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Altice has acquired Cablevision Systems Corporation, for $17.7 billion, a deal that creates the fourth-largest cable operator in the USA. Cablevision serves the US metropolitan area (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut), with a network of more than 5 million premises and 3.1 million customers. The deal includes Cablevision as well as its subsidiary divisions: … Read more
John Whittingdale, the UK’s Culture Secretary, has said that ‘the time may come’ when the country’s DTT spectrum is given over to another service. At a keynote speech to the RTS Cambridge Convention, Whittingdale said, “If we reach the day when IPTV is universal then we need to consider that, but we are a long … Read more
Held once every 5 years, the Canon Expo in NYC was a tour de force of products, innovation and technology
Invidis has released the third edition of its Digital Signage Yearbook, at the annual Digital Signage Summit Europe in Munich. The document contains an overview of the EMEA digital signage market, with country reports on a sub-region basis. The DACH market is especially well-documented. A special report deals with the topic of DOOH. Download the … Read more
Ingram Micro’s country director for Belgium, Steve Meynen, has left the company to work for Awingu, a local workspace aggregator. http://tinyurl.com/p4bggv2
9 to 5 Mac has posted an article about a second-generation Google Chromecast streaming dongle. The site claims to have seen internal documents showing a new, circular design and with improved WiFi connectivity. A new feature, called Fast Play, will reduce the time it takes to connect to a streaming service. The dongle will apparently … Read more
The BBC has announced plans to launch an OTT video streaming service in the USA. Tony Hall, the broadcaster’s director general, said that thee new service will be launched online next year, with no involvement from US network operators. Neither the name nor programming for the new service have been revealed, although Hall did say … Read more
Although it got the size wrong, the Wall Street Journal was correct in the pricing of Amazon’s newest tablet ($50 Tablet Incoming From Amazon). The 7″ Amazon Fire is a very low-cost model – with a ‘buy five, get one free’ incentive to encourage bulk buying. The new Fire tablet runs on a 1.3GHz quad-core … Read more
Sources at TPK have said that ‘major’ smartphone vendors, including Apple, have been showing an interest in the company’s ‘touch-on-lens’ technology. New production breakthroughs have apparently raised yields and, thus, lowered the cost of TOL (although it still costs more than one-glass solution panels).
Germany’s Media Broadcast and Eurofins are working together to develop a receiver specification and test suite, in preparation for the launch of the DVB-T2 platform. A soft launch is expected in June 2016. In related news, public broadcaster ARD has issues a preliminary timetable for its T2 switch. The transsition will begin in large urban … Read more
When Sony introduced the Xperia Z5 Premium smartphone (Sony Enhances Mobile Display – Will it be Enough?), we wondered how the company would achieve the ‘up to two-day’ battery life claim with an UltraHD display. After being reviewed, it appears that the phone is not always displaying UltraHD graphics. Only photos and videos will b … Read more
Amazon has been active in the TV STB/dongle space for more than a year now, and is stepping up its game to challenge the new Apple TV. The company’s newest Fire TV STB not only includes gaming features (like Apple TV), but supports UltraHD content, too. The Fire TV Stick has also received new features, … Read more
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