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Seven of the Top-15 SC Suppliers Register At Least 20% Gains in First Half of 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has extended its number one semiconductor ranking and sales lead over Intel to 22%, according to IC Insights. The top-15 worldwide semiconductor sales ranking for the first half of 2018 includes seven suppliers …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Semiconductor Market| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Top-Five Notebook Firms Saw Shipments Improve by 11%

by Andrew Fenn

The top-five global notebook vendors saw their combined shipments drop by 24% month-on-month but grow 11% year-on-year in July 2018, as inventory preparations for the back-to-school rush were complete in May and June, according …

Tags:Dell| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Dolby Laboratories and Wanying Cinema Line to Open More Dolby Cinemas in China

by Andrew Fenn

Dolby Laboratories and Wanying Cinema Line have announced a partnership to extend the Dolby Cinema experience to more moviegoers in China. The first location is expected to open at Wanying’s flagship site in Shenzhen, …

Tags:Back Panel| China| Cinema| Dolby| Dolby Vision| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Acer Announces Gaming Desktop Range with New Nvidia GPUs

by Andrew Fenn

Acer has announced that its latest Predator Orion-series gaming desktops feature Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs. (Nvidia Changes the Game in Ray Tracing) A spokesperson said, “The new Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs have reinvented graphics …

Tags:Acer| Game Playing| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| PCs| Vol 25 - Issue 32

HDR Gaming Interest Group to Propose Production and Distribution Guidelines

by Andrew Fenn

The HDR Gaming Interest Group (HGiG) is proposing a draft of its HDR Game Content Production and Distribution Guidelines that it says “will help optimise the consumer gaming experience when playing game content in …

Tags:Game Playing| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Motorola Under Fire for Copying iPhone X with P30 Handset

by Andrew Fenn

Motorola has revealed its new P30 smartphone, which has been described as a “brazen”, “shameless” and “egregious” Android remake of the iPhone X. We’re not here to make a judgement as to whether that’s …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Apple Store Evacuated Following iPad Battery Explosion

by Andrew Fenn

An Apple store in Leidseplein, Amsterdam was evacuated at the weekend after an iPad’s battery exploded. The local fire service was called to assist, while employees extinguished the fire by placing the device into …

Tags:Apple| Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 32| warranty

Network Outage Causes London Airport’s FIDs to Fail

by Andrew Fenn

The UK’s London Gatwick airport was plunged into chaos earlier this week when a damaged fibre cable caused an outage that crippled its flight information displays. Staff had to resort to writing out flight …

Tags:Flight Information (FIDs)| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Arte to Conduct Ultra HD and HDR Trial Next Month

by Andrew Fenn

Franco-German TV network Arte has announced it will be running a UHD and HDR trial from September 12th – 22nd, in collaboration with Amazon CloudFront, AWS Elemental, Anyware Vidéo, ATEME, Cobalt, Globecast, Molotov, Philips, …

Tags:4k| Europe| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 32

IHS: China’s TV Programming Market is Now Second Only to the US

by Andrew Fenn

China has overtaken the UK in the television programming industry, becoming the second-largest market in the world after the United States, according to IHS Markit. TV programming expenditures in China, including online platforms, hit …

Tags:Broadcast| China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 25 - Issue 32

US Cord-Cutting Slows While Satellite Suffers Record Customer Losses in 2018 Q2

by Andrew Fenn

The pressure on traditional multichannel subscriptions abated in the US during the second quarter of 2018, a positive direction that is further supported by the forwarded momentum of virtual services Sling TV and DirecTV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Virtual Hybrid Advertising Tech Used at German Supercup

by Andrew Fenn

Virtual replacement advertising technology was commercially deployed in the German Supercup for the first time last weekend. A virtual hybrid LED system was installed specially for the match, hosted at the Commerzbank-Arena. The LED …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Outdoor Displays| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 32