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Arçelik A.Ş. Joins Dow Jones Sustainability Index

by Andrew Fenn

Turkish manufacturing company Arçelik A.Ş. has become the first in the country to be added into the Dow Jones Sustainability Index’s emerging markets category. Arçelik A.Ş. is the parent company of Beko and Grundig …

Tags:Beko| Environment| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

PowerVR Upgraded for Lower Cost UHD

by Bob Raikes

Imagination Technologies has new PowerVR GPUs for cost-sensitive devices. The PowerVR Series9XE and 9XM GPUs maintain fillrate density and are said to provide a significant boost in performance density. The chips are designed for …

4K Apple TV Leaves Some Grumbles

by Bob Raikes

Although the 4K Apple TV has been generally favourably welcomed, especially for the relatively low cost of UHD content (as long as it’s not from Disney), there are a few grumbles developing. The main …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Imagination Sold to Chinese-backed Fund

by Bob Raikes

Imagination Technologies of the UK has been sold to Canyon-bridge Capital Partners, a private equity fund, for £55 million, a 47.4% premium to the share price on the day before the company was put …

LG Signature OLED TV W Now Available in the Middle East

by Andrew Fenn

LG’s Signature OLED TV W is now available throughout the Middle East. The multi-award-winning, semi-flexible display is just 2.57mm thick, available in two screen sizes (65″ and 77″) and designed to be wall-mounted, delivering …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Panel Makers Trying Small LEDs for BLUs

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese sources say that Epistar, the LED maker, is developing new direct backlight systems using small LEDs to help to counter the progress of OLED TV smartphones. The use of larger numbers of smaller …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 36

DishTV Implements HD for All Initiative

by Andrew Fenn

Indian direct-to-home Pay TV service DishTV has rolled out HD capability to the set-top-boxes of its entire user base, as well as launching a dedicated high-definition STB, the DishNXT HD. With a view to …

Tags:HDTV| India| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Aska3D Goes for Plastic

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the Aska3D technology from Asukanet of Japan at the Retail DSE show and at Infocomm (Aska3D is not ‘Just Pepper’s Ghost’) and now the company has said that it has succeeded …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Sony Adds 8K Camera and Highlights Cloud

by Bob Raikes

Sony was in a very positive mood when it gave its press event just before the show floor opened and on its booth. Sony has been working with the BBC which now can produce …

Ericsson Develops Intelligent Tone Mapping

by Bob Raikes

It’s always good to get an update from Ericsson at IBC about quality standards. The company processes a lot of the video that gets broadcast and Matthew Goldman is who we usually talk to …

Fraunhofer Moves Light Field to Video & Works on Codecs

by Bob Raikes

The Fraunhofers had its usual booth in Hall 8, with lots of stations showing different technologies. Most of them were looking at audio developments as the Institute is very strong there, with MPEG-H being …

DVB Summarises Standardisation Progress

by Bob Raikes

The DVB held its traditional IBC press event on the Friday afternoon – the same 3.00pm procedure as every year. Peter MacAvock of the EBU started the presentation by saying that the industry is …