Vol 22 – Issue 19 – Page 2

EBU Updates on Standards for UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

Yvonne Thomas is from the EBU and she looked at standards for UltraHD. She said that the aim with UltraHD, as Mark Twain said is to “please some and astonish the rest”. The main …

Exciting Times for UltraHD – and UK Politics!

by Bob Raikes

It has been an interesting week. I spent a couple of days in Luxembourg at the SES Partner day. There was, of course, lots of talk about UltraHD and HDR and I got my …

UltraHD Topic is Hot

by Bob Raikes

The next speaker was our own Bob Raikes, who outlined that the panel and TV set industry is already geared up for UltraHD and quoted the recent comment from DisplaySearch’s Paul Gray that by …

New Developments in Modulation and Demod Allow Higher Bandwidths

by Bob Raikes

Peter Nayler is from STMicroelectronics There will be more than 3 billion connected people by the end of this year around the world. In rural areas other, wired technolgies, are not able to deliver …

Daniel Biedermann is SVP of corporate development at SES and he started by saying that there are a lot of national satellite initiatives for making satellites, partly attracted by Chinese money and interest, so …

Times Square Under Threat from ’60s Legislation

by Tom Allen

A 2012 ruling, which added New York’s Times Square to the USA’s Highway Beautification Act, is threatening the iconic billboards. The 1965 Act limits the size of signs along roadways to less than 1,200ft² …

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Nvidia to Wind Down Icera Modem Operations

by Helen Vince

Nvidia says it will wind down its Icera modem operations in the second quarter of fiscal 2016 and that the company is open to a sale of the technology or operations. Nvidia acquired Icera …

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SES Looks To the Sea, the Land and Into Space

by Bob Raikes

The first speaker was Karim Michel Sabbagh of SES, the relatively new President and CEO of SES who said that the aim of satellite is to be on the sea, on the land and …

SES Industry Days Highlight UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

SES, the satellite operator, held one of its regular industry days in Luxembourg and we attended, as our own Bob Raikes was among the speakers. SES has been a supporter of HD and better …

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AUO Sees Disappointing April

by Helen Vince

AU Optronics (AUO) had a disappointing start to the second quarter, reporting declines in both sales and shipments in April. Revenue for the month was down 12.2% sequentially and 7.3% year on year at …

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Data Modul Prepares for Shipping Show

by Tom Allen

Data Modul is preparing for the NorShipping show in Oslo (2nd – 5th June, stand C01-01a), where it will show a range of marine monitors and panel PCs from 7″ – 26″. The company …

Nanoco Reiterates Position Against Cadmium QDs

by Tom Allen

The issue of cadmium in quantum dots has been discussed at a meeting of the European Parliament. The meeting was ongoing at the time of writing, so we cannot talk about the result – …