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IHS: Half a Billion Devices with Wireless Power Technology Shipped in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Led by mobile phones, small appliances and wearables, shipments of consumer electronics devices enabled with wireless charging rose 40% in 2017, compared to the previous year. In all, nearly 500 million devices with wireless …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 06| Wireless Charging

Service Electric Cablevision Selects TiVo’s Next-Gen Platform

by Andrew Fenn

TiVo has announced that Service Electric Cablevision, a provider of internet, TV, phone residential and commercial services to Pennsylvania, USA, has chosen TiVo’s Next-Gen Platform to bring entertainment services to its customers. Service Electric …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| STBs| Tivo| Vol 25 - Issue 06

MX1 Provides Content Aggregation for 1&1 TV Offerings

by Andrew Fenn

MX1, a global solution provider of media services, announced today that it is providing content aggregation for a number of channels from 1&1’s newest TV offerings. Claimed to be Germany’s first fully cloud-based TV …

Tags:broadband| Cloud TV| Germany| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 06

NBC Selects SES Satellite Distribution for UHD HDR PyeongChang 2018 Coverage

by Andrew Fenn

NBC Olympics has selected SES to provide Ultra HD HDR satellite distribution for its production of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, which take place in PyeongChang, South Korea, from February 8th – 25th. (NBC …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| Sports and Stadiums| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Canal Digital Launches OnePlace TV Platform Featuring 3SS UI

by Andrew Fenn

Canal Digital has launched its new Android-based OTT-satellite hybrid TV platform for STBs, OnePlace, in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland. The platform features a newly-designed front end and user interface created by 3 Screen …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| Nordics| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 06

YouTube CEO Announces Red Service Rollout to 100 More Countries

by Andrew Fenn

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has announced that its paid subscription service, YouTube Red, will roll out to a hundred more countries this year. Wojcicki also described Red as “really a music service” alluding to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 06| YouTube

DSCC and Insight Media Launch 8K TV Report

by Andrew Fenn

Display Supply Chain Consultants and Insight Media has announced the launch of a new report titled Outlook on 8K TV, covering the latest developments in the next stage of TV technology. The report covers …

Tags:Forecasts| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 06

ABI: Consumer, Retail and Marketing to Boost Chinese VR HMD Shipments

by Andrew Fenn

The Chinese VR market has experienced a significant growth over the past two years due to the low-cost VR hardware and software developments and mainly driven by the use cases in entertainment, and retail …

Tags:China| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Blippar and Glorious Labs Fusing AR with 360° Video

by Andrew Fenn

Blippar has announced “Gloria”, a collaboration with Glorious Labs, to bring AR to 360° cameras. The fusion of AR with 360° content will combine the immersive photos and videos with the interactivity of AR. …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 06

MonkeyMedia’s BodyNav Addresses Motion Sickness in VR/AR

by Andrew Fenn

MonkeyMedia, an independent R&D lab with a 25-year track record of developing technology experiences, has announced the launch of its patented, body-based navigation solution, BodyNav, for hands-free virtual reality interactions. BodyNav leverages the existing …

Tags:AR/VR| Human Visual System (HVS)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 06

DXOMark Explores Smartphone Camera Evolution

by Andrew Fenn

DxOMark has just published a comprehensive overview of smartphone camera technologies and their impact on image quality measurements from 2012 to today. In the article, the company looks at the evolution of both photo …

Tags:Back Panel| Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 06

IDC: Worldwide SMB IT Spending to Pass $600 Billion in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

IDC forecasts total IT spending by small and medium-size businesses to be nearly $602 billion in 2018, an increase of 4.9% over 2017. With a CAGR of 4.7% for the 2016-2021 forecast period, spending …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 06