Infomir, a Ukrainian manufacturer of IPTV/OTT set-top boxes (STB), has announced on its website the release of MAG425A, the new flagship product running Android TV 8.0 to rival the devices from global brands. Android TV 8.0, a voice-controlled remote, and 4K HDR support are touted as the Google-certified STB’s main selling points. MAG425A features a […]

Eultesat’s DTH offering Fransat is stopping Roland-Garros 4K HDR transmissions and will broadcast the end of the French tennis open in the 4K SDR standard. The company, which has been retransmitting France Télévisions’ event on the France TV Sports UHD 4K channel, explained that too many 4K TV sets are incompatible with the HDR format. […]

LG has started sales of what it says is the world’s first 8K OLED TV (model 88Z9) with pre-orders for the 88-inch set starting this week in South Korea. Availability in key markets of North America and Europe will follow in the third quarter of the year. The TV employs an advanced panel with over […]

Virgin Media has become the first UK TV platform to broadcast an event in 4K Ultra HD (UHD) with High Dynamic Range (HDR) with its retransmission of Eurosport’s coverage of the Roland-Garros tennis tournament which began Sunday 26th May. In a UK first, Virgin Media is utilising Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) technology to broadcast all […]

A major report in Display Daily focuses on 8K, and asks whether viewers need the new technology, what difference the technology makes and – key for most buyers – are 8K displays worth the extra cash? “Much of the criticism of 8K TV has been that you can’t see the extra pixel when viewing the […]

In a field test conducted under the auspices of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in Cleveland, Ohio between May 14th and May 16th, an engineering team from multiple industry participants showed how ATSC 3.0 technology can enhance the technological performance and economic value of existing broadcast infrastructures. “The test was an immense success,” declared […]

Sweta Dash, president of market research consultancy Dash-Insights, and writing in Display Daily, has said there is a “massive” amount of LCD capacity coming into production over the next 3 years, particularly from Chinese factories. “There is a race for revenue and profit growth as competition is accelerating and price pressure is increasing,” she said, […]

Hub’s inaugural study on entertainment technology, Entertainment in the Connected Home, shows that even though ownership of new connected devices in the US is high, many who own them don’t use most of their core capabilities. Highlights from the study include: 1) Half of TV homes is the US now have a 4K set – […]

Chinese cellular giant Huawei, which last week was widely reported to planning to enter the TV market with displays equipped to operate on 5G and be capable of receiving 8K signals, has declared the reports were wrong. “We don’t do TV’s,” said an unnamed source quoted by CGTN Digital. But then came the potential contradiction, […]