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The 13 largest pay-TV providers in the USA (representing 95.3 million video customers – about 95% of the market) lost around 150,000 net video subscribers in Q3’14 – compared to a loss of 25,000 in Q3’13. Leichtman Research Group (LRG) says that the top cable companies (49.5 million video subscribers) lost about 440,000 customers, compared … Read more
A device currently seeking funding on Indiegogo (24 days left of the campaign and 14% funded at the time of writing) promises to bring picture-by-picture functionality to any TV. ‘SkreensTV’ can handle up to five HDMI inputs and route them all to a TV as a single image. If funded, the product will come to … Read more
Pricing for 32″, 40″ and 42″ TV panels will continue to rise in Q4’14, say Asian sources. The situation is not expected to soften until Q1’15, when demand seasonally falls. Panel makers have lowered production of 32″ units to focus on larger, higher-end products such as 50″ and 60″ UltraHD panels.
Analogue services continue to be switched off in Belarus. Analogue transmissions were turned off in the agglomerations of Liozno in the Vitebsk region and Krichev in the Mogilyov region from 1st November. Further shut-downs will take place on 15th January, in the agglomerations of Kopyl and Telyaki in the Minsk region and in Smorgon in … Read more
Best Buy and Sharp have signed a licensing agreement (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 43) which allows the US chain to use Sharp’s brand on three recently released HDTVs. The new line comprises 32″, 42″ and 50″ models, selling for $200, $330 and $430 respectively.
At a Media Broadcast event in Germany regarding DVB-T2, it was said that private broadcasters in the country plan to launch services using the platform in mid-2016. DVB-T broadcasts could be turned off in early 2018. Public broadcasters plan to begin -T2 programming in early 2017 and turn off simulcasts in mid-2019. Media Broadcast and … Read more
The European Commission has published a working paper proposing new energy standards for large-screen TVs and monitors, which would cap their energy use. TVs in Europe are currently ranked according to the internal efficiency of their components. Under the proposed new scheme, fewer TVs would attain the top ratings. The standards could be in force … Read more
Amazon’s Fire TV Stick (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 43) has been launched in the USA. It costs $40.
A new digital billboard has been erected in New York’s Times Square – one of the largest and most expensive in the world. Running the length of a full city block, the billboard is part of Clear Channel Spectacolor’s portfolio at the front of the Marriott Marquis hotel. It was built by Vornado Realty Trust … Read more
UltraHD Netflix streams were made available on Panasonic’s AX800 TVs earlier this month (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 44). The service has now arrived on the slightly older AX802 TV.
Ocean Outdoor has extended its ‘Face @ Westfield’ screens. East Face @ Westfield is 15m x 9m and towers over the West Cross route, the main approach to the shopping centre. It is surrounded by a vinyl wrap (20.2m x 13.3m), which acts as an extension for branding. The LED display has a 20mm pixel … Read more
Sony’s Playstation TV (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 24) box is now available in Germany.
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