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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.
Worldwide TV shipments are expected to rise 10% next year, according to 376 sources, to around 230 million units. Large-size TV demand in mature markets and China, and small-size demand in emerging regions, will drive growth. There will be new UltraHD and quantum dot TVs, as well as lower-cost OLED models. The sources said Samsung … Read more
Vectra, the Polish cable operator, ended Q3 with 911,300 subscribers; a 4.5% increase on last year. The majority of these (839,613) received TV services, of which 603,021 were taking digital programming.
Microsoft has said that sales of the Xbox One have ‘skyrocketed’ since the console’s price was cut (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 39) – more than tripling in the USA. It is on track to have sold more than 10 million units to retailers this year – a milestone than Sony’s Playstation 4 passed in … Read more
Following the final approval last month by the European Commission of Liberty Global’s acquisition of Dutch cable operator Ziggo, the Commission has appointed a monitoring trustee to oversee the transaction. CompetitionRx, a London-based company which specialises in overseeing the implementation of antitrust compliance programmes, will monitor whether Liberty Global adheres to the conditions set out … Read more
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