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The European Commission’s antitrust authorities have approved Dolby Laboratories’ proposed acquisition of Doremi Labs. The two companies signed a definitive agreement in February under the terms of which Dolby would acquire Doremi for $92.5 million in cash, plus an additional $20 million contingency that could be earned over a four-year period (Display Monitor Vol 21 … Read more
Significant acquisition deals in the USA have been put on hold by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The organisation has stopped its 180-day review schedules for the mergers of AT&T and DirecTV, and Comcast and Time Warner Cable, citing concerns about transparency. The deals between the merging companies and content providers, such as CBS and … Read more
This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 22″ Full HD category, which includes sizes from 21.5″ to 22.9″ with resolution of 1920 x 1080. There are 15 brands featured in the advertising with Samsung, Iiyama and LG the top three advertised brands over the three countries. In France, Iiyama leads followed by Samsung … Read more
Hmm… I’m having one of those mornings. I got up extra early as I knew I had a lot to do. After sorting out some web shop issues, in moving too fast through the dialogues, I mistakenly clicked on a “do you want to upgrade your version of software” dialogue, forgetting that this component is … Read more
Canon was exhibiting at the SMPTE Fall Conference where it was highlighting its ACES (Academy Color Encoding System) workflow for 4K content. This was partly used to highlight the capabilities of its DP-V3010 4K LCD reference monitor
Colorfront (Budapest, Hungary) provides some of the most powerful content creation and transcoding tools in the industry serving both cinema as well as TV production. At the SMPTE Fall Conference, we had a chance to sit down with CTO Bill Feightner to learn more. Feightner is a well recognized expert on color science and he … Read more
HEVC is the latest codec for video applications and is the successor to H.264 and MPEG-2 in the broadcast environment – especially for distribution to the home via a variety of methods. At the SMPTE Fall Conference, we listened to a paper from John Pallett at Telestream, which sought to compare the theoretical benefits of … Read more
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Display Daily was at the recent SMPTE Fall Conference and the pre-show Symposium put on by HPA (Hollywood Post Alliance). The event was held in the Loews Hollywood Hotel and in the famous El Capitan Theater across the street. There were dozens of technical papers and a full exhibition area. We didn
Replacing SDI and distributing audio, video and data within a video production facility can be done using standard Ethernet protocols (IP) or using a modified version called Audio Video Bridging (AVB). At the SMPTE Fall Conference, Jan Eveleens of Axon Technologies gave a very nice summary of the features of AVB and the state of … Read more
The SMPTE Fall conference kicked off with a pre-show symposium produced by The Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA). Much of what was discussed at the Symposium centered on the notion of more: more pixels, more colors, higher frame rates and higher dynamic range. In this article, I will focus on some updates on high dynamic range … Read more
We had a chance to chat with PostBox Systems at the recent SMPTE Fall Conference where it showed us its Rogue Pro box. This includes everything you need for on-set production all in a rugged carrying case. Pricing starts at $12,500, without the MacPro that powers the system ($3K-$4K). Everything is packed in a flight-ready … Read more
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