Vol 23 - Issue 39

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Kodi Box Dealer Taken to Court

by Bob Raikes

In the UK, a dealer of a ‘fully loaded Kodi box’ has been accused of selling products that breach copyright laws. Kodi is a development of the XBox Media Centre, which was used to …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 39| xBox

NVidia Recruiting for Apple Support?

by Bob Raikes

Nvidia has posted a number of recruitment adverts that are aimed at finding developers of drivers for the Mac environment, triggering speculation that a tighter relationship between Nvidia and Apple might be on the …

Tags:Apple| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 23 - Issue 39

LED Basketball Court Impresses in Japan

by Bob Raikes

In Japan, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, LEDs have been embedded in the court that can be used to add lighting effects including tracking the movements of players around the pitch. The LEDs are …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Ford Faces Legal Claims over Touch Failure

by Bob Raikes

The issues related to supplying the automotive market have been highlighted by a class action that is being brought in the US against Ford Motor Co that relates to problems that are claimed to …

Tags:Automotive| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Extended Warranties Morph to Protection Contracts

by Bob Raikes

Warranty Week created an article that highlighted that it is ten years since the influential Consumer Reports magazine in the US placed adverts that told consumers that they should not buy service contracts. Although …

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Com Hem Finalises Boxer Purchase

by Bob Raikes

In Sweden, Com Hem (a cable company) has completed its acquisition of the Boxer business which will add 500,000 DTT customers to the Com Hem business. The preliminary purchase consideration of SEK1,631 million ($190 …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Sweden| Vol 23 - Issue 39

FCC Delays STB Vote

by Bob Raikes

The US FCC has delayed the big vote that it was planning on the 29th September on what to do about set top boxes. The FCC has wanted to “open up” the US cable …

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Skylink to Sell Samsung Box

by Bob Raikes

Skylink of the Czech Republic said that it plans to sell an STB developed by Samsung and called the EVO-S from the 8th October at 3,390 CZK / € 124.80 (including VAT). The hybrid …

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VR Funding Booms

by Bob Raikes

Another half a billion dollars was invested into virtual and augmented reality startups in the third quarter of this year, with a record $2.3 billion dollars invested in the last 12 months according to …

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Dolby Explains Dolby Vision vs HDR10

by Bob Raikes

If you are unsure about the difference between HDR10 and Dolby Vision, Dolby’s Giles Baker, Sr Vice President, Broadcast Business Group at Dolby Laboratories, has put a post on Linked In that explains it …

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UHD in India Set for Growth

by Yvette Raikes

A report from US research firm Grand View Research says that the global 4K STB market will reach $7.18 billion by 2024, with growing UltraHD viewing contributing to this. Over the next eight years, …

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UHD Comes to Sky Germany

by Yvette Raikes

As promised, Sky Deutschland’s On Demand service will offer films in UltraHD from this month. These can be downloaded overnight onto the 1TB hard disk on the Sky+ Pro box, which has three times …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Sky| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 39