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YouTube Moves Forward With 60fps UltraHD

by Tom Allen

YouTube introduced 60fps videos last year, and is now combining the format with UltraHD resolution. The content is still only an experiment (YouTube has only enabled it on six videos), and requires a relatively …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 14| YouTube

Quality Almost Rivals Content in OTT Importance

by Tom Allen

A report on OTT TV from Conviva shows that quality is more important to consumers than was thought. 75% of OTT viewers will abandon a poor-quality stream in the first four minutes, the report …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| TV Reception| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Artist Paints With ShadowSense

by Tom Allen

Dutch artist Edo Draaijer has launched a new blog (http://tinyurl.com/qy99buw), where he demonstrates art created exclusively using Baanto’s Shadowsense touch technology. Shadowsense can distinguish between brush sizes and can sense the deformation of the …

Tags:Baanto| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Nanotech Licenses Hollywood Film

by Tom Allen

Nanotech continues to expand the content in its Ultraflix library, having recently signed a licensing agreement with Paramount Pictures. Paramount has given Nanotech permission to host the 2014 film Interstellar.

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| VOD in UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Samsung Will Use WRGB in OLED TV Return, Says ET News

by Tom Allen

Samsung Display is resuming its efforts in the OLED TV market – according to Korea’s ET News. The source says that SDC is taking up OLED TV panel production once more, using a different …

LCD Media Chooses Broadsign for Danish Stores

by Helen Vince

Scandinavian provider of digital in-store solutions, LCD Media, has chosen Broadsign’s digital signage software platform for retail initiatives in 300 of Denmark’s top retail stores. Installations consist of video walls and LCD displays ranging …

Tags:Broadsign| Large Display Monitor| Nordics| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Eastern Zone Keeps CEE PCs Negative

by Tom Allen

Central and Eastern Europe PC shipments exceeded 18.5 million units last year, falling 14% YoY, says IDC. 2014 was the second year of contraction, as the region’s market was limited by currency fluctuations and …

LG Opens New Vietnam Facility

by Vanessa Browning

LG Electronics has completed construction of its latest production facility in Vietnam which will be used to manufacture TVs, mobile phones and car infotainment systems for both its domestic and overseas markets. The new …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Intel, Samsung Rumoured to Be on Acquisition Trail

by Vanessa Browning

At the end of last week, there were murmurings that both Intel and Samsung were mulling options for acquiring rival chip firms, with Intel linked to Altera and Samsung linked with AMD. Both Intel …

BBC Looks to HDR UltraHD

by Tom Allen

The BBC’s head of innovation and standards, Richard Salmon, has said that he hopes to have ITU standards for UltraHD HDR “by [the] middle of this year”. Salmon made the comment at a recent …

Red Button Rebranded

by Tom Allen

The BBC’s Connected Red Button service will be rebranded to ‘Red Button+’ this month, with new features launched, such as picture-in-picture browsing of news, weather and video highlights. The service will be available on …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 14

DTG Updates UK’s D-Book for 2015

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Digital Television Group has launched the D-Book 8. The new version provides the DTT industry with the tools to support Freeview Play and manage the clearance of the 700MHz spectrum. Also included …