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US FCC Grants Licence for ATSC 3.0 Trial

by Helen Vince

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted a temporary licence to One Media, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Coherent Logix, to conduct a trial of the ATSC 3.0 standard in …

Tags:ATSC| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 36

83% of US Households Subscribe to a Pay TV service

by Milos Pavlovic

New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) finds that about 83% of all households nationwide subscribe to some form of pay-TV service. The percentage of households that subscribe to a pay-TV service …

Tags:Market Data| Pay TV| USA

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US Pay TV Firms Post Worst Ever Subscriber Losses

by Helen Vince

A new report from IHS shows that US pay TV companies suffered their worst ever quarterly video subscriber losses in Q2, losing 658,450 subscribers. According to IHS, this is the first time non-cable pay …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Epson Rules July Projector Sales

by Tom Allen

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in July. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘4,000+ lumen’. The best-selling ‘pico and personal’ projector was …

Tags:Epson| Hitachi| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Optoma| PMA Research| Projectors| sony| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Prysm Brings LPD to Texas

by Tom Allen

Prysm has installed a 7m² Cascade 190 laser-phosphor video wall at the headquarters of IT integrator GDT, in Dallas, TX. The company’s new customer experience centre, described as ‘Epcot-like’, was built with the display …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Prysm| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 35

FlexTech Alliance Secures $75 Million DoD Funding

by Helen Vince

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded FlexTech Alliance $75 million in federal funding to establish and manage a Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) for Flexible Hybrid Electronics. The award will be made over …

Tags:Flexible Devices| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Connected TV Ownership Rises in USA

by Tom Allen

46 million internet homes in the USA now own a connected TV device, according to the NPD Group, equal to about half of all households. Smart TVs are a driver: 45% of TVs sold …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Japanese Art Gets Contemporary Twist With Panasonic

by Tom Allen

Panasonic has enabled one of the largest-ever water screen projections in the world, outside the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, earlier this month. 16 of Panasonic’s PT-DZ21K projectors were used to support a Kabuki …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Projection| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 33

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 …

Tags:4k| AT&T| DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Apple TV Service Hits Delay

by Tom Allen

The long-rumoured IPTV service from Apple was set to be launched this autumn. However, according to Bloomberg it has been delayed until 2016. Slow licensing talks to content owners such as CBS and Fox …

Tags:Apple| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Conversion of NYC’s Public Payphones to Begin Soon

by Tom Allen

The plan to convert New York City’s public payphones – now largely obsolete – into internet access centres (10,000 Touchscreens for New York) will begin this year. Each of the new kiosks will be …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Controversy Surrounds Spectrum Auction Rules

by Tom Allen

The USA’s FCC has approved rules surrounding the spectrum incentive auctions. These include bidding procedures and repacking some broadcasters in thee duplex gap after the auction. Following the decision, the NAB has issued a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 33