Toshiba is letting go 3000 employees at its electronics plants, and is switching TV production to 4K displays. Two factories will be affected by the closures, affecting about half of its manufacturing staff. Toshiba has factories in China, Indonesia, and Poland, making its Regza-branded sets, although has not announced which plants would be affected. Toshiba […]
Panasonic has launched its 65 inch Ultra HD edge-lit LED LCD TV in the US. The TV, which has a RRP of $5,999, boasts an array of cutting-edge features, including HDMI 2.0 (supporting 4K/60p resolution) and Display Port 1.2a input jacks, and an advanced up-conversion system that the company believes will set it apart from […]
Consumer uptake of 3D hardware continues apace, with the market on track to achieve 157.7 million 3DTV sales in 2017, up from a forecast of 59.3 million for 2013, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting. “In 2017, 3DTVs will account for 58 per cent of all TVs sold across the globe, rising from […]
Grass Valley has revealed it will provide Russian satellite broadcaster NTV Plus with several of its innovative live production solutions to deliver multichannel sports production for the 2014 Winter Games to be held in Sochi, Russia, February 7-23, 2014. These solutions include a K2 Summit production client with a K2 Storage Area Network (SAN), GV […]
Research from Deloitte has found that the TV industry generated £17.5 billion (€20.6bn) in revenues in 2012, this is just over 1 per cent of UK GDP. Indirect sales, such as books and music revenues driven directly by TV, added £500 million to TV’s direct economic impact. The report, What television is: 2013, examines trends in TV and […]
According to the large-sized panel shipment survey by WitsView, the display research division of TrendForce, for August 2013 shows 70.11 million units, up 11 per cent on July. At the 2013 Germany IFA, 4K TVs were hot products displayed by all brands. In H1 2013, Japanese brands such as Sony and Toshiba showcased the 4K […]
Consumer electronics leader Samsung Electronics and satellite operator Eutelsat Communications are teaming up to combine their expertise to partner on the promotion of Ultra-HD. The two companies have launched a dedicated Ultra-HD satellite channel that can be received directly by Samsung’s latest Ultra-HD TVs with embedded satellite receivers and incorporating the Samsung Evolution Kit which […]
As revealed exclusively by advanced-television.com August 28th, a group of broadcast industry players is to demonstrate a true 4K Ultra HD Television, end-to-end video transmission over satellite to the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam during IBC2013. This milestone will mark the first time a full multi-camera production of a sports event has been captured in […]
A report from IHS Screen Digest says that a small group of niche consumers is continuing to back Blu-ray 3D, and that sales Blu-ray 3D sales in the US grew by 56 per cent last year, and that Blu-ray 3D – in terms of value – now makes up 9.5 per cent of the whole […]
At IFA 2013 in Berlin, the chief executive of LG’s Home Entertainment Company revealed that the company will expand the global rollout of its OLED TVs to several markets throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the CIS region before the end of the year. The company’s 55- and 65-inch Ultra HD TVs – the […]