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Epix Now Available on Apple TV4

by Alan Spencer

The streaming service Epix is now available on Apple TV4 and comes with a limited free trial for subscribers. Movies including ‘The Hunger Games’, ‘James Bond’ and ‘Star Trek’ are available via the app. …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Geo-blocking of Online Content to be Banned Inside EU

by Alan Spencer

Starting from 2018 streaming providers such as Netflix, Viaplay, Sky, and Spotify will no longer be allowed to use “geo-blocking” to prevent access to EU subscribers that are travelling within the EU. All providers …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 05

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Flex Increases Production Capability in Poland

by Alan Spencer

Flex is to open a new facility later this year. This will add 11,000 square metres of space with 9,000 square metres allocated to manufacturing space. The rest of the building will be allocated …

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LED Chips Growth For Fine Pixel Pitch Displays to Increase 30-40%

by Alan Spencer

According to industry sources in Taiwan, global demand for the LED chipsused in fine pixel pitch displays will see an increase of 30-40% this year. The information was reported by Digitimes. The forecast growth …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 05

MediaTek Sees Fall in Revenues At Start of Year

by Alan Spencer

MediaTek saw a drop in its consolidated revenues to NT$18.31 billion (US$588.3 million) in January 2017. This represents a 11-month low and a decrease of 14.2% on month and 14.1% on year. Blamed for …

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Fire Breaks Out at Samsung’s Battery Factory

by Alan Spencer

A fire broke out at the Samsung SDI battery factory in China. This occurred just weeks after Samsung stated that it was defective batteries that caused its Note 7 mobile to burst into flames. …

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Irdeto CA Deployed for Russia’s MTS

by Alan Spencer

Irdeto CA has been deployed to over 2 million subscribers of the Russian telecommunications group, MTS. Irdeto’s scalable CA solution now securely delivers the Russian broadcaster’s television services across nine different time zones, representing …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Russia| Security| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Viaccess-Orca and ContentArmor Work on 4K Content Protection

by Alan Spencer

Viaccess-Orca and ContentArmor have joined forces to strengthen the protection of UHD and 4K premium content. ContentArmor watermark technology has been integrated into the full range of Viaccess-Orca’s Sentinel content protection solutions, including hybrid …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Pay TV| Security| Vol 24 - Issue 05

A New Color Filter Technology

by Arthur Berman

A new color filter technology is under development that claims to have the potential to advance the commercialization of the next generation of ultra-high definition TVs. At the same time, the technology also has …

Tags:Colour Filters| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Plasmonic Displays| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 24 - Issue 05

HPA Highlights Upcoming AR/VR Session

by Chris Chinnock

The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA), which is now part of SMPTE, plans to host its annual Tech Retreat event in Indian Wells, California in a couple of weeks. One of the topics will be …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| HPA Tech Retreat| Mobile Display Monitor| Technicolor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Cisco: Live Mobile Video to Grow 39-fold

by Bob Raikes

Cisco has released the 11th annual Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast (2016 to 2021) that has forecast that by 2021, more members of the global population will be using …

Tags:Cisco| Mobile Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Renesas Results 08/02/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Renesas Electronics announced its FY16 results with sales of ¥471bn ($4.4 mn) and net profit of ¥44.1bn ($416 mn), resulting in a profit margin of 9.4%. These results included only 9 months results from …

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