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ATEME Provides VR Near-Live Coverage for Super Bowl

by Alan Spencer

Ateme has announced that its video compression technology was used for the VR near-live coverage in UHD of the American football Super Bowl. On offer was a virtual and interactive lounge that presented highlights …

Tags:AR/VR| ATEME| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Those Offering Mobile Services Fall Foul of EU Law

by Alan Spencer

Strand Consult, a mobile virtual network operator (MNVO) market consultancy, predicted that net neutrality and zero rating for MVNOs would become a nightmare of interpretation for EU telecom regulators. For example, the provision of …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Google Becomes World’s Most Valuable Brand

by Alan Spencer

The latest Brand Finance Global 500 report put Google’s brand value at US$109 billion and Apple’s at US$107 billion. This ends a five year reign by Apple. Amazon came in fourth place with an …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Sony’s DVD and Blu-ray Business Sees Q3 Fall

by Alan Spencer

Sony has issued its third quarter results (for last quarter of 2016) for the Home Entertainment and Sound division The division, which includes LCD TVs, Blu-ray and DVD players and recorders as well as …

Tags:Blu-ray| DVD| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Wistron Rumoured to Start Making iPhones in India

by Alan Spencer

An Indian government official has told a news agency that Wistron will start manufacturing for Apple in Karnataka by the end of April 2017. Apple has yet to officially confirm the plan. Karnataka is …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Production Capacity| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Nintendo is Considering Adding VR to New Switch Console

by Alan Spencer

Nintendo is looking to add VR functionality to its new Switch console (Nintendo Switch will launch on March 3 for $300 / €300). Nintendo president, Tatsumi Kimishima, recently stated that VR could be added …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Nintendo| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Vodafone TV Customers in Spain Grow to 1.3 Million in 2016

by Alan Spencer

As well as Vodafone’s TV customer base in Spain growing to 1.3 million, the company’s fully integrated fixed, mobile and TV service, Vodafone One, ended 2016 with 2.1 million customers, up from 1.1 million …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spain| TV Viewing| Vodafone| Vol 24 - Issue 05

LG Rumoured to be Launching Two Android Smart Watches

by Alan Spencer

Two new LG smartwatches are rumoured to be launching this month in the US. The watches are made in conjunction with Google and will be called the Watch Sport and Watch Style. The Sport …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 05

TV Style Video App Next for Facebook

by Alan Spencer

Facebook is developing a video-centric app for TV set-top boxes and is already seeking publishers to create exclusive content for it. The app is part of an effort by Facebook to compete for TV …

Tags:| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Com Hem To Go ‘Boxless’

by Alan Spencer

Com Hem is looking to fibre to increase the popularity of its Boxer Digital Terrestrial Television service. Many customers churning from Boxer say they would have stayed if a fibre broadband service had been …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Nordics| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 04

Videocon Sees Net Subscriber Growth of 250,000

by Alan Spencer

Videocon of India has seen net subscriber growth of 0.25 million in the third quarter of 2016, with this net subscribers totaled 12.77 million at the end of 2016. Churn was 0.87% per month …

Tags:India| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 04