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Covid, Inc. Supports the Future With 8K HDMI Cable

by Artem Alekseenko

Celebrating its 40th year as the premier industry-trusted connectivity supplier, Covid Inc. announced the latest HDMI cable to its vast portfolio, the EC-HD31 8K HDMI non-plenum cable. Backward compatible for 4K/60 4:4:4 resolutions, the …

Tags:Cable| HDMI| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

First VESA DisplayPort 2.0 Video Source And Sink Devices Complete Displayport UHBR (ultra-high Bit Rate) Certification

by Artem Alekseenko

The Video Electronics Standards Association announced that the first video source and display devices supporting DisplayPort UHBR (Ultra-high Bit Rate) – the higher data link rates supported by the DisplayPort standard version 2.0 – …

Tags:Cable| Certification| DisplayPort| VESA

Comcast and Charter Combine to Battle Streamers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A joint venture between Comcast and Charter is intended to help the two US cable companies to better compete with dedicated streamers such as Roku, Google TV and Amazon’s Fire TV. …

Links Week Ending 29th October 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. Sixteen-nine’s Dave Haynes has a look a …

Why Comcast is getting into the smart TV business

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We published a link last week to an article that reported that Comcast was planning to get into the SmartTV market in the US. The Protocol published an article that looked …

Watch, Watch, Watch Your Shows, Bingeing Through The Stream…

by Pete Putman

TiVo’s latest Video Trends Report was just released, covering the second quarter of 2021, and it’s full of interesting data about how, when, and where we in North America watch video content. A little …

Tags:Cable| Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Streaming Video| SVOD| USA

Broadcast TV: If It’s For Free, It’s For Me!

by Pete Putman

It’s been quite a few decades since I got my master’s degree in television and film at Syracuse University. I made many connections while there, but only one has survived four-plus decades, and that …

Tags:Cable| Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| FTA (Free to Air)| OTT Video| Streaming Video

Amino Flexibility Enables Cablenet to Meet the Challenges of Android TV on a Hybrid Architecture

by Artem Alekseenko

Amino, the global media and entertainment technology solutions provider, announced that Cablenet, the number one cable operator in Cyprus, has begun to roll-out Amigo 7XC Android TV set-top boxes to its cable and fiber …

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Sky Deutschland to Chop More SD

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sky Deutschland is switching more of its SD channels to be exclusively HD on its cable service on November 26th 2020. The HD channels are available at no extra charge. On …

Tags:Cable| Germany| Sky| TV Viewing

Mirada partners with izzi for ‘first ever’ DVB/OTT Android TV set-top box launch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Mirada has said that it is working with a Mexican TV service operator, Izzi, to roll out a version of its Iris front end for Android TV that will work on …

Tags:Android| Cable| Latin America (Latam)| OTT Video| Streaming Video

MilesTek Introduces New Waterproof HDMI Cable Assemblies and Panel-Mount Coupler

by Artem Alekseenko

MilesTek, an Infinite Electronics brand and a leading manufacturer and supplier of products designed to address military and avionics applications, announced that it has released a new series of waterproof HDMI cable assemblies for …

Tags:Cable| HDMI

Cable Matters Introduces Triple-Monitor MST Hub, Featuring DisplayPort 1.4 Technology

by Artem Alekseenko

Cable Matters®, an industry-leading supplier of connectivity solutions, announced new additions to their line of custom-designed video products. The Cable Matters 3-Port Mini DisplayPort MST Multi-Monitor Hub and the Cable Matters 3-Port USB-C™ MST …

Tags:Cable| USB