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LG Short on New TVs, but Plenty to Show!

by Bob Raikes

LG held its press event one day before the show opened and started by launching the V30 smartphone which has been widely previewed by the company. That was the only real topic for the …

Metz Maintaining Brand and Adding Skyworth

by Bob Raikes

Metz was taken over by Skyworth a couple of years ago and held a press conference before the event. There was a clear message about the future of TV with Alexa, Android TV and …

Tags:IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Skyworth| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Panasonic Still Going for Power and Adds Big OLED

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic held a press event before the show and after the obligatory bass-heavy video, Laurent Abadie, CEO of Panasonic Europe, arrived on an electric scooter. These are now being introduced in Berlin and Paris …

Tags:IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Panasonic| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Freesat Plans Upgraded STB

by Yvette Raikes

Freesat wants to make STBs which will include UltraHD support and multiscreen streaming and is looking for manufacturing partners. The boxes will support HbbTV 2.0.1 applications and are based on an open technical specification …

Telekom Adds UltraHD to its STB

by Bob Raikes

Deutsche Telekom (DT) is releasing a new STB, the MR401, will support UltraHD and will support direct access to Netflix. The Netflix access will be added to the DT Entertain TV offering. Ultra HD …

Volfoni Launches Upgrade Program

by Damir Lokas

Volfoni Limited, the leading European provider of 3D technology, announced the launch of the new Volfoni Upgrade Program. This programme was designed to provide an upgrade path from legacy 3D cinema hardware systems from …

Tags:3D Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 32

Fox Sports Plans UHD College Football

by Bob Raikes

Fox Sports in the US plans to produce one college football game per week in UltraHD (a total of 13 games) starting on 2nd September and featuring the Maryland Terrapins versus the Texas Longhorns. …

MStar Adopts Dolby MS12 v2 for Atmos Support

by Bob Raikes

Dolby Labs and MStar said that MStar has made a new Dolby Multistream Decoder MS12 chip that can provide TV makers with a single-package solution for decoding premium audio content worldwide — broadcast, file-based, …

Tags:Chips| Dolby Atmos| Large Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 32

RTS Tests UHD and HDR at Montreux Jazz Festival

by Andrew Fenn

Swiss broadcaster Radio Télévision Suisse took the opportunity to test out ultra high-definition and HDR live recording and post-production at this year’s Montreux Jazz Festival, using the Leader LV5490. Kevin Salvidge, Leader’s European Regional …

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Pro AV| Vol 24 - Issue 32

PMA Names Best-Selling Professional Flat Panels for July

by Andrew Fenn

North American market analyst PMA Research has released its monthly professional flat panel sales results, naming the top sellers for July. The results are as follows. Professional 50 – 65″ Displays: LG 65LX341C Samsung …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Market Data| PMA Research| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Sony Looking to Double OLED Supply

by Bob Raikes

Business Korea reports that Sony has been enjoying great demand for its OLED TVs and the paper said that as a result, the company has asked LG to double its OLED TV shipments. The …

InfoComm Forecasts Big Drop in Projection

by Andrew Fenn

InfoComm has released its 2017 AV Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis, predicting a 4% growth every year up until 2022 in Europe and the Americas. The report estimates that the European AV industry will …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Pro AV| Vol 24 - Issue 33