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Netflix Acquisition Costs Pass to New Subscribers

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Netflix has raised the price of its UltraHD streaming services, to $12, for new subscribers. Current members do not have to pay the new price until August 2016. Higher acquisition costs were given as …

Konka Chooses DivX for HEVC

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Konka has announced that it is using DivX’s HEVC UltraHD technology in all of its UltraHD TVs.

Exceptional 3D Available Worldwide

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Exceptional 3D says that its no-glasses 3D digital signage displays are now available in almost every country or region worldwide, through newly established distribution centres.

Intel Treads on ARM’s Toes With HDMI Dongle

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A new HDMI dongle – apparently the first using an Intel chip – is now being sold in China. The ‘Meegopad T01’ is more expensive, but also more powerful, than similar ARM-powered units. Costing …

Absen Appoints Regional Sales Director

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Absen Optoelectronics has appointed Christopher Backhaus as its regional sales director for the German-speaking region. Backhaus joins Absen from Barco LiveDots, where he served as sales director for the DACH region. Prior to working …

BOE Receives Grant Towards OLED Line

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BOE Display has been granted a CNY124 million ($20.2 million) subsidy towards its G8.5 OLED fab in Hefei by the local government. The subsidy will be recognised as deferred income. BOE’s facility is currently …

Acer Appoints BDL Group in MEA

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Acer has appointed BDL Group to distribute its consumer and commercial range of tablets, projectors, display panels and notebooks in the Middle East. The Dubai-based distributor will offer Acer products in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar …

Digitimes Reports Notebook Market Growth in Q3

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Digitimes Research has released preliminary quarterly shipment numbers for the notebook market. According to its data, the global market for notebook computers (excluding 2-in-1 computers) showed an increase of 6.4% sequentially and 2.6% year …

Silicon Image Hires CSO/CTO

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Khurram Sheikh has joined Silicon Image as the company’s new chief strategy officer and chief technology officer. In this new role, Sheikh will be responsible for driving the company

Is AVB Coming to Broadcast?

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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 …

ARM’s Mali Media IP Brings Single-Core HEVC Support

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ARM has announced a suite of new media IP, which can be used to develop media SoCs for smartphone and tablet products. The suite is comprised of the Mali-V550 video accelerator (supporting HEVC), the …

New Cinema Network Debuts at ShowEast 2014

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ShowEast took place in Florida at the end of last month, with several companies showing new digital cinema developments. Barco demonstrated its CinemaBarco concept (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 12), Auro sound system and …