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TVLogic Prepares Monitors for NAB

TVLogic usually has some new monitors to show and this event was no exception. First we looked at a new 17″ FullHD monitor that is designed for checking 4K content and can downscale 12G SDI or accept four single SDI inputs to create the high resolution input. There was also a new 24″ 3840 x … Read more

Marshall Adds New Monitor Features

Marshall is a regular exhibitor at IBC. First we looked at the high end broadcast rack-mounted monitors that are in configurations with 4/3/2 or one display up to 32″ in a single chassis. MD models have a modular design, allowing a lot of different configurations of inputs and allowing re-purposing of monitors when input technology … Read more

IBC 2015 Round Up

German STB maker, ABox42, was showing a new middleware solution that it has developed that is called ABox42 OPA (Operator Android). The middleware allows for the development of Android boxes with security for pay TV operators. The secure STB environment can be secured from an open Android implementation, allowing users to switch between the “sand … Read more

Vestel Makes Deal for Free TVs with Telefonica

Vestel told us that it has done a deal for TVs with Telefónica of Spain which plans to give them away to subscribers to the Movistar Plus service which includes all Spanish FTA DTT channels. The sets will not need an STB as it will have the functions of a box integrated into the set … Read more

Sony Electronics Launches High Dynamic Range Video Support on 2015 4K Ultra HD TVs This Fall

Sony Electronics today announced that it is bringing High Dynamic Range (HDR) support to more of its 4K Ultra HD televisions. In addition to the previously announced X930C and X940C models, Sony is also adding HDR compatibility to the X850C, X900C and X910C models via a network update, available soon. With this update users will … Read more

Axiomtek Expands Rugged Panel PC Offering

Axiomtek’s newest panel PC, the GOT3217W-881-PCT, features a fanless design and waterproof enclosure, with an IP65-rated front panel. The unit offers optional 3G and WiFi connectivity. The intended application is as an HMI platform in shopping centres, supermarkets and factories. The 21.5″ unit runs on Intel Core i3/i5/i7 (Haswell) Pentium or Celeron processors. An anti-vibration … Read more

Hungarian Pay-TV Continues to Grow

Hungarian regulator NMHH has said that around 3.44 million homes in the country are now taking a pay-TV service. The 10 largest pay-TV providers were responsible for 3.16 million of these. The eight largest IPTV/cable players had a combined total of almost 2.5 million subscribers, while the three major DTH companies had 900,000. Regardless of … Read more

Online Video Revenue Boom in Europe, Says IHS and SpotX Study

A new study released today by IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight, and SpotX, the video inventory management platform for publishers, found that revenue across Europe from online video jumped from €22 million in 2012 to €375 million in 2015. IHS forecasts that €2 billion, which is over … Read more

Rovi Boosts Speech and Surveys Users on Content Discovery

Last year, one of the most impressive demos that we got was at Rovi when the firm showed us its natural language user interface tool. The system was good at understanding the context and likely meaning of requests. This year, the company has added Spanish to English as a supported language and there have been … Read more

LGD Will Show Rollable TV at CES

LG Display is still on target to develop 60″, UltraHD, flexible and rollable transparent panels by 2017, the company has said – which it is working on as part of Korea’s Future Flagship Programme (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 27). Our only update since then came in February 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 8), … Read more

Source Claims Foldable Phone Will Arrive in 2016

A leak on Chinese social network Weibo – from a source that has been correct on Samsung stories in the past – claims that Samsung will launch its ‘Project Valley’ smartphone (Rumour: Project Valley is Samsung’s Foldable Phone) in January. The source says that the phone is being tested with Snapdragon 620 and 820 chips. … Read more