Vol 22 - Issue 44

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FCC Says No Spectrum Change Cost to Broadcasters

by Milos Pavlovic

In the US, the FCC has confirmed that it has set aside $1.75 billion to cover the costs of changing frequencies after a forthcoming spectrum auction, so broadcasters should not have to pay for …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 44

HbbTV Trials Start in Finland

by Milos Pavlovic

In Finland, Digita and Sofia Digital has started a one year trial of HbbTV services on the DTT platform provided by PSB, YLE. A testing programme for smart TVs and will use “Antenna Ready …

Tags:HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nordics| Vol 22 - Issue 44

DTT Receiver Makers Under Spotlight in SA

by Milos Pavlovic

Digitag reports that the Department of Communication in South Africa is to formally investigate the procurement of adaptors for the digital switchover. Twenty six companies were authorised to make the receivers, but there have …

Tags:DTV| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 44

NASA Shows the Sun in UHD

by Milos Pavlovic

NASA has released a stunning 4K video of the sun, shot using 12 different cameras which capture different frequencies of UV light. http://tinyurl.com/p4yvghb for the 30 minute version, or http://tinyurl.com/b7uk9ld for the three minute …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Most Appoints Eurofins for CI+ Testing

by Milos Pavlovic

Eurofins Digital Testing has been approved as the testing laboratory for automotive entertainment systems, using the MOST network to deliver protected content that uses CI+. (The MOST Cooperation claims that the Media Oriented Systems …

Tags:Automotive| CI+ Interface| Mobile Display Monitor| Testing| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Technicolor Builds 20 millionth STB for DIRECTV PanAmericana

by Milos Pavlovic

Technicolor said that it has built 20 million STBs for DirecTV PanAmericana since 1993. DirecTV PanAmericana provides services in 9 territories: Argentina, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Uruguay.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| STBs| Technicolor| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Recent Results on Organic Light Emitting Transistors

by Arthur Berman

A publication from a team at the Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials (Bologna, Italy) reports recent developments relating to Organic Light-Emitting Transistors (OLETs). These are a type of organic device that combines …

Tags:Italy| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLETs (Organic Light Emitting Transistors)| Vol 22 - Issue 44

HP

HP Splits into PCs and Services

by Milos Pavlovic

HP has now officially split its business between HP Inc (NYSE HPQ), now a printer and PC company and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) which will supply servers, storage and software as well as networking …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Netflix Viewers Watching More

by Milos Pavlovic

A GfK study quoted by telecompetitor said that Netflix OTT subscribers have doubled the number of shows that they are watching since 2012 – the number has gone up from five a week to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Lenovo Looks for Growth in Africa

by Milos Pavlovic

Lenovo has started to sell its smartphones in Kenya following a launch in Nairobi. Safaricom is reported to be rolling out a 4G network in the country, while Airtel is expected to do the …

Tags:Lenovo| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 44

OLEDWorks Now Has Philips’ OLED Lighting

by Milos Pavlovic

OLEDWorks has completed its acquisition of the the Philips OLED lighting business (OLEDWorks to Buy Parts of Philips’ OLED Light Business). The company will get the factory in Aachen, IP related to OLED lighting …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Philips| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Apple

Apps Appear for Apple TV

by Milos Pavlovic

Apps have now started to appear on the Apple TV. Plex, a streaming app, is now available on the App store and the company raved about its happiness with the look of the app. …

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