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LDM Vol 25 Issue 16 Product Roundup

by Milos Pavlovic

Axiomtek has a new 17″ All-in-One that has a 1280 x 1024 LCD panel with a brightness of 350 cd/m² and touch. The front panel can be protected to IP65 as an option. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Roku| Streaming Dongles| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Wind Hellas Launches Pay TV Service with Zappware

by Andrew Fenn

Greek telco Wind Hellas has announced the launch of Wind Vision, its new multi-screen pay TV service. The solution is built and operated by Zappware as a turnkey service, serving set-top-boxes and mobile devices …

Tags:Greece| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 16

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Exploiting the Best of Broadcast and OTT

by Bob Raikes

This was a very uneven week in balance between the Large and Mobile Display Monitor. LDM this week has two event reports (NAB and ProLight and Sound), while MDM is a bit thinner than …

Tags:Broadcast| Editorial| France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 15

ATSC 3.0 Launches at 2018 NAB Conference

by Aldo Cugnini

Deployment of ATSC 3.0 is off and running, with a strong showing this month at this year’s NAB Conference in Las Vegas. More than 40 exhibitors and 22 technology-and-business sessions demonstrated the level of …

Tags:ATSC| DVB-T & T2| France| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2018| OTT Video| Terrestrial (DTT)| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 15

OTT Services Made $11.9 Billion in the US Last Year

by Andrew Fenn

OTT TV services in the US generated $11.9 billion in 2017, a year-on-year growth of 41%, according to Convergence Research Group. The firm also expects revenues to climb this year, up to $16.6 billion—another …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Bitmovin Using AI for New Encoding Approach

by Chris Chinnock

Bitmovin is a video delivery company. The way the company explained its encoding process is that it is somewhat analogous to the way data is divided into packets and delivered from source to destination …

Tags:Codecs| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2018| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Netflix Reached 125 Million Subscribers in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

Netflix has released its closing report for the first quarter of 2018, revealing that the platform added 7.4 million subscribers during the quarter, bringing its total subscriber count to 125 million. The company has …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| TV Viewing| Vol 25 - Issue 15

France Sees Growth in Online Viewing

by Bob Raikes

Data from Médiamétrie in France has indicated that 7.3% of viewers in the country watch TV on a device other than TV and including PCs, tablets and smartphones, an increase of 10% from a …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| SVOD| TV Viewing| VOD| Vol 25 - Issue 15

ESPN+ Streaming Now Available on Roku Devices

by Andrew Fenn

Roku has announced the availability of ESPN+ through the Roku platform, allowing users to access thousands of live events, on-demand content and original programming not available on ESPN’s linear TV or digital networks. ESPN+ …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Roku| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Com Hem Selects 3SS Client for Android TV UHD Hybrid STB

by Andrew Fenn

3 Screen Solutions, a provider of customised software solutions and services for multi-screen digital entertainment, has announced that Swedish cable operator Com Hem Group has selected its 3Ready Android TV client with custom launcher …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| STBs| Sweden| TV Viewing| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 15

LRG: 12% of US 18 to 34-Year-Olds Use a Virtual Pay TV Service

by Andrew Fenn

New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that 18 to 34-year-olds account for 53% of US adults that use an IPTV service. Overall, 11% of adults aged 18-44 currently have an …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 14

HbbTV Not Taking Off in France

by Andrew Fenn

Philippe LererQuadrille business manager Philippe Lerer has gone on record to say that HbbTV isn’t taking off in France, according to Broadband TV News. Speaking on a panel at the Hispasat Innovation Day in …

Tags:France| HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| TV Viewing| Vol 25 - Issue 14