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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.

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

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

VAIO Introduces VAIO® Z and VAIO® S Notebooks Designed for Business Professionals

by Isaac Oburu

As part of its continued growth in the U.S., VAIO Corporation today announced the arrival of its new flagship notebook line, VAIO Z, which comes in flip (a two-in-one convertible) and clamshell models, and …

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FCC Wants to Open STB Market

by Tom Allen

Tom Wheeler, chair of the FCC, is circulating a vote for a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which will be voted on by the FCC on the 18th February. The Notice deals with consumer freedom …

Philips Sale of Lumileds Blocked

by Tom Allen

Philips had been intending to sell its Lumileds LED manufacturing business to a China-led private-equity group. However, US authorities have forced Philips to cancel the $3.3 billion deal. Announced in early 2015, Philips was …

Vaio Pushes Into US Market

by Tom Allen

Vaio, the former Sony PC unit which was spun off in 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 27) has announced two new models for the US market. As normal, they have already been released …

Barco to Be Used at Sundance

by Isaac Oburu

Barco, systems will be used in several virtual reality and art installations at the New Frontier exhibition with its large venue projectors and presentation switchers. The 2016 Sundance Festival will take place from January …