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MStar Semiconductor has chosen to use a cryptography engine from Inside Secure in its new UltraHD platform for TV chips. The engine will prevent content from being illegally copied and cloned.
Ericsson has entered into an agreement to acquire Envivio, in a deal valued at $125 million. Ericsson said that the acquisition will strengthen its video compression position, combining its broadcast and contribution expertise with Envivio’s leadership in multiscreen cable and telecom. This combination will enable consumers to experience TV on any device. Envivio’s tier one … Read more
Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. today announced that Acer’s new Predator 8 GT-810 tablet and previously released Iconia Tab 10 A3-A30 both feature a built-in SlimPort® interface, which allows consumers to expand their viewing experience by displaying high-resolution digital media from their tablets to external high-definition TVs, monitors and projectors. “SlimPort enables Acer tablet users to display … Read more
The popularity of OTT SVOD has influenced the increase of connected media devices in consumers’ homes. However, the smart TV is no longer the ‘go to’ connected media device for several consumers. Nowadays, consumers are not just relying on one connected media device per household, but rather, they are turning to multiple devices due to … Read more
Ferdinand Kayser gave the SES press talkFor the last several years, this reporter’s IBC experience has started with the annual SES press event (and dinner) which is a great chance to network and talk to colleagues and analysts as well as getting an update on the SES business – which helps us to understand the … Read more
SES S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) sees important steps and a continuous strong drive towards an accelerated uptake of Ultra HD – also known as 4K – by consumers, broadcasters and the industry. With the first Ultra HD channels on air, the innovative technology that allows for four times the resolution … Read more
The day after reporting on the Apple event that showed the company releasing the next iPhone, the new iPad Pro, a new Apple TV and a new OS for the Apple Watch, one has a kind of Apple hangover. With the unmistakable style of presentation and personal fashion sense among the management, we get the … Read more
NEC Display Solutions Europe has appointed Neil Hartigan as general manager for the UK and Benelux regions. He succeeds Simon Jackson who recently moved to the position of senior sales director of strategic and global sales EMEA.
Phew! The IFA report and most of this week’s main issue are done and I’ve just got on the train to the airport to fly out for the first IBC event, this evening. There are some other events today I would have liked to attend, but I just can’t get to Amsterdam any earlier after … Read more
Global TV set shipments experienced their steepest decline in five years in Q2’15, says IHS, declining 8% YoY to 48 million units. The result follows a year of annual growth in 2014, and was the largest fall since Q2’09, when demand slumped due to the global recession. Most of the decline is attributed to slowing … Read more
After the 3IT panel sessions, there was a socialising event with groups of delegates being allowed to have a look at the TiME (Tomorrow’s immersive Multimedia Experience, we think) 180° immersive environment which is run by the Fraunhofer HHI. The room can take around 20 people in reasonable comfort and has 14 projectors (7 for … Read more
The next panel was on 3D and consisted of Josephine Derobe, a stereographer and director, Jacques Verly from the University of Liege and Ludger Pfanz, a professor from HfG Karlsruhe and the director of the Beyond Festival. Europe has a lot of interest in 3D, but there were not many real projects. Verly said that … Read more
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