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Canatu Achieves Super-Thin Dimensions on CNB Film

by Tom Allen

A new super-thin product has been added to Canatu’s range of transparent, conductive carbon nanobud films. The device is just 23µm thick, and targets thin devices and flexible applications. Canatu claims that it has …

Valens Launches HDBaseT 2.0 Testing Services

by Tom Allen

Testing and certification services are now available for new products using the HDBaseT 2.0 standard. The services conform to the Compliance Test Specification that was recently made available to HDBaseT Alliance members (HDBaseT Alliance …

PMA’s February Projector Results Similar to January

by Tom Allen

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in February. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘4,000+ lumen’. Optoma’s EH501 held on to the top …

Exertis Continues TechAid Support

by Tom Allen

Exertis is to donate eight of Dell’s Venue 11 7130 tablets to the TechAid programme in Ghana. The tablets will be used for childrens’ education. The company is also helping to raise money to …

Expectations Positive for Benelux Signage

by Tom Allen

OVAB Europe has released its digital signage market survey for the Benelux region over the March/April period. OVAB tracks these results with its Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI). The DBCI rose to the …

Wrist-Worn Devices Will Lead Wearables For Years

by Tom Allen

New vendors, new devices and greater end-user awareness will drive the 2015 worldwide wearable market to new heights, says IDC. 45.7 million units will be shipped this year, says the firm, rising 133.4% from …

Surface 3 Loses RT

by Tom Allen

A rumour circulated the web at the end of March that Microsoft would launch a new Surface tablet sporting 64-bit Windows 8.1, rather than Windows RT. Lo and behold, the Surface 3 was announced …

Consumer Shipments Boost Q4 Monitors

by Tom Allen

34 million desktop monitors were shipped in Q4’14: an overall fall of 4.4% YoY, but 1.3% higher than IDC’s forecast. Western Europe, the second-largest monitor market worldwide, experienced positive growth of 8.4%. Vendors focusing …

Sony Lowers Shipment Target in 2015

by Tom Allen

Sony Mobile plans to ship as many as 38 million smartphones in the 2015 fiscal year (April 2015 – March 2016), according to sources in the handset supply chain. The new figure is slightly …

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Media Broadcast’s -T2 Business Plan is Approved

by Tom Allen

Germany’s Bundeskartellamt, an anti-monopoly regulator, has approved Media Broadcast’s business model for use with its DVB-T2 network. The company will offer pay services from commercial broadcasters in HD.

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Putman: UltraHD Spells End of 1920 x 1080 Sets

by Tom Allen

Pete Putman of HDTV Expert has predicted that the production of ‘ordinary’ (1920 x 1080) TV screens will cease by the end of 2016/2017. Quoted in the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers’ …

Russia Carries Weight in East Europe Pay-TV Market

by Tom Allen

Pay-TV revenues in Eastern Europe will climb 45% from 2010 ($5 million) to 2020 ($7.3 million), according to a forecast by Digital TV Research. However, most of that increase has already taken place and …