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Metrological Enhances Liberty and Comcast

by Tom Allen

Liberty Global and Comcast will use open-sourced browser enhancements from Metrological, the company has announced. These enhancements mean that the companies will be able to to improve their ability to support IP browser-based services …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Spectral Edge Makes TV Content Accessible for Colour-Blind Viewers

by Milos Pavlovic

Spectral Edge today announced that it is enabling operators and set top box manufacturers to transform the TV viewing experience for the estimated 4% of the world’s population that suffers from colour-blindness. Spectral Edge …

Tags:IBC 2015| STBs| STMicroelectronics

ADB Pivots to Software

by Bob Raikes

ADB is a company we like to visit at IBC as it is often a pioneer in technologies. The company has performed something of a pivot, by moving away from making STBs and hardware …

Dolby Vision Signs New Partners

by Tom Allen

Dolby announced three new design wins at IFA, concerning its Dolby Vision HDR technology. Matt has covered them in detail in his latest Display Daily (HDR Coming “Real Soon Now”), but they are also …

MStar Features Verimatirx Forensic Watermarking Technology in UHD STB Solutions

by Tom Allen

MStar Semiconductor, Inc., a leading global semiconductor company for display and digital home solutions, today announced that it has integrated Verimatrix VideoMark™ forensic watermarking technology into its system-on-chips (SoCs) for UHD set-top boxes (STBs), …

Tags:SOCs| STBs| UltraHD & 4K

Gaming a Focus for New Apple TV

by Tom Allen

Sources familiar with the matter have told 9 to 5 Mac that the fourth-generation Apple TV will actively target console gamers. The box will be revealed on 9th September, it is said. ‘Near-universal’ Siri …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Canal+ Trials UHD

by Tom Allen

Canal+ has begun to trial an UltraHD TV channel, although it is not yet accessible to consumers. French-language Telesatellite says that the channel has been seen on the Astra 1L satellite. Canal+ is due …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Nvidia ‘Fills in Gaps’ in TV Industry

by Steve Sechrist

We found a display milestone in the Nvidia booth, where the chip company is first to support 4k resolution content at 60fps in its new Shield Android TV Box (and offering so much more …

DirecTV Launches 4k STB

by Tom Allen

DirecTV has launched an UltraHD set-top box. The 4k Genie Mini can be used to access DirecTV’s UHD content library, including films and documentaries. Compatible TVs must feature an HDMI connection capable of supporting …

DirecTV Expands 4K Capability With First 4K Ultra HD Set-Top Box

by Helen Vince

A new set-top box from DIRECTV, now part of the AT&T family, makes it possible for more customers to watch 4K Ultra HD (UHD)* programming on nearly any 4K TV. The new 4K Genie …

Tags:DirecTV| STBs| UltraHD (4KTV)

Half a Billion New Connected TVs in Five Years

by Tom Allen

The number of connected TVs worldwide will reach 876 million by 2020 – up from 105 million in 2010 and 415 million at end-2015, says Digital TV Research. In percentage terms, the 876 million …

UHD Arrives in Canada

by Tom Allen

Source: 4k.comQuebec-based Videotron has announced an UltraHD set-top box – which it says is Canada’s first that is commercially available. The box, made by Samsung, will have eight tuners and storage for 115 hours …