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MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 14

by Tom Allen

Blackberry‘s Leap smartphone (Blackberry Shows new Smartphone and Prototype with Curved AMOLED Display) can now be pre-ordered in the UK, USA, France and Germany; residents of Canada have been told to ‘stay tuned’, so …

TCL’s Roku TVs Start at $220

by Tom Allen

Three new TV ranges, which will be introduced over the coming months, have been announced for the US market by TCL. The S3700, S3800 and S3850 TVs will be Roku models, with UltraHD TVs …

TCL Launches 2015 TCL Roku TV Line-Up

by Helen Vince

TCL, one of the fastest growing TV brands in the U.S., unveiled its Roku TV™ line-up for the first half of 2015. In partnership with Roku Inc., TCL will bring to market 11 TCL …

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Christie Brings HFR to Utah

by Tom Allen

12 of the 13 screens at the new Larry H. Miller Megaplex Theatres in Vineyard, Utah use Christie’s Solaria series projectors. Each of the Christie auditoria is capable of high frame rate projection, and …

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Analyst Calls Playstation Vue “Dead on Arrival”

by Tom Allen

TDG analyst Joel Espelien has called Sony’s Playstation Vue streaming service, launched in the USA recently, “dead on arrival”. According to Espelien, the service was “well-intentioned” in development, but is out of touch with …

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Comcast Time Warner Merger Delayed to Mid-2015

by Helen Vince

Comcast says that the closure of its acquisition of Time Warner Cable has been delayed to the middle of 2015, after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) indicated that it needed more time to conduct …

Samsung Distances Self From Fingerprints for Iris Recognition

by Tom Allen

Samsung is working with the Stanford Research Institute to improve the security of its mobile devices. SRI has an iris-scanning technology that Samsung will integrate into a custom version of its Galaxy Tab Pro …

Pay-TV Falls in North America While OTT and SVoD Climb

by Tom Allen

North American pay-TV revenues peaked in 2013, at $102.9 billion. Digital TV Research now forecasts that they will fall 11.7% ($12 billion) between 2014 and 2020, to end at $90.7 billion. Cable revenues in …

Majority of US TVs Now HD

by Tom Allen

81% of US households own at least one HD TV, according to the Leichtman Research Group, and 51% own multiple HD TVs. This is up from 46% and 17% in 2010. UltraHD TV awareness …

Texas Hospital Chooses Nanolumens Over Projector

by Tom Allen

A new $1.3 billion facility has been constructed at Parkland Hospital in Texas and was opened last year. The facility includes a large-format LED display using Nanolumens’ NanoSlim solution. The screen, installed in the …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Sony’s Vue Service Now Live

by Tom Allen

Sony Computer Entertainment president, Andrew House, said recently (Playstation Vue Coming to East Coast) that Sony’s Playstation Vue TV service would be rolled out to the East Coast of the USA soon. The service …

FCC Postpones Review of US TV Mergers

by Tom Allen

A review of Comcast’s acquisition of Time Warner Cable and AT&T’s of DirecTV has been postponed by the FCC, says the Wall Street Journal. The delay is dependent on a court decision related to …