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Premium OTT Set for Significant Growth in Europe

by Raverstead

Research commissioned by Vindicia and Ooyala shows that the premium OTT market is set to grow 80% over the next three years. UK consultancy firm MTM says that the UK market will grow from …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 21 - Issue 47

UHF Spectrum Four Times as Valuable for DTT Than Mobile

by Raverstead

A study has concluded that Europe’s ultra-high frequency (UHF) band (470 – 694MHz) is as much as four times more valuable for DTT broadcasting than mobile services. The parties concluded that there is no …

RTL Considers Netflix Rival…

by Raverstead

The RTL Group is considering the launch of a Netflix-like SVOD service. Co-CEO Guillaume de Posch told French newspaper La Correspondance de la Presse that he feels it is a shame that US companies, …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| RTL| VOD| Vol 21 - Issue 48

AX800 Gains UltraHD Streaming

by Raverstead

Panasonic’s AX800 TVs are now able to stream UltraHD content from Netflix. The firmware update has been rolled out to the USA already and will be available in Europe this month.

EMEA Monitor Market Stabilises

by Raverstead

Preliminary data from Meko’s DisplayCast market research service show that the Desktop monitor market in Q3 was almost exactly the same as Q3 in 2013 at 8.45 million units. Q3 2013 came out at …

DTVL Deploys HbbTV 2.0 Test Suite

by Raverstead

Digital TV Labs in the UK has announced an HbbTV 2.0 Test Suite – which it claims is the world’s first. The Suite will be developed to support Digital UK’s next-generation Freeview service. Manufacturers …

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Prysm Expands European Team

by Raverstead

Videowall company Prysm is expanding its European team with the hiring of two new executives. Glenn Wastyn has been named as vice president of Europe and Rod Wheeler is appointed regional director of sales …

There’s Innovation in the Monitor Market

by Helen Vince

Monitors – The LCD monitor market is in an interesting phase at the moment. The research division of Meko Ltd, the publisher of Display Daily, has been tracking monitor shipments in Europe for nearly …

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EMEA Public Displays Healthy in Q2

by Super User

The Public Display market in Europe was 21.6% up on an annual basis but was flat compared to Q1 in Q2 of 2014 according to Meko’s DisplayCast market research service. “We’ve recently revised our …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 21 - Issue 34

Digitaleurope Requests Changes to New Regulation

by Super User

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 …

HbbTV 2.0 “Hopefully” Coming This Year

by Super User

Micahel Probst, director of the EU-supported Hbb-Next project, has said that HbbTV 2.0 will “hopefully” be released this year. V2.0 will also include four new features contributed by Probst’s group, including synchronised video content …

SVoD Popularity Will Rise Rapidly in Europe

by Super User

More than 20% of European TV households will pay for VoD packages (subscription VoD, or SVoD) by 2020. Digital TV Research forecasts that the overall figure will be 59.4 million (20.7%), up from 18 …

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