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Rumor: Nokia Getting Back into the Phone Business?

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to an article by Re/Code, Nokia is planning on getting back into the mobile phone business. After the sale of its device business to Microsoft, many analysts believed that we had seen the …

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Impressions from NAB 2015

by Chris Chinnock

I could not cover all the news from NAB 2015, but I can provide some impressions based on the companies I did meet with. You can see some of this coverage in videos posted …

Ziosk Tablet Gets Installed in Olive Garden Restaurant Chain

by Norbert Hildebrand

Olive Garden, the Darden Restaurants Italian cuisine chain in the US, has announced that it will be using tablets in all of its restaurants this year. After a successful trial run in 2014, Olive …

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BBright Introduces Live Ultra HD HEVC 10-bit Encoding for Broadcast, IPTV and OTT 4K Programs at NAB

by Aldo Cugnini

During the NAB Show in Las Vegas BBright, an Ultra HD infrastructure and video compression startup, demonstrated its latest cost-effective 4K / UHD technology for Live encoding compatible with Main 10 H.265 profile, up-to …

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V-Nova Secures Best in Show

by Tom Allen

V-Nova’s Perseus compression technology (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements) took home a 2015 Newbay Media Best of Show award at NAB this month. Perseus is said to lower bitrates by up to three …

Researchers Explore High Dynamic Range for Broadcast TV

by Aldo Cugnini

Speaking at NAB, Ericsson researcher Lukasz Litwic discussed the Implications of High Dynamic Range on the Broadcast Chain for HD and Ultra-HD Content. The talk described the need and impact of new Electro-Optical and …

Korea Broadcasters Gear Up For UHDTV

by Aldo Cugnini

Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) has carried out a number of live 4k terrestrial broadcasts of three major sports events in 2014, based on earlier terrestrial UHD experimental broadcasts. Transmissions covered the KBL (Korean Basketball …

NHK Discusses UHD Roadmap

by Aldo Cugnini

At the annual NAB Conference in Las Vegas last week, NHK described its plans for rolling out a UHD over-the-air infrastructure and content services. NHK Executive Research Engineer Masayuki Sugawara gave the talk, originally …

EA Takes Advantage of Apple Watch Hype

by Tom Allen

EA has been quick to jump on the Apple Watch hype train, having released an update to the iOS FIFA ’15 app supporting the device. According to Pocket Gamer, the app will send game …

Meleap Merges eSports With Real Life

by Tom Allen

A Japanese start-up called Meleap claims that it has developed the world’s first augmented reality sport – and not an eSport, either. ‘Hado’ uses a head-mounted display to display the ‘arena’ and a smartwatch …

Dynamic Focus on 65″ Full HD Public Displays V22 Issue 19

by Vanessa Browning

This week we are highlighting LCD Public Displays in the 65″ Full HD category covering sizes 65″ to 69.99″ with 1920 x 1080 resolution. There are six brands featured in the advertising. Samsung is …

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LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 17

by Tom Allen

LG‘s 65″ EC9700 curved UltraHD OLED TV has been reduced from $10,000 to $9,000 on Amazon. The E Series large-format displays (NEC Adds Entry-Level Signage to E-Series), from NEC, is due to be released …