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Samsung Display gives €3.8bn to parent company

Samsung Display has paid out its first-ever dividend since it was spun-off as a separate company in 2012. According to reports, Samsung’s stand-alone display business will pay a dividend to Samsung Electronics of 5.6 Trillion Won (€3.8 billion). During a shareholders’ meeting, Samsung Display voted to distribute 25,400 won per share in dividends, totalling 6.65 […]

March 27, 2024By Chris Forrester

Inverto and Montage LZ join forces

FTA Communication Technologies SARL (Inverto), a leading supplier of broadcast reception equipment and video streaming solutions serving major DTH operators across the world, and Montage LZ Technologies, a global leading fabless provider for analogue and mixed-signal semiconductor IC, will showcase at Convergence India Expo a live demonstration of Inverto’s airstream Live Gateway, a fully DVB-NIP […]

January 15, 2024

Amagi ADS PLUS launches FAST Deals curated marketplace

Amagi ADS PLUS, the premium CTV advertising marketplace from the global SaaS technology leader for Connected TV and Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) services, Amagi, has launched a new, innovative feature called FAST Deals, a curated programmatic marketplace set to enhance the advertiser buying experience across FAST services. As consumer engagement with FAST services continues […]

January 12, 2024

FreeCast unveils unified streaming experience

At CES, FreeCast announced its vision for a next-gen streaming media ecosystem and a revenue strategy to accompany it. The media industry has been struggling with declining pay-TV revenues, says FreeCast, but the direct-to-consumer streaming products designed to replace them have not been profitable. Likewise, consumers have become increasingly frustrated by a fragmented experience and […]

January 11, 2024

Transparent TVs showcased at CES

Both LG and Samsung have showcased their latest ‘See Thru’ transparent displays at CES. LG’s Signature-brand OLED T models comprise a transparent screen with a rollable opaque film behind that LG describes as a “contrast screen” which creates the viewable and conventional OLED images. The appeal of the transparent screen is that with the contrast […]

January 10, 2024By Chris Forrester

Nvidia unveils new chipsets

Technology giant Nvidia supplies chipsets for an array of electronic devices including broadcast, gaming, graphic cards and creative devices and now AI models. At CES it announced new chipsets as news emerged that its H20 AI chip will enter mass production in Q2 for use in China and complying with US export rules. The H20 […]

January 10, 2024By Chris Forrester

Filming commences on BBC’s Ludwig

Filming is now underway on the six-part BBC One genre bending detective series Ludwig, starring David Mitchell. When John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor’s (Mitchell) identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother’s identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts. John has never married, never had a family and never […]

January 10, 2024

Prime Video Matter Casting to devices

At CES, Amazon announced that Matter Casting support is coming to its Prime Video app so users can cast content to Amazon hardware devices. The feature is available now for the Echo Show 15 — Amazon’s largest smart display that’s also a Fire TV — and Amazon says support is coming soon to Fire TVs, […]

January 9, 2024

ACCESS, MediaTek advanced Twine4Car Automotive Infotainment services for auto OEMs

ACCESS Europe, a provider of advanced software solutions for the TV and automotive markets, and MediaTek have announced that the two companies are expanding their successful collaboration to provide the automotive industry with an integrated solution combining MediaTek chipsets with a car-centric app store and in-car entertainment platform from ACCESS. The first demonstration of the […]

January 9, 2024

XGIMI launches new projectors and technologies at CES

XGIMI, the projector and laser TV brand, is introducing a handful of new technologies at CES 2024, including ISA 5.0 (Intelligent Screen Adaptation) and Dual Light 2.0, along with partnerships with IMAX & DTS (IMAX Enhanced is a partnership between IMAX and DTS), Google and MediaTek. The new technologies and partnerships will debut alongside XGIMI’s […]

January 8, 2024