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LG Takes Top-Level Award from EPA

by Tom Allen

LG has been recognised with the 2015 Gold Tier Award from the USA’s Environment Protection Agency. The Gold Tier is the EPA’s top-level of recognition in its Sustainable Materials Management Challenge. The award was …

HBO Now has 800,000 Subscribers

by Isaac Oburu

Richard Plepler, HBO CEO, has said that thee HBO Noww streaming service has 800,000 paying subscribers.

Tags:HBO| Large Display Monitor| TV Reception| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 05

TV Viewing to be Driven by Recommendations

by Milos Pavlovic

According to The Diffusion Group, US multichannel video programming distributors will move to make recommendation-based program guides the centerpiece of their updated TV interfaces. The use of these recommendation-driven guides is expected to flourish, …

Tags:EPGs| Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 05

DISH and Sling TV Expanding to Downtown Denver with Software Development Office

by Isaac Oburu

Today, Colorado-headquartered DISH Network announced plans to open a software development office in downtown Denver and expects to add up to 100 new technology jobs at the location. The initiative is part of DISH’s …

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CRT TVs Can be Dangerous

by Tom Allen

To promote National TV Safety Day in the USA, which was held on the 6th February, the CTA and Safe Kids Worldwide released a worrying statistic: a child in the US dies every three …

SMPTE Announces New Team for 2016

by Tom Allen

SMPTE has announced that its board of governors has named the Society’s 2016 directors and has appointed two new governors-at-large: Chris Fetner of Netflix and Leon Silverman of Disney Digital Studio Services. Bob Edge …

LDM Product Roundup Vol 23 No 05

by Tom Allen

As was rumoured last month (LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 03), LG has announced that its flagship G6 OLED TV will cost $8,000. The company has started to take pre-orders for the …

Charter Grows in 4Q 2015

by Isaac Oburu

Charter in the US has announced an increase in video subscribers for Q4’15 and 2015 as a whole. According to Charter, video customers increased by 29,000 in the fourth quarter of 2015, compared with …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Reception| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Barnes & Noble Begins Month-Long Nook Promotion

by Isaac Oburu

Barnes & Noble has announced its trade-in/trade-up promotion. Customers can visit any Barnes & Noble store to take advantage of the trade-in/trade-up promotion. All Nook devices are eligible, except the Nook GlowLight Plus and …

Comcast Releases Its 4Q Results

by Isaac Oburu

Comcast Corporation has announced results for the quarter and year ended December 31,2015. According to the results, video customer net additions were 89,000 and net losses were 36,000.

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Randy Green Joins DigiLED

by Isaac Oburu

Randy Green has joined digiLED as General Manager for the Americas. Green will be leading the growth of digiLED sales in North America.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 04

TabletTV Now on Apple TV

by Isaac Oburu

Motive Television has received approval from Apple for its TabletTV app, and released it for sale and use on the Apple TV 4 platform. The new App, TabletTV is available for Apple TV in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 04