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Acer, Asustek See Sales Rise

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Acer saw sales in August increase 18.9% from July and 5.2% from August 2013 to NT$29.8 billion ($984.4 million), taking sales so far this year to NT$213 billion ($7 billion), though this was 11.4% …

Tags:Acer| Asus| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Apple Suppliers Made Slow Progress in August

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Taiwanese ODMs Focxonn and Pegatron are both lined up to produce new iPhones for Apple, with shipments expected to reach 80 million units by the end of this year. However, the fact that the …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| iPhone| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

SES Sees Video Demand as “Infinite”

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Every year, SES holds an event ahead of IBC that draws much of the European press that is interested in the TV landscape in the region. The first speaker was Ferdinand Kayser, chief commercial …

Tags:IBC 2014| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Rovi Introduces Personalised Discovery Solution in Europe

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Before the show, our reporter caught up with Rovi’s Charles Dawes to discuss the company’s presence at the show. We had heard at CES that Rovi was seeking to sell its DivX business, and …

Tags:EPGs| IBC 2014| Large Display Monitor| Rovi| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Neotion Looks to Headless HDMI

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We’ve been reporting on Neotion, the specialist in exploiting the CI slot in Europe’s TVs and STBs, since 2008. At the show this year, it was showing how a CAM can be used to …

Tags:DTV| IBC 2014| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

DVB Updates on UHDTV and DVB-S2X

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Over the years, the EBU and DVB have normally held press conferences around the same time, but this year, the EBU didn’t have one, however DVB did. Phil Laven the chairman of DVB started …

Tags:IBC 2014| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Christie Velvet is Smooth

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Christie had a small booth at IBC, but still had lots to show. The first thing we noted was the Christie Velvet LED system which was on display. The company has 2.5mm to 4mm …

Tags:Christie| IBC 2014| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Thoughts after IBC and IFA

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I’m writing this editorial in the plane on the way back from the Munich Digital Signage conference after spending 14 of the last 15 days at industry events. Add an extra day for travel …

Tags:Dolby Vision| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Munich Digital Signage Conf 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Dynamic Focus on 19″ Wide LCD Monitors

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This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 19″ wide category, covering both 16:10 and 16:9 models and sizes from 18″ wide to 19.9″ wide. There are 14 brands featured in the advertising. …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| dynamic focus| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Pricing| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Toshiba to Restructure PC Unit

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Toshiba has announced a restructuring of its PC business which will see around 900 jobs lost, accounting for more than 20% of its global workforce. Although the PC business reported positive operating income in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| PCs| toshiba| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Sony Issues Another Profit Warning

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Sony has issued its third profit warning in six months and the sixth since Kazuo Hirai was appointed CEO in 2012. The company said that it now expects to record a full year net …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

EU Approves BSkyB Deal

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The European Union’s antitrust authority has approved BSkyB’s acquisition of Sky Italia and 57% of Sky Deutschland, saying that the transaction would not hinder competition in the European pay-TV arena. The new entity would …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Monopolies (Anti Trust)| Sky| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21