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Evolution Digital Uses TiVo to Deliver eGuide

by Alan Spencer

Evolution Digital has signed a renewal agreement with TiVo to deploy eGuide, a newly designed IPG. The IPG is powered by TiVo Metadata, a navigation scheme which is like TiVo’s current iGuide. The eGuide …

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

North America Sees Pay-TV Subscriber Losses

by Alan Spencer

North Americans are switching from pay-TV to Internet delivered TV services, but at different rates. In the US, Leichtman Research Group reported that the largest pay-TV providers, representing about 95% of the market, lost …

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

Robert Shiao Becomes President of Innolux

by Alan Spencer

Robert Shiao (Chih-Hung Shiao) has become Innolux’s president and COO, and will assist chairman and CEO Jyh-Chau Wang in the day-to-day running of the company. Shiao was previously the CIO of Chimei Optoelectronics, which …

Swisscom Adds Insight TV UHD to its Platform

by Alan Spencer

The UHD channel, Insight TV, has been added to Swisscom’s IPTV platform, Swisscom TV 2.0, which was launched in April 2016. Insight TV is a linear pay-TV service, offering travel and sports programmes. Swisscom’s …

Samsung to Produce Prototypes of Foldable Smartphones in 3Q2017

by Alan Spencer

South Korean and Chinese manufacturers are competing to be the first company in the world to produce a foldable smartphone. Samsung Electronics and Samsung Display are working to produce a number of foldable smartphone …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Kopin Gets Praise for its New 2k x 2k OLED Microdisplay

by Alan Spencer

At the beginning of the year, Kopin announced its first Lightning OLED one-inch microdisplay (Kopin’s New 2Kx2K OLED on Si Panel to Advance VR Image Quality) and said that since then has had positive …

MEA Tablet Market Sees Decline

by Alan Spencer

IDC has reported that in the last quarter of 2016, the Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market declined 24.2% on year to total 3.07 million units. For the whole of 2016, the decline …

Harman Acquisition Completed by Samsung Electronics

by Alan Spencer

Following all conditions being met, the acquisition of Harman International by Samsung Electronics has been completed for $112.00 per share in cash. The conditions that had to be met included approval by Harman stockholders …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Chinese SVoD Market Driven by the Young

by Alan Spencer

According to Futuresource, the uptake of SVoD in China is being driven by the young consumers, with some 66% of SVoD users being in the 16 to 35 age group, plus there is a …

Hulu to Launch Six Extra Channels this Spring

by Alan Spencer

Hulu is adding to the channels it will offer on its upcoming live TV streaming service by adding six original brands from A+E Networks to the platform, to be launched in spring this year. …

Cheltenham Festival Highlights Shown in 4K 360° Video

by Alan Spencer

ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, produced a daily highlights package of horse-racing action in Ultra HD and 360° video, for the Cheltenham Festival, which ended on 17th March. The content was put up on …

African Pay-TV Subscribers Reached 18.7 million in 2016

by Alan Spencer

According to figures from Dataxis, Africa pay-TV subscribers were approximately 18.7 million at the end of 2016, which is a rise of approximately 2 million subscribers compared to 2015. DTH subscribers amounted to 14 …