Matrox Wins a Best In Show for Mura IPX 4K
Matrox won a “Best of Show Award” from Sound & Video Contractor Magazine for its Matrox Mura IPX 4K capture and IP encode/decode boards, which were shown at Infocomm 2015.
Netflix Looks at China
Netflix has passed 65 million subscribers, adding 3.3 million in Q2 (0.9 million in the US, 2.4 million outside) compared to a forecast of 2.5 million, and almost double the 1.7 million added in Q2 last year. It has plans already in place to launch in Japan in Q3; in Spain, Italy and Portugal in … Read more
Tensions in France
I’m just coming to the end of my “vacation”. We enjoyed peaceful and good natured fireworks for the 13th/14th July festivities, but in the area of Normandy that we are staying, fourteen cars were set alight in unrest. Objects were thrown at police in an echo of more serious violence in the area in the … Read more
ZTE Unveils Blade D6 & ZTE SmartHome at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2015
ZTE, a leading global mobile device maker, today unveiled the ZTE Blade D6 and its first ever smart home gateway, the ZTE SmartHome, at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2015. The two devices are on display at ZTE’s stand, located at Booth 20 – Hall 5 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, alongside a … Read more
Nokia Would Outsource New Phone Production
It was rumoured in April that Nokia was planning a return to the mobile business (Rumor: Nokia Getting Back into the Phone Business?). Now the company says that it will outsource the manufacturing of any new devices and that the phones are unlikely to be ready until the end of 2016. A spokesman for the … Read more
19 Million Households Use DTT Platform in UK
Digitag said that the DTT platform is the most important television delivery platform in the UK and is used by approximately 75% of households. According to Digital UK, the platform will continue to offer new services and will work towards a successful clearance of the 700 MHz band.
Pay TV Booms in DACH
The Association of Commercial Broadcasters and Audiovisual Services in Germany (VPRT) has said that new record figures were achieved in the German Pay TV market. Revenues reached €2.05 billion in Germany, €2.2 billion in the DACH region. The group is forecasting a 7% rise in 2015 to €2.4 billion for the region. The main driver … Read more
US TV Business Continues to Change
For some time now, the TV business in the US has been changing. Discussion of cable/cord cutting or cable/cord shaving (downgrading pay TV service) is affecting all areas of the home entertainment industry. The following chart shows the development of pay TV subscribers in the US since the third quarter of 2014 according to Statista. … Read more
JVC Unveils Six New ProHD LCD Monitors for Studio, Field Use
JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation, today announced six new ProHD LCD monitors for field and studio use, including a dual nine-inch rack display. Integrated with a wide range of professional functions, the new DT-X92 monitors will replace corresponding DT-X91 models in the JVC ProHD monitor lineup. The DT-X92HX2 features two nine-inch … Read more
Global TFT LCD Display Market 2015-2019
TFT LCD is a type of LCD that provides better optical properties such as picture contrast. TFT LCDs form the display panel for LCD TVs, desktop PCs, and mobile computing devices. An LCD panel is made up of a number of layers containing different components such as a polarizer, a color filter, and an LCD … Read more
Gesture Control Firm Pebbles Interfaces Acquired by Oculus
Oculus, developer of the Rift virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display system has acquired Pebbles Interfaces (pebblesinterfaces.com – Note: original website taken down) of Kfar Saba, Israel. The firm’s LinkedIn page (below) describes the firm’s specialties as gesture interface, optics, computer software and human machine interface. Oculus, owned by Facebook, is of course engaged in gesture … Read more
BenQ Adds Innovative Small- to Medium-Space Capabilities on M6 Projectors
BenQ America Corp., an internationally renowned provider of visual display solutions and the No. 1-selling projector brand powered by TI DLP® technology in The Americas, today introduced its all-new M6 Series projectors. Designed with exceptional brightness capabilities, easy installation options, and BenQ’s renowned Colorific™ picture quality, the company’s MX631ST and MW632ST short-throw projectors deliver an … Read more
