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Freesat Plans Upgraded STB

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Freesat wants to make STBs which will include UltraHD support and multiscreen streaming and is looking for manufacturing partners. The boxes will support HbbTV 2.0.1 applications and are based on an open technical specification …

Indian Tablet Market Stable Thanks To Commercial Growth

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Although consumer tablet buying fell 13.8% QoQ and 26.8% YoY in Q2, due to the introduction of the Goods and Service Tax, healthy growth in the commercial sector contributed to a 2.9% rise to …

Tags:India| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Phablet Sales Contribute to Smartphone Growth

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Global smartphone shipments will grow until 2021, according to IDC’s updated forecast. 1.47 billion were sold in 2016 and this is expected to rise to 1.7 billion in 2021, with the researcher predicting a …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 32

Samsung Launches Two New Fitness Wearables

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Samsung has introduced two new wearables designed for fitness. The Gear Sport smartwatch has a circular Super AMOLED 1.2″ 302ppi full colour display. It is said to have military-level durability. The Gear Fit2 fitness …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 32| Wearables

BrightSign Sells One Millionth Media Player

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Digital Signage media player company BrightSign reached a major milestone this month with the sale of its millionth player. The firm says that this promises to be its most successful year to date.

Tags:Back Panel| Brightsign| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Philips’ Roadshow Comes to London

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As part of its European Roadshow 2017, Philips Professional Display Solutions will be visiting the Novotel Hotel in Hammersmith, London, on the 20th and 21st of September. The company will be showing its professional …

Netflix is King in the Netherlands

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In July, Netflix was accessed by 3,942,000 Dutch people using a smartphone, a tablet or a PC, according to GfK. That equates to 27.5% of the population aged 13 or over, more than all …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netherlands| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Fujitsu Seeks Partner For Mobile Phones

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Fujitsu has said again that it is considering several possibilities for its mobile phone operation. The company made the business a separate unit in February 2016 and has sought a partner since then to …

Samsung Adds HD+ to its Smart TVs

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Samsung is launching TV Plus, a new HD channel, in Germany and elsewhere in Europe on its Smart TVs. There will be content in UHD and HDR and the service gives access to video-on-demand …

Tags:HD+ (Germany)| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Foxconn Plans Three More Lines on Wisconsin LCD Campus

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Foxconn is to build three ancillary facilities in Wisconsin, USA, on a campus where a $10 billion LCD factory is due for completion in 2020. The company will add a back-end packaging line, a …

Vudu Comes to Apple TV

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Film streaming service Vudu is now available on Apple TV. There has been some disappointment that you cannot rent or buy films this way, since Vudu owner Walmart will not share the revenue with …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Friedrich and Poynton Hold Colour Correction Workshop

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Colour scientist Charles Poynton and calibration specialist Florian Friedrich are holding a 2-day workshop for Up.grade 2017 at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie in Berlin on 25th and 26th September. The workshop will be …