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LG Gives Away 4,000 Smartphones

LG is to choose 4,000 consumers from 15 countries to receive a new G4 smartphone, weeks before its official launch. The ...

SMI Adds Eye-Tracking to Oculus

Germany’s Sensomotoric Instruments (SMI) has launched an eye-tracking upgrade package for the Oculus Rift Dev Kit 2 (DK2). The package adds ...

Hulu Reports 30% Growth

During its annual presentation at the Madison Square Garden Theatre, Hulu announced that its subscriber base had risen by 30% YoY ...

Lumens Planning HD HUD Using Micro-LED Soon

Lumens of Korea, described as a long term partner of Samsung, has said in an interview with the Korea Herald that ...

Who is the Cable Cutter?

The cable companies and networks in the US have been facing a change in their business models over the last few ...

Samsung Teams up with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to Explore STEM Education

Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) and Samsung Electronics America (Samsung) are teaming up again to equip the next generation ...

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Mediatek Result 06/05/2015

by Helen Vince

Mediatek Inc. reported a slight year on year increase in first quarter turnover to NT$47.5 billion ($1.5 billion) from NT$46 billion ($1.5 billion) a year earlier, though net profit declined 28.5% to NT$7.2 billion …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

TP Vision Campaign Promotes Android TV

by Tom Allen

Customers in Germany buying an Android-based Philips TV from the 7000, 8000 or 9000 series are now able to return it with no questions asked. TP Vision is running the campaign until 30th June, …

Tags:Android| Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Philips| TPV (TP Vision)| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Midwich to Acquire PSCo

by Helen Vince

Midwich in the UK has acquired 100% of PSCo Group for an undisclosed sum. PSCo is a trade-only rental and technical distributor which specialises in the latest display solutions. PSCo will continue under the …

Tags:Distributors| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Qualcomm Denies Snapdragon Issues

by Tom Allen

LG chose the Snapdragon 808 chip to power its G4 smartphone, providing more fuel to fire the rumours of overheating that have plagued the Snapdragon 810 (Samsung Drops Qualcomm). Qualcomm has since spoken out …

Tags:Chips| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Semiconductors| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 19

2015 Fails to Check Tablet Fall

by Tom Allen

Q1’15 was the second consecutive quarter in which the worldwide tablet market declined says IDC. Competition from alternative devices, such as phablets, drove shipments of tablets and hybrids to 47.1 million units, down 5.9% …

Tags:Apple| Asus| IDC| Lenovo| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 19| Worldwide

Notebook ASPs Will be Sub-$450 in 2016

by Tom Allen

Notebook ASPs are still falling, says Taiwan’s MIC, based on the rising share of low-cost models and low demand for touch notebooks and ultrabooks. Notebook PC ASPs are forecast to fall to $453 this …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 22 - Issue 19| Worldwide

Transition Period Needed for T2 Move, Says CRa

by Tom Allen

Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRa), the Czech broadcast network operator, has called for additional multiplexes to be made available during the DVB-T to DVB-T2 transition. The transition will be completed by 2020.

Tags:Capacity| Czech Republic| DVB-T & T2| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

German T2 Transition Over by 2019

by Tom Allen

German network operator Media Broadcast has said that its planned DVB-T2 platform, which will be launched in early 2017, will offer up to 50 TV channels. The transition from DVB-T to -T2 is expected …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

TV Connect Celebrates Winners

by Tom Allen

The winners of the TV Connect awards have been announced. Held at London’s Gherkin, the awards recognised efforts to continue to transform the industry. Winners included Swisscom AG’s Swisscom TV 2.0 (Best Multiscreen TV …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV (Television)| TV Connect 2015| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Apple Watch Display Shoot-Out

by Steve Sechrist

Just days after the first Apple Watch began showing up in the hands of consumers, DisplayMate Labs, run by Dr. Ray Soneira, completed a comprehensive battery of tests on Apple’s first AMOLED display technology. …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| DisplayMate| Samsung| Smartwatches| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Microsoft HoloLens

Microsoft Pushes Developers Towards HoloLens

by Norbert Hildebrand

After the surprising announcement of the HoloLens device by Microsoft at a Windows 10 event, we have been learning more about the HoloLens and its position in the Windows 10 platform. Meanwhile, Microsoft has …

Tags:Holography| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 19