Vol 25 – Issue 06 – Page 7

LG Fixes Dolby Vision Raised Blacks on 2017 OLED TVs

by Andrew Fenn

A week after LG released an update for its UP970 Blu-ray player, which fixed an issue with raised blacks when outputting content in Dolby Vision HDR, the company has issued a similar fix to …

Tags:Dolby Vision| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Taiwan Small and Medium-Sized Panel Market Steady in 2017 Q4

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes Research has released more data regarding the LCD panel market in the fourth quarter of 2017, this time for small and medium-sized panels, which dropped by 1.1% to 314 million units, a bigger …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 06

YouTube TV Price Increases to $40 Next Month

by Andrew Fenn

The cost of a monthly subscription to YouTube TV is increasing to $40 from March 13th. The reason for the price rise is the addition of several new channels, including Turner Classic Movies, truTV, …

Minerva Unveils New Cloud Television Service

by Andrew Fenn

Minerva Networks has announced a cloud television service that enables operators to transition from their legacy set-top box-centric offerings, delivering a personalised user experience across both managed and unmanaged devices. The new service is …

Tags:Cloud TV| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 06

4C Insights Integrates Inscape’s Smart TV Data

by Andrew Fenn

4C Insights, a data science and marketing technology company in the US, has announced a deal to integrate automatic content recognition from Inscape with data from SmartTVs. Through the partnership, marketers can now access …

Kagan: 37.2 Million US Households to Go Broadband-Only by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

Broadband-only households in the US are set to grow from 19 million in 2017 to 37.2 million by 2022, according to estimates from Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. Tony …

Tags:broadband| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Arris Wins Bell Canada STBs

by Bob Raikes

Bell Canada will offer a new STB from Arris to customers of its Fibe TV service. The service will be based on the Ericsson MediaFirst platform and features supported will include UltraHD resolution, HDR …

Tags:Canada| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 06

RealWear Raises $17 Million in Series A Funding Round

by Andrew Fenn

RealWear has announced that it has raised $17 million in its Series A funding round, led by Columbia Ventures Corporation and supported by RealMax. The funding will be used to meet the market’s demand …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Magic Leap Announces Collaboration with the NBA

by Andrew Fenn

Magic Leap has announced its first sports partnership with the NBA and Turner, to develop a new NBA app for its forthcoming AR headset, Magic Leap One. The app will feature archived games and …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Vizio Introduces Alexa Support to Select SmartCast Displays

by Andrew Fenn

Vizio has announced the introduction of the Vizio SmartCast skill for Amazon Alexa, enabling voice control of the company’s 2017 and 2016 SmartCast P, M, and E-Series Ultra HD display collections. Users with an …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Vizio| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 06

UBI Research Analyses OLED Industry in 2017 and Beyond

by Andrew Fenn

UBI Research has published new data analysing the OLED industry for the year of 2017, including panel makers’ development trends, key issues, applied products, and relevant markets from various perspectives on rigid and flexible …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Dell Named One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Dell has announced that it has again been recognised as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute. 2018 marks the fifth consecutive year that the company has been honoured with …