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Astro Brings First Live Ultra HD Broadcasts to Malaysia

by Andrew Fenn

Malaysia’s first live Ultra HD broadcast has taken place. Media company Astro is showcasing live Premier League at branches of its partner food-and-beverage outlet Souled Out all over the country. Both the number of …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Digital TV Research: US SVoD Subs to Reach 208 Million

by Andrew Fenn

The number of SVoD subscriptions in the US will climb from 132 million in 2017 (111.5% of TV households) to 208 million in 2023 (173% of TV households), according to Digital TV Research. Principal …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Report: US STB Energy Efficiency Agreement Saves $3.5 Billion

by Andrew Fenn

Consumers have saved $3.5 billion and more than 20 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have been avoided as a result of the voluntary set-top box energy conservation agreement among pay TV providers, …

Tags:Energy Star| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Nationwide Marketing Group Launches TV Brand

by Andrew Fenn

Nationwide Marketing Group has announced the launch of its private label TV brand, BEA (Broad Electronics America). The group made the announcement at its PrimeTime meeting in Las Vegas last week. BEA products will …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Mobile Challenges

by Bob Raikes

This week, production was a challenge, as a family commitment meant that I was away from the office on Thursday and Friday. I was in a tent in the Oxfordshire, UK, countryside and, sadly, …

Tags:5G| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 30| Wi-Fi

Chrome and Firefox Now Support AV1 Video Codec

by Andrew Fenn

Support for the Alliance for Open Media’s jointly developed, open-source and royalty-free video codec AV1, tipped to replace HEVC, has been rolled out to development versions of Chrome and Firefox. (Alliance for Open Media …

Tags:Codecs| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Epix Rolls Out UHD Content to Apple TV, Dish TV and Layer3 TV

by Andrew Fenn

Epix announced today that Dish and Layer3 TV, a T-Mobile company, are its first partners to roll out the company’s Ultra HD content. Now, Epix subscribers in the US will have access to a …

Tags:4k| iOS (Apple)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 31

New Office monitors from ViewSonic Use IPS

by Bob Raikes

ViewSonic has three new VA10-mh FullHD monitors with sizes of 22″, 24″ and 27″ and using IPS LCD panels with 250 cd/m² of output and native contrast of 1,000:1. The monitors have HDMI and …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| ViewSonic| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Dutch Data Protection Authority Prohibits DooH Analytics

by Andrew Fenn

The Dutch data protection authority is no longer permitting the use of cameras and real-time analytics technology in outdoor digital advertising displays to gather personal information about the public without their permission, Invidis has …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| Vol 25 - Issue 31

TiVo Announces Second-Quarter Earnings and “Strategic Alternatives”

by Andrew Fenn

TiVo has reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2018, recording $160.2 million in revenue, down from $173.7 million during the same period in 2017, an 8% decline year-on-year. During an investors’ …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Tivo| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Digital TV Research: Latin America OTT Revenues to Climb by $4 Billion

by Andrew Fenn

Revenues from OTT TV episodes and movies for 19 Latin American countries will grow by $4 billion to $6.43 billion in 2023, up from the $2.47 billion recorded in 2017, according to Digital TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 31

JapanNext Offers a Curved Gaming Monitor with State of the Art Specs

by Arthur Berman

A review of commercially available curved gaming monitors indicates that they typically do not achieve the same state of the art specifications that can be achieved in a similarly sized flat gaming monitor. JapanNext …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 31