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IHS Updates on UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit held an event on UltraHD at the IFA Summit+ location. Initially, it looked as though there were only around three display analysts, as the other streams were running late, but the session …

Sky, Ericsson and Tiledmedia Showcase Industry-first VR for Live Sports at IBC 2017

by Damir Lokas

Three members of the Virtual Reality Industry Forum (VRIF) – Sky, Ericsson and Tiledmedia – will showcase a real application of Virtual Reality (360 video) synced with live sports at this year’s IBC Show. …

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Sky Result 01/08/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Sky announced its FY17 result with annual revenues at £12.9 billion ($17.0 billion) with 8.5% growth on a yearly basis. The company claimed to have won 686,000 new customers (including in Germany and Italy) …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sky| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Sky Takes Minority Stake in V-Nova

by Alan Spencer

Sky plc is taking a minority equity stake in V-Nova, a provider of video compression solutions. The value of the investment is £4.5 million ($5.7 million). V-Nova already has a number of investors, including …

Klitschko/Joshua Video Available on Sky VR App

by Bob Raikes

Sky in the UK has created a 12 minute VR film of the world heavyweight boxing match between Vitali Klitschko and Anthony Joshua. The film was captured with eight special VR cameras by Sky’s …

Sky’s Now TV Comes to Ireland

by Alan Spencer

Now TV has become available in Ireland, five years after its launch by Sky in the UK in 2012. The service is available to anyone in Ireland with an Internet connection and is supported …

Sky Result 24/04/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Sky reports unaudited financial result for 9 months ending March 31, 2017 with group revenue of £9.6 billion ($7.5 billion), indicating an increase of 11% on a yearly basis. The group EBITDA was recorded …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sky| Vol 24 - Issue 16

Natural History Museum to Launch VR Experience with Sky

by Alan Spencer

Sky has announced that it is teaming up with London’s Natural History Museum to launch an interactive VR experience called Hold the World, which will go into production later this year The VR experience …

Fox Acquisition of Sky Cleared by EU

by Alan Spencer

The green light has been given by the EU Competition Authorities for the full acquisition of Sky plc by 21st Century Fox. 21st Century Fox already owns 39.1% of Sky. The acquisition, which was …

Sky Q Gets Enhancements

by Alan Spencer

Sky in the UK has announced that a voice search feature is being added to the Sky Q platform. This should make it quicker and easier for subscribers to find what they want to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Sky| STBs| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Sky Media Introduces Real-Time Advertising

by Alan Spencer

The Sky Audio Visual Exchange can now give buyers of advertising the capability to make decisions in real-time on Sky’s owned and operated TV and VoD services. During the pilot phase, Omnicom bought advertising …

Tags:Advertising| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Sky| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Cisco and Sky to Launch OnPrime TV

by Alan Spencer

A new app, OnPrime TV, developed by Cisco in collaboration with Sky and supported by Encompass Digital Media, is now available in the UK, Italy and Germany on Apple TV. Viewers can now access …