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Apple Enables iTunes HDR for iPad Pro

by Bob Raikes

Apple said in June that its new iPad Pro models would support HDR and it is now making UltraHD HDR content available on the iTunes store, so that the content can be played back …

Western European SVoD Revenues to Increase to $6.5 billion by 2022

by Alan Spencer

According to Digital TV Research, Western European SVoD (subscription Video on Demand) revenues will increase to $6.5 billion by 2022, up from $2.8 billion in 2016. SVoD has become the region’s largest OTT revenue …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| SVOD| Vol 24 - Issue 35

SDMC Ains Android TV Certification for OTT STB

by Bob Raikes

SDMC of China said that it has got Android TV certification for its DV8219 OTT TV box and said that it is only the third company in China to get the approval, after ZTE …

Tags:Android| China| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 35

MaxLinear Wins Order for Sky Q Wideband LNB Chips

by Bob Raikes

Semiconductor maker MaxLinear has won a deal with Microelectronics Technology Inc to supply its MxL80x RF downconverter to be used in a new wideband low-noise block (LNB) to support the Sky UK ‘Q’ service …

YuMe TV SDK is Cross Platform

by Bob Raikes

YuMe Inc has released the YuMe Connected TV (CTV) SDK, designed to help publishers and advertisers engage audiences with TV-like, full screen ad experiences on connected devices such as Amazon Fire TV and Apple …

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Dell Debuts a Mixed Reality Headset

by Arthur Berman

Dell Inc. presented a Windows 10-based mixed reality headset earlier this month at the IFA conference in Berlin. The company stated that the headset was designed not only to provide the user with an …

LG to Peak in Smartphone OLED Supply in 2020

by Bob Raikes

The OLED Association published some interesting forecasts for OLED shares in the rapidly developing smartphone market. The Association forecasts that, over the forecast period to 2021, LG Display will reach a peak of 22% …

Tags:Forecasts| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

8K is Closer than You Think

by Bob Raikes

I found a lot of people at IBC this week that believe that 8K is a long way away in the world of TV. I’m here to tell these content producers and distributors that …

VR Guidelines from the VRIF

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The Virtual Reality Industry Forum (VRIF) has published a set of draft guidelines for virtual reality (VR). The version for public comment was placed on-line on September 13th and can be downloaded for free …

Tags:3D Object-based Audio| IBC 2017| Standards| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Tata and Formula 1 Complete World First Live 360° Video Trial

by Andrew Fenn

This week’s Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay Street Circuit wasn’t just a victory for Lewis Hamilton. A proof-of-concept test conducted by Tata Communications in conjunction with Formula 1 has demonstrated how races can …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Microcontroller Closes the Graphics Gap

by Bob Raikes

Microchip has created what it claims to be the first microcontroller unit (MCU) to combine a 2D graphics processor with integrated DDR2 memory. The three-layer graphics controller in the 32-bit PIC32MZ DA family drives …

SID Awards Display Week 2018 Business Track to DSCC

by Bob Raikes

The Society for Information Display (SID) has returned to DSCC and its partners for the organization and execution of its business conferences during its annual Display Week conference. SID’s 2018 Display Week will take …

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