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NEC Planning LED Signage with Peel-and-Replace Modules

by Ken Werner

On November 4, NEC’s professional A/V division mounted its New York ShowCase to give its partners a chance to show their wares. The event was held at SIR Stage 37, a 37th-street exhibition venue …

Anoto to Acquire Livescribe

by Tom Allen

Anoto Group AB is to acquire digital pen maker Livescribe. Livescribe will act as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Anoto when the deal is closed, expected to happen later this month. The deal will be …

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Video display processing company Pixelworks Inc. posted Q3 net losses of $1.2 million, an improvement on losses of $2.3 million a year earlier, on turnover of $16.6 million, down from $17.1 million. For the …

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Elko Group Signs ScreenMedia

by Milos Pavlovic

Elko is now distributing ScreenMedia’s projection screen, mounts and lifts in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

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French PSB Warns of DTT Loss

by Tom Allen

The head of French public service broadcaster France Televisions has said that up to 7% of households could lose DTT access, when the country moves to the MPEG-4 AVC platform on the 5th April …

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Free Brings UltraHD to Basic Offer

by Tom Allen

Free is now broadcasting an UltraHD channel in France: Festival 4K, dedicated to music festivals, concerts and similar. Access is included in Free’s basic Freebox package.

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Colmbian Pay-TV Enjoys Small Rise

by Tom Allen

According to Dataxis, the pay-TV market in Colombia will reach 5.8 million households by 2018: a 3.4% rise from end-2015. Households with CATV services will have a 64.8% share of the country’s pay-TV market. …

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The Difference between Science and a Good Story

by Norbert Hildebrand

During the last few days several news outlets have reported on a new wonder glass developed by Japanese Scientists that is “nearly unbreakable”, “almost as strong as steel” and “will be ready for commercialization” …

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MIT Works on 2D to 3D Conversion

by Tom Allen

MIT researchers, together with a team from the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), have developed a system that automatically converts 2D video of football games to 3D. The footage can then be played back …