Sky Subscribers Rise in Q3
Sky Deutschland ended Q3’14 with more than 3.9 million subscribers. Sky Premium HD customers rose by 75,000, to exceed 2.3 million.
Sony Provides UltraHD For Free…ish
Sony is now offering customers five high-resolution films for free. Between 31st October and 27th December, customers with a 2014 Bravia UltraHD TV can take the ‘Privilege Movies 4k’ promotion to get 10 films, five of which will be loaned for free. The films will be sent on a pre-loaded HDD that can be unlocked … Read more
Sony TV Service Enters Beta
We have been hearing rumours about a Sony web-TV service for almost two years (since Display Monitor Vol 20 No 2), and now the company has finally followed through. Playstation Vue will be a cloud-based service combining live, on-demand and three-day catch-up TV content. It includes a recommendation engine and a smart search feature. The … Read more
Spanish Government Urged to Move DTT Deadline
Spanish trade bodies have urged the government to extend its DTT migration deadline (currently 31st December) by three months. The associations (Uteca, FORTA, Installers Federation Fenitel, the Consumers Association and Abertis Telecom) say that between two million and four million households could lose TV signals if the deadline remains as it is.
Spanish Pay-TV Rose in Q2
The number of pay-TV subscribers in Spain increased by 340,000 in Q2’14, says regulator CNMC, to 4.3 million. Telefonica’s Movistar service saw the largest growth, up 91% YoY to 1.2 million. Canal Plus lost 22,000 customers (1.3%), ending Q2 at 1.62 million. ONO was the third-largest company, losing 52,000 subscribers (-6.3%) to 777,000. Telecable, Euskaltel … Read more
Storm Shows Off Curved LED
Clear Channel UK’s Storm brand has unveiled a new display at its Coventry House site in London. The display is a Daktronics unit – the 13mm 13HD product – chosen by LG, a long-term site occupier. The 48m² screen is curved, with adjustable brightness (between 6,000 cd/m² and 9,500 cd/m²).
Taiwanese Makers Extend Focus
Next year, AUO and Innolux will focus on high-resolution and wide viewing angle kiosks, IPC and white board applications, say sources in Asia. Display Daily Comments We saw medical panels from AUO at SID this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 25). According to Taiwan’s IEK, the value of the country’s medical equipment industry has … Read more
Thomson Shows HD Broadcast on Single MUX
Thomson Video Networks has tested the broadcast of five HD channels from a single 24.8Mbps multiplex, in France. The country currently uses three multiplexes for HD broadcast. Thomson used its ViBE EM4000 HD/SD encoder and Netprocessor multiplexer/video processor in the demonstration. Content from five French broadcasters was encoded in MPEG-4 VBR, multiplexed by the Netprocesser … Read more
TPV to Raise Panel Procurement From Panda
TPV is likely to increase its LCD TV panel purchases from CEC Panda, according to reports from Asia. It is said that CEC’s yields will rise in the second half of next year. Sources said that the move is due to CEC’s share in TPV, and because of the company’s new panel supply (it is … Read more
TV Industry – European Cable Operators Expect Growth
According to an article in Broadband TV News a recent survey of the largest European Cable operators shows high growth expectations for the cable industry in Europe. Solon Management Consulting asked top managers of 14 leading cable companies about their market outlook. The results show a 6% yearly revenue growth until 2016. By then the … Read more
UltraHD Concert Available for Streaming
The Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga concert, ‘Cheek to Cheek LIVE!’, which was recorded in UltraHD (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 38), is now available for streaming worldwide. LG and Amazon collaborated on the production; the concert is available on UltraHD TVs to Amazon Video customers.
UltraHD Expands With Wuaki
The Wuaki.tv streaming service will begin to offer UltraHD streaming on the 1st December. The service will be launched in Germany and France, although there are plans to bring it to Wuaki’s other markets (Spain and the UK) in the near future.
