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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
Entropic has announced that it will no longer produce SoC devices for use in set-top boxes. The company will continue to supply its STB SoCs that are already in production and believes that the business will contribute ‘meaningful revenue’ for the next three years. However, Entropic’s new focus is on its core connectivity business.
Amazon’s Fire TV Stick (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 43) has been launched in the USA. It costs $40.
A 100m² (5.5m x 18.3m) LED screen has been installed at Frankfurt Airport in Germany – making it the largest digital airport advertising space in Europe. We heard (via our friends at Invidis) that the screen is 16m from the ground and weighs 18 tonnes – but operator Media Frankfurt didn’t give away any more … Read more
“Broadcast TV will probably last until 2030”, was the bold claim by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings during a recent speech in Mexico City. Hastings has been predicting the death of linear TV (and its replacement by internet TV) for several years, although this is the first time that he has put a date to the … Read more
HD+, the German TV platform, now has almost 1.6 million customers, five years after it was launched. Compared to September 2013, 313,683 new subscribers have joined HD+. An additional 1.3 million viewers are in the free trial period, putting the platform’s reach at about 2.9 million households.
Worldwide UltraHD-capable set-top box shipments will reach 48 million by 2020, says ABI Research. HEVC STB shipments will climb even higher, to 88 million units. Only about 60,000 STBs with both features will be shipped in 2014.
Amazon’s preparations (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 48) have now concluded. The company has launched UltraHD streaming on its Prime Instant Video service – although the service is currently only accessible on TVs, not other displays.
Telecompaper has said that 55% of Dutch TV subscribers were taking a cable service in Q3’14. At the same time, fibre networks (IPTV) became the third-largest technology for receiving TV, with almost a 10% market share. DSL was in second place with 14%. Total TV connections in the Netherlands were stable at around 7.7 million, … Read more
A new billboard is being designed for JCDecaux by designer Zaha Hadid, and is to be installed on the south side of West Cromwell Road in London. The sign will use a digital screen, facing west, housed within twisting bands of sheet metal with a matte finish. A decision on the proposals, which have been … Read more
We knew that Kenya wanted its analogue switch-off to go ahead soon (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 47), after several delays (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 50 and Vol 20 No 48). The Ministry of Information Communication and Technology has now announced that ASO will begin in the capital city of Nairobi on 31st December. … Read more
KPN’s DTT platform in the Netherlands, Digitenne, is believed to have dropped below 500,000 subscribers. In KPN’s recent results, the Digitenne figure came under the heading ‘Other TV homes’ (508,000), which also included analogue FttH customers – believed to be around 10,000. Subtracting analogue customers from the total puts Digitenne’s base under half a million.
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