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SVoD service Wuaki.tv has added 500,000 subscribers in Spain during the first six months of the year – taking its customer base to 2.5 million. It is the highest increase for Wuaki since it began operations in 2009. 51% of all programme requests come from smart TVs; 14% from tablets; 12% from smartphones; and 10% … Read more
Almost 27% of Spanish homes subscribed to a pay TV service at the end of 2015, said regulator CNMC. This is up from 21.2% at end-2014. However, 70.8% of viewers said that they were not interested in paying for more channels and are satisfied with existing free-to-air options. 30.1% said that cost was an issue; … Read more
Leader Europe will be at the HPA Tech Retreat on the 13th-14th July. The company will demonstrate its LV5490 waveform monitor and HDR suite of production and test tools at the event, in Oxfordshire. Analyst Comment We will also be attending the Tech Retreat next week! (TA)
Scala has appointed Harry Horn as VP and general manager of the EMEA region. Horn, who joined Scala in 2010, will oversee the sales, marketing, finance, services and support and daily activity of Scala’s operations, based in the Netherlands. He has worked in the industry for more than 20 years.
The Clubhouse is a new business venue that has recently opened in London, with a Multitaction iWall. The 3×3 interactive wall can be used to review and manipulate data.
Blackberry is set to launch three new Android smartphones to join the existing Blackberry Priv, says VentureBeat. First is the Neon: a 5.2″ midrange model with an aluminium frame, Snapdragon 617 SoC, 3GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. The Argon is next, aimed at the enterprise market. It has a 5.5″ display (2560 x … Read more
The Korea Herald claims that LG is seeking to relocate its production base in Europe. The firm, it is claimed, will move its TV manufacturing facilities in Mlawa, Poland to Wroclaw. These two facilities have an annual output of 4 million and 7 million units, respectively.
Yesterday’s first quarter-final of the Euro2016 marked the kick-off of seven matches that Rai, Italy’s national public broadcaster, and Eutelsat are offering Italian TV homes. The initiative with Eutelsat marks Rai’s most ambitious foray into Ultra HD that represents the next big leap forward in broadcasting. Unprecedented Ultra HD broadcasts delivered to Tivùsat homes by … Read more
JVC Mobile Entertainment announced it is shipping the KW- V820BT, its 2016 flagship multimedia receiver introduced at CES earlier this year. The receiver is the first in the JVC line to incorporate Apple CarPlay, the on-screen interface that provides intuitive app control and voice command of myriad functions using Siri®. MSRP for the KW-V820BT is … Read more
Vivo Mobile (Vivo) is now the world’s fifth largest smartphone manufacturer according to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Q1 2016 Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report. The IDC regarded Vivo’s fast growth as one of the biggest catalysts for change in the worldwide smartphone market in the first quarter of 2016, with the brand shipping … Read more
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has published an article on HDR capture, which is becoming increasingly important as demand for the format grows. The capture challenge is compounded by the requirement for UltraHD resolution and other features like wide colour gamuts and high frame rates. SMPTE quotes Peter Centen, VP of … Read more
Eyevis and DB Systems have signed a deal to bring transparent OLED displays to the UK for rental or fixed installations. DB Systems is a rental specialist, which chose the TOLED displays based on their quality and Eyevis’ approach to business. DB Systems will show its new fleet of TOLED screens at the Farnborough Air … Read more
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