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About 84% of US households take some form of pay-TV service, according to the Leichtman Research Group (LRG). While the number of subscribers has remained fairly flat since 2010, the number of households has grown – so pay-TV penetration has fallen since the country’s move to digital broadcasting. 11% of non-subscribers cited the internet or … Read more
More than 10 million Roku media players have been sold in the USA, the company has announced. The figure represents a 2 million unit increase since January, and roughly twice as many shipment as April 2013. Roku says that around 37 million hours of content are streamed on its players every week – beating Apple … Read more
Sony has reached an agreement to carry 22 Viacom channels for its planned web-based TV service. The company is also in talks with other content providers, and hopes to have deals in place before beginning a trial this year. Display Daily Comments While the deal currently only covers the USA, it may point to later … Read more
A study by US-based The Diffusion Group (TDG) has shown that authentication is not limiting the takeup of TV Everywhere services. Only 7% of users view the authentication process negatively and fewer than 1% say that it is ‘very difficult’. “Unfortunately, authentication has been demonised by industry executives as a key reason TVE use is … Read more
Pre-IFA (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 35), Samsung let slip the announcement that Amazon was developing an UltraHD streaming service. The company has now confirmed that the service is coming, and will be launched in October. Samsung, Panasonic, Sony and LG have been confirmed as launch partners.
Nanotech Entertainment has signed an agreement with Sony, which will put Nanotech’s ‘Ultraflix’ UltraHD video library app on all of Sony’s 2014 UltraHD TVs. A total of 9 TVs, ranging from 49″ to 85″, will be available with the bundled app this month.
There are Android smartphones that feature UltraHD video capture as standard, and then there’s the iPhone. Apple’s device has no default way to shoot video at such a high resolution, but can take UltraHD stills. An app company called Vizzywig uses this feature in its Vizzywig 4K app, which ‘films’ content by taking 24 high-resolution … Read more
The High Court in Italy has ordered HP to pay a customer
The CEA’s UltraHD logos, which we heard it was working on when the organisation updated its characteristics for UltraHD displays earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26), have now been released. Developed by the CEA’s UltraHD Communications Working Group, the new logos are designed for TVs, monitors and projectors. They are designed to … Read more
The combined PC market in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar (‘Other Gulf Cooperation Council’ (OGCC) countries) fell 4.2% YoY in Q2’14, says IDC. Shipments to the region totalled 217,698 units. Bahrain was said to be largely responsible for the decline. While Qatar and Oman saw relatively minor (3.3% each) declines and shipments to Kuwait rose … Read more
Digitaleurope has outlined its concerns over the European Commission’s decision to combine computer monitors and TVs into a single regulation (we understand this is regarding import duty, but have requested clarification – TA). Some specific displays are already exempt from the regulation, specifically those for specialised professional use. However, Digitaleurope has its own suggestions and … Read more
According to CRN, the extinct British brand, Apricot Computers, will return to the market next year. British manufacturer Elonex has acquired the global rights to Apricot in 2012 and plans to launch a range of Windows notebooks and tablets in 2015 – all equipped with 3G or 4G SIM cards. To differentiate Apricot products from … Read more
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