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Scala Promotes Harry Horn

by Tom Allen

Scala has appointed Harry Horn as VP and general manager of the EMEA region. Horn, who joined Scala in 2010, will oversee the sales, marketing, finance, services and support and daily activity of Scala’s …

Eutelsat and Rai Broadcast First of Seven Euro2016 Matches in Live Ultra Hd

by Isaac Oburu

Yesterday’s first quarter-final of the Euro2016 marked the kick-off of seven matches that Rai, Italy’s national public broadcaster, and Eutelsat are offering Italian TV homes. The initiative with Eutelsat marks Rai’s most ambitious foray …

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Eutelsat Broadcasts Football in UHD

by Tom Allen

Eutelsat has begun to broadcast the final seven matches of the UEFA European football tournament in UltraHD. Several partners are showing the matches, including Rai in Italy, which is using V-Nova’s Perseus codec. The …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 26

by Tom Allen

AMD has launched its RX 480 graphics card, which is designed to make VR more affordable (AMD Dramatically Lowers VR Cost). Prices start at $250. NEC has launched four new OPS players with sixth-generation …

EBU: European SVoD Will Reach 50 Million

by Tom Allen

Netflix is the EU’s SVoD market leader, with a 52% shareData from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) shows that SVoD subscribers in the region rose 56% between 2014 and 2015. The organisation expects subscriptions …

Political turmoil in the UK and Prosumers

by Bob Raikes

A British prime minister of the 1960s, Harold Wilson, is famous for saying once that “A week is a long time in politics”. Frankly, in my home country of the UK, a day seems …

OTT Accelerates in Eastern Europe

by Tom Allen

Eastern Europe is waking up to the potential of OTT, says Digital TV Research, which predicts revenues in the region will reach almost $2 billion by 2021. This is up from $26 million in …

TV Drives Cable Revenue

by Tom Allen

IHS stats, released by Cable Europe at the Cable Congress in Warsaw, has shown than cable revenue in Europe was up 7.1% YoY in 2015. All services grew, with TV up 5.5% and remaining …

Tags:Cable| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 25

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 25

by Tom Allen

A source speaking to PC Games N has said that AOC will launch a pair of UltraHD monitors this year: one flat and one curved. Both displays will use Nvidia G-Sync, said the source. …

What Will Brexit Mean for Tech?

by Tom Allen

Last week, the UK public voted to leave the European Union – despite warnings about such a move by business leaders and independent bodies like the IFS. Although there have been questions raised about …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 25

BBC Abandons MHEG

by Tom Allen

Interactivity is currently enabled through the BBC Red Button serviceThe BBC has announced that it will move away from its current MHEG standard and begin to use HbbTV – the hybrid broadcast standard used …

Sky Creates ‘Biggest Movie Service’ in Europe

by Tom Allen

Sky will relaunch its Sky Movies service as ‘Sky Cinema’ on the 8th July. It is described as ‘the biggest dedicated movie service in Europe’, with a new film added every day, and will …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Sky| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 25