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Loewe Releases New Mobile App

by Alan Spencer

Loewe has released a new mobile app that replaces two current apps, Loewe Smart Assist App and Loewe Smart tv2move. The new Loewe app offers a TV guide, streaming and remote recording smartphones and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Apps| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Apple

Apple Found Guilty of Price Fixing in Russia

by Alan Spencer

Apple has been found guilty of price fixing in Russia by the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS). The Apple subsidiary in the country was accused of telling 16 retailers to maintain the recommended prices of …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Price Fixing| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Buzz Aldrin Launches VR Mars Film

by Alan Spencer

Buzz Aldrin has launched a VR film outlining his plan to get humans to Mars. Buzz Aldrin, was the second man to set foot on the Moon. The film, called Cycling Pathways to Mars, …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Waipu.tv Enabled on Amazon Fire TV

by Alan Spencer

German IPTV operator Exaring, has enabled its TV platform, to be available on the Amazon Fire TV box and stick. Subscribers watching waipu.tv on their smartphones can also use a swiping motion on their …

Tags:4k| Amazon| Germany| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Sony to Stop PlayStation 3 Production This Month

by Alan Spencer

You might not have realised that it is was still being made, but after a little more than 10 years on the market, Sony is to phase out the PlayStation 3 with production stopping …

Tags:Back Panel| Consoles| Large Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Worldwide AR and VR Headset Market Expecting 58% CAGR

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, the worldwide AR and VR headset device market will reach 99.4 million units in 2021, a rise of nearly 10-times from the 10.1 million units shipped in 2016. This represents a …

Tags:Augmented Reality| IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Notebook Shipments Rise in February

by Alan Spencer

Digitimes Research reports that the top five notebook brand vendors in the world, saw their combined shipments rise by 20% in February compared to the previous month, and rise 22% compared to the previous …

Tags:Acer| Compal| Dell| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Sky Media Introduces Real-Time Advertising

by Alan Spencer

The Sky Audio Visual Exchange can now give buyers of advertising the capability to make decisions in real-time on Sky’s owned and operated TV and VoD services. During the pilot phase, Omnicom bought advertising …

Tags:Advertising| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Sky| Vol 24 - Issue 11

US Pay-TV Subscribers Becoming Increasingly Dissatisfied

by Alan Spencer

Research from Parks Associates reveals that 20% of US pay-TV subscribers are dissatisfied with their service, and this represents a 100% increase since early2013. The research also indicates that only a third of pay-TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Cisco and Sky to Launch OnPrime TV

by Alan Spencer

A new app, OnPrime TV, developed by Cisco in collaboration with Sky and supported by Encompass Digital Media, is now available in the UK, Italy and Germany on Apple TV. Viewers can now access …

Tags:Apple| Cisco| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Sky| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Wurl TV Added to TiVo

by Alan Spencer

In the US, Wurl TV’s Internet-delivered programming has been added to TiVo’s cable TV and retail set-top boxes. Wurl TV network adds new channels such as IGN TV, Newsy, Baeble Music TV, the ALT …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Tivo| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Ooredoo Launches 4K TV in the Middle East with Harmonic

by Alan Spencer

Ooredoo, a telecommunications operator based in Qatar, has launched a 4K TV service in the Middle East using Harmonic’s Electra VS convergent video system. Ooredoo’s new multiscreen channels, called FunBox UHD and C4K360, offer …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 11