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Charter Sees Small Rise in Video Customers

by Alan Spencer

Charter Communications, plus its subsidiaries, has announced subscriber figures for 2016. The company saw a decrease in its residential video customers by 51,000 in the last quarter of 2016, compared with a rise of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 07

LCD Lets Down Amtrak

by Bob Raikes

The US rail operator, Amtrak, switched from a traditional departure board a few months ago at Penn Station in New York. However, in the middle of February, the system failed for around an hour, …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Transport| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 07

BenQ Wins Schools in Texas

by Bob Raikes

BenQ announced that the firm’s RP653 IFPs were installed in 128 classrooms and administrative conference spaces by the Castleberry Independent School District (ISD), in Fort Worth, Texas. “Our previous solution, a whiteboard paired with …

Fox Sports Starts UltraHD on DirecTV

by Bob Raikes

Fox Sports in the US is planning to support UltraHD sports broadcasts through DirectTV by showing the California-Stanford basketball game on the 17th Feb. The channel is available on channel 106 for subscribers (DirecTV …

Sony Confirms US TV Pricing

by Bob Raikes

Sony has released its pricing for its latest US TVs. Details are in the table. Model Size MSRP Sony XBR-65Z9D 65″ $5,499 Sony XBR-75Z9D 75″ $8,999 Sony XBR-100Z9D 100 $59,999 XBR-75X940E 75″ $7,499 XBR-65X930E …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sony| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Vizio Has HDR10 Firmware Update for E-Series

by Bob Raikes

Vizio said that it has a firmware update for its E Series enabling HDR10 compatibility with existing HDR Blu-ray players from Samsung (UHD-K8500) and Philips (BDP7501/F7), as well as PS4 and Xbox One S …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vizio| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Is Sharp Plan for LCD in US Firming?

by Milos Pavlovic

The Nikkei has quoted an executive at Sharp as saying that the firm would take the lead in a plan to build a new LCD fab in the US, with investment mainly from Sharp …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| sharp| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Altice USA and Nagra Form Agreement on Content Protection

by Alan Spencer

Nagra and Altice USA have announced an agreement whereby Nagra will provide Altice USA with a content protection and innovation platform to enable encryption and content security for its HD and 4K offerings. Nagra, …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Security| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 05

FCC Proposes Rule Change for ATSC 3.0 Introduction

by Alan Spencer

The FCC in the US is circulating a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to authorise TV broadcasters to use the ATSC 3.0 broadcast television transmission standard on a voluntary, market-driven basis. The NPRM …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 05

FETC: What’s in Store for the Education Market in 2017?

by Len Scrogan

The US ed tech conference season kicks off at the start of the year with a strong event, the Future of Education Technology Conference (this year, FETC 2017), held each year in Orlando, Florida. …

Tags:display technology| Education| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 06

FCC Proposed Authorisation of Next Generation TV Broadcasts is Applauded by Pearl TV

by Alan Spencer

Pearl TV has applauded the FCC’s publication of a draft that would authorise TV broadcasters to deploy, on a voluntary basis, the next generation, IP-based TV broadcasting technology. Pearl is a business organization of …

NRF 2017 Optimistic about 2017

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The National Retail Federation (NRF) had their 2017 Big Show in New York’s Javits Convention Center January 15 -17. This is not a new thing – the NRF and its trade show have been …