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I’m writing this editorial in the plane on the way back from the Munich Digital Signage conference after spending 14 of the last 15 days at industry events. Add an extra day for travel and attending the pre-IBC SES event and it gets to 15 out of 16 days. In that time, I have had … Read more
Christie had a small booth at IBC, but still had lots to show. The first thing we noted was the Christie Velvet LED system which was on display. The company has 2.5mm to 4mm small pitch LED displays, with 1.9mm to come later, and the one at IBC, which was a 3.2m x 1.8m set … Read more
Over the years, the EBU and DVB have normally held press conferences around the same time, but this year, the EBU didn’t have one, however DVB did. Phil Laven the chairman of DVB started the press conference by saying that DVB is now 21 years old and has about 1.15 billion devices in use with … Read more
We’ve been reporting on Neotion, the specialist in exploiting the CI slot in Europe’s TVs and STBs, since 2008. At the show this year, it was showing how a CAM can be used to control access to Hbb applications to allow OTT content to be used only when consumers have valid subscriptions. For example, catch … Read more
Before the show, our reporter caught up with Rovi’s Charles Dawes to discuss the company’s presence at the show. We had heard at CES that Rovi was seeking to sell its DivX business, and this has now taken place. The company’s focus this year is on content discovery tools and advanced usability. The problems facing … Read more
Every year, SES holds an event ahead of IBC that draws much of the European press that is interested in the TV landscape in the region. The first speaker was Ferdinand Kayser, chief commercial officer of SES, who said that there seems to be almost infinite demand for video. SES research suggests that there are … Read more
Stephan Heimbacher of Sky Deutschland spoke at a seminar by SES about the live delivery of UltraHD TV tests that were conducted. Sky has been looking at UltraHD for some years and is working towards delivering UltraHD. This started with recording content for testing. However, Sky wanted to understand the issues of live UltraHD and … Read more
Sigma Designs had a meeting room and welcomed us with news of its SMP8758 SoC which supports UltraHD and HEVC. The chip supports up to the Main-10 profile that forms part of UltraHD Phase 1 and includes HDCP2.2 for copy protection. The chip includes a dual core Arm Cortex A9CPU and quad core GPU. Linux … Read more
LG actually had new products, which was pleasing to see after mostly being presented with older models and upgrades elsewhere in the hall. The first thing we saw was a demonstration of LG’s WebOS for Signage software, on the 55″ 55LS55A. Like Samsung’s Smart Signage product, WebOS is now being offered pre-built in to displays, … Read more
At CEDIA this month, LG showed a range of its UltraHD TVs and, for the first time for several sets, shared pricing information. We saw the 105″ 105UC9 at CES this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3), and the 98″ 98UB9800 in May (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 20). European prices for both were … Read more
Several new distribution and control products were shown by Wyrestorm, focusing on the UltraHD format. All units are scheduled to be shipped in Q4. The MX-0808-4K is an 8×8 HDMI-to-HDMI matrix switcher, set to cost $5,000. It was joined by two 8×8 HDBaseT switchera (MX-0808-PP-POH-4K), able to send signals up to 70m/100m. UltraHD is supported … Read more
Sigma Designs Inc. has released its second quarter results, posting a net loss of $7.6 million on turnover of $42.8 million, which compares with a net loss of $4.8 million on turnover of $53.7 million in Q2 of the previous year. The company’s net loss in the first six months of the year widened to … Read more
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