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Russia’s Tricolor Tv First to Launch Eutelsat’s New ‘smartbeam’ Multiscreen Video Delivery Service

by Isaac Oburu

Tricolor TV, operator of one of the world’s fastest-growing TV platforms, and Eutelsat Communications announce they are collaborating on deploying the first network in Russia to use SmartBeam, Eutelsat’s new multi-screen video delivery solution. …

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Samsung’s Signage Displays Use TV Tuners

by Tom Allen

Two new Smart Signage TV displays, designed for 16/7 operation, have been released by Samsung in the US. The RH series (48″ RH48E and 55″ RH55E) have a three-year warranty and can be used …

The Future of Television – China’s Version

by Chris Chinnock

At CES Asia, there was an interesting panel discussion about the future of television that featured four key Chinese players. Their vision is quite different from what we are accustomed to hearing at US-based …

Comcast Launches Xfinity TV Partner Program; Samsung First TV Partner to Join

by Isaac Oburu

Comcast today announced the launch of the Xfinity TV Partner Program to expand the range of retail devices its customers can use to access their Xfinity TV service. Leveraging open standard technologies, such as …

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Panasonic Highlights from CES

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic had several interesting technologies on display at CES 2016, including a transparent TV integrated into furniture, a rear-projection screen that was switchable to transparent operation and various projection mapping demos.

Rovi Renews Sony Agreement

by Tom Allen

Rovi has renewed its patent license agreement with Sony. The multi-year agreement continues to provide Sony with a license to use Rovi’s entertainment discovery patent portfolio for its consumer electronics devices, worldwide.

Samsung Electronics’ New Smart TV Won CES Best of Innovation Award for Accessibility

by Isaac Oburu

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., today announced it has won a CES 2016 Best of Innovation Award in the Accessible Tech category for one of its new Smart TVs, which will be revealed in full …

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German TV Platform Celebrates 25 Years

by Milos Pavlovic

The German TV Platform, an association of companies involved in setting the direction of German TV, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a meeting in Berlin on 10th November that will look at how …

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| TV (Television)| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Pseudo UHD: Watch Out for Ultra HD TVs with Reduced Resolution!

by Florian Friedrich

It’s true, UHD TVs with a reduced subpixel count really do exist. And it seems that even the well-known brand LG has no qualms about launching Ultra HD televisions with cut-down definition. Could this …

Tags:Sub-pixel Rendering| TV (Television)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 44

A Look at LG Display’s Third Quarter Results

by Norbert Hildebrand

LG Display just released their quarterly results as we have reported already. I thought it may be a good idea to take a closer look on the development of LG Display over the last …

Tags:Financial Data| LG Displays (LGD)| tablets| TV (Television)| Vol 22 - Issue 43

Millward Brown Sees Digital Video Consumption Rising Globally

by Norbert Hildebrand

Millward Brown part of the Kantar Group focuses on advertising effectiveness and brand development has published some results of their recent survey on TV versus digital viewing. This also covers the consumption and reception …

Early News from IFA

by Tom Allen

We were at IFA for the press conferences and we went to press just as the show itself was due to start, but already there were some interesting snippets of news from the press …