into the mainstream. Clearly, the availability of reasonably-priced VR headsets from Sony, HTC, Oculus – together with … Read more
Roku, Inc. today announced a new line up of streaming players with features, prices and performance for every kind of streamer. Setting a new milestone, Roku launched its tiniest streaming player yet– the new Roku Express offers a fast and complete experience with 1080p HD streaming for $29.99 MSRP. Roku Express and Roku Express+ are … Read more
With a worldwide presence, including Paris, London and Austin Texas, Mood Media is a world leading brand for outlet customer experience. Their expertise stretches from AV content display to interactivity and from sensory experiences to music. For the opening of the new Générale de téléphone (Orange Group) flagship store, Mood Media has created and installed … Read more
TCO Development reports that the draft of the Swedish Budget for 2017 proposes to introduce a chemical tax on electronics to try to reduce hazardous flame retardants. TCO is concerned that the proposal only targets substances with proven negative effects and says that further testing of substitutes is required. The organisation accuses the Swedish government … Read more
DVB held its ‘same procedure as last year’ press conference on the first day of IBC. Peter MacAvock is the newly elected chairman of the DVB to replace Phil Laven. MacAvock started by introducing himself. He has been involved with the EBU for some time and the broadcaster members of that organisation are very keen … Read more
Over the last couple of years, I have checked out almost all of the companies at IBC that were talking about UltraHD. This year, that simply wouldn’t have been possible as everybody was talking about UltraHD, as far as I could tell. It’s amazing how quickly UltraHD has been accepted and adopted. Now part of … Read more
Juniper Research said that revenues from enterprise AR apps will reach $5.7 billion by 2021, rising ten fold from an estimated $515 million in 2016. Consumer apps in AR will stay behind enterprise over the forecast period. The company pointed out both the success of Pokemon Go and also the speed at which interest had … Read more
Sony has undertaken a major project with Circuit Paul Ricard, a motorsport venue in the South of France, near Marseille. Sony supplied all of the AV infrastructure including cameras to monitor the track, video processing and both laser projectors and flat panel displays in collaboration with networked communications specialist Sogetrel and software vendor SeeTec. In … Read more
According to research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG), currently 82% of US households are subscribing to a pay-TV service, back to 2005 levels and down from 87% in 2011. 2.6% of households have subscribed in the past year but currently do not. 1% of current subscribers are new to pay-TV. In the next six months … Read more
Lattice Semiconductor said that its SiBeam 60GHz wireless technology has been integrated into the Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 5040UBe 3LCD projector to support wireless transmission of UltraHD and HDR content. HDCP 2.2 content protection is available and Lattice said that this is the third generation of Epson projectors to use versions of the SiBeam technology. … Read more
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