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NAGRA, a digital TV division of the Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S) and the world’s leading independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, announced today that it has extended its content protection partnership with Korean satellite broadcaster KT Skylife to include NAGRA’s anyCAST CONNECT solution. NAGRA anyCAST CONNECT will allow the KT Skylife to secure … Read more
I’ve written about high dynamic range (HDR) systems several times recently. Most of the focus has been on Dolby Vision and HDR10, primarily because content formatted for these two HDR systems is available in the US. While talking to an industry expert at the Samsung HDR event, he told me there are actually 10 HDR … Read more
Shipments of wearable devices reached 22.5 million in the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16) according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Despite a decline in shipments for one of the largest vendors, the overall market for wearable devices grew 26.1% year over year as new use cases are slowly starting to emerge. “Fitness is … Read more
Skyworth told us that they had one new HDR TV at IFA, the S9B which is part of the previously released H9 series. It is only for sale in China right now and is offered in 55” and 65” UHD screen sizes. It features an OLED panel with Dolby Vision support and wide color gamut … Read more
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced today two new professional 4K/UHD displays in response to the needs of content-creators – the DP-V2420 professional 4K reference display, a 24-inch high-luminance model ideal for High Dynamic Range (HDR1) footage and the DP-V1710 professional 4K reference display, an industry-first2 17-inch, 3840 x 2160 display … Read more
The EU has given UK organic semiconductor company, SmartKem, a €1.8 million grant to transfer its OTFT Truflex platform to mass production of flexible displays in Asia. SmartKem is adding a further €850,000. The company already has agreements with two Asian display makers. The funds will speed up the pre-production and scaling of the technology … Read more
KFC in the UK and Ireland is experimenting with digital signage in the UK to improve communications and coordination in its 850 QSRs in the region. It has been working with Pioneer Digital on a ‘Meeting on the Box’ concept which allows the displays that are primarily used as digital menu boards to be used … Read more
Hydis Technologies, Korea-based subsidiary of electronic paper maker E Ink Holdings (EIH), and China-based Tianma Micro-electronics have agreed to cross-license TFT-LCD patents. Hydis licenses fringe field switching (FFS) wide viewing-angle technology to Tianma for royalty revenues, but the use of AMOLED panels for smartphones and hand-held devices has reduced demand for FFS-based panels. EIH says … Read more
According to China’s Economic Daily News, Apple has asked Mediatek to quote for wireless charging chips for an iPhone case. Creating peripherals, such as cases, for wireless charging would be a new move for Apple. Mediatek refused to comment, but it is understood that NXP and IDT are also providing samples.
One of the stories that we missed in the flood at IBC was the development of a Smart TV design by EKT which also claims to supply “Tier 1” network operators. The TVs have, effectively, a set top box integrated into the TV that can support EKT’s proprietary solidTV HbbTV and HTML5-compliant middleware platform, supporting … Read more
Allegro DVT, the leader in audio/video compliance streams, announces that MediaTek Inc., a market leader in cutting-edge systems-on-chip (SoC) for mobile devices, wireless networking, HDTV, DVD and Blu-ray, has licensed Allegro DVT’s AVS2 compliance streams. AVS2, China’s next generation video codec, is developed by the AVS workgroup with a target to achieve more compression efficiency … Read more
Foxconn, one of the world’s largest consumer electronics manufacturers, will equip its TV devices with white label smart TV portal solutions from German technology and software development company NetRange. As part of the collaboration, Foxconn will provide the devices with a turnkey middleware and will be the first OEM to deliver ready-to-go products to the … Read more
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