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Pace Moves Towards Service

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Pace told us that from the point of view of its STBs, it is “ready for UltraHD”. The company has a new User Interface platform framework (based, we were told, on Adobe tools rather …

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Christie Velvet is Smooth

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Christie had a small booth at IBC, but still had lots to show. The first thing we noted was the Christie Velvet LED system which was on display. The company has 2.5mm to 4mm …

Ruwido was showing a “traditional” remote control with a standard button configuration, but the design is a very sleek one, with a thickness of just 2.7mm. That’s why it’s called the “Leaf”. The remote …

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DVB Updates on UHDTV and DVB-S2X

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Over the years, the EBU and DVB have normally held press conferences around the same time, but this year, the EBU didn’t have one, however DVB did. Phil Laven the chairman of DVB started …

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SES Summarises UltraHD; Wrede Calls for HDR Standard

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Although we had already heard a lot about UltraHD at IBC and IFA, we had the chance to hear Thomas Wrede of SES give a summary from his point of view at one of …

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Neotion Looks to Headless HDMI

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We’ve been reporting on Neotion, the specialist in exploiting the CI slot in Europe’s TVs and STBs, since 2008. At the show this year, it was showing how a CAM can be used to …

Sony Shows UltraHD OLED Monitor

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Sony’s press conference was hard to find – we were sent to three different places before we found it! So, sadly, we missed the start and by the time we got there, there was …

Rovi Introduces Personalised Discovery Solution in Europe

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Before the show, our reporter caught up with Rovi’s Charles Dawes to discuss the company’s presence at the show. We had heard at CES that Rovi was seeking to sell its DivX business, and …

ViXS Bullish on UltraHD and HEVC

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Vixs was in a positive mood at IBC, as it had been at CES, as it has currently the “only fully working UltraHD HEVC chip in production”. The XCode 6400 chip is in five …

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SES Sees Video Demand as “Infinite”

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Every year, SES holds an event ahead of IBC that draws much of the European press that is interested in the TV landscape in the region. The first speaker was Ferdinand Kayser, chief commercial …

IBC Round-up

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We’ve been reporting on the 4Ever government-driven project in France since April 2012 when the project was established to test and develop UltraHD technology. The group has been working on HEVC encoding testing and …

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