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Video Clarity Announces ClearView Extreme 8K and ClearView Player 8K for Uncompressed 8K Video

November 8, 2015 by Isaac Oburu

Video Clarity Inc., provider of market-leading audio and video quality measurement and analysis systems, announces the release of its ClearView Extreme 8K video quality analyzer and ClearView Player 8K uncompressed 8K/4K/HD/SD recorder and player. ClearView Extreme 8K is the industry’s first fully capable video quality analysis system for 8K resolution that enables users to measure … Read more

Video Clarity Compares 8k Video

November 8, 2015 by Tom Allen

Video Clarity has announced a video quality analysis system for 8k video, as well as an uncompressed SD-to-8k recorder and player. The ClearView Extreme 8k system can be used to measure and analyse the quality of uncompressed video, using perceptual metrics and side-by-side visual comparison on a single display. Video Clarity recommends using this system … Read more

Display Makers Need a Hand

November 8, 2015 by David Barnes

So I was wrong… we have not seen the endgame, yet. The AMLCD industry has not been roiled by mergers and acquisitions as I thought possible back in 2001. At the time, I was deep in long-term strategy for the Philips-LG joint venture we now call LG Display. Studies on industry endgames were being published, … Read more

NEC Planning LED Signage with Peel-and-Replace Modules

November 7, 2015 by Ken Werner

On November 4, NEC’s professional A/V division mounted its New York ShowCase to give its partners a chance to show their wares. The event was held at SIR Stage 37, a 37th-street exhibition venue on New York’s far west side. The block is still gritty, but since it’s near the Hudson Yards gentrification area, its … Read more

Opera TV launches on LG Smart TVs

November 6, 2015 by Isaac Oburu

LG Smart TV will launch selected channels from Opera TV’s portfolio in eight markets: the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, USA, Mexico and Brazil. The first phase of the Opera TV launch will include up to 18 channels in each country with thousands of videos ranging from movies and TV series, music, sports, news, … Read more

Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Technology: Current and Future Markets – Reportlinker Review

November 6, 2015 by Isaac Oburu

This BCC Research report looks at the MEMS market and provides a road map to the technologies and applications that are most likely to be successfully commercialized in the next five years, includes forecast through 2020. Highlights The global market for MEMS devices and production equipment was worth $11.7 billion in 2014. This market is … Read more

Anoto Group to Acquire Livescribe Inc.

November 6, 2015 by Isaac Oburu

Anoto Group AB today announced an agreement to acquire Livescribe Inc. Livescribe will be fully integrated with Anoto as a wholly-owned subsidiary, with the deal expected to close later this month. Anoto is a global leader in digital writing and drawing solutions. Its technology platform and branded products enable high-precision pen or stylus input on … Read more

Anoto to Acquire Livescribe

November 6, 2015 by Tom Allen

Anoto Group AB is to acquire digital pen maker Livescribe. Livescribe will act as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Anoto when the deal is closed, expected to happen later this month. The deal will be used to broaden Anoto’s product portfolio, extend its business into the consumer market and retail distribution and add a digital note-taking … Read more

Pixelworks Result 05/11/2015

November 6, 2015 by Yvette Raikes

Video display processing company Pixelworks Inc. posted Q3 net losses of $1.2 million, an improvement on losses of $2.3 million a year earlier, on turnover of $16.6 million, down from $17.1 million. For the nine months, losses were up at $7.4 million from $7.2 million on sales of $46.0 million, an increase from $45.8 million. … Read more

Elko Group Signs ScreenMedia

November 6, 2015 by Milos Pavlovic

Elko is now distributing ScreenMedia’s projection screen, mounts and lifts in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

French PSB Warns of DTT Loss

November 6, 2015 by Tom Allen

The head of French public service broadcaster France Televisions has said that up to 7% of households could lose DTT access, when the country moves to the MPEG-4 AVC platform on the 5th April next year. Currently, DTT is simulcast using MPEG-2 and MPEG-4.

Free Brings UltraHD to Basic Offer

November 6, 2015 by Tom Allen

Free is now broadcasting an UltraHD channel in France: Festival 4K, dedicated to music festivals, concerts and similar. Access is included in Free’s basic Freebox package.