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HTC Claims “Best Smartphone Camera”

The HTC 10, a new flagship smartphone, has what the company claims is ‘the best camera on the market’ (although Huawei ...

Dolby and Jaunt Launch Atmos VR Portal

Dolby has launched a dedicated portal for VR content, with Jaunt VR. The titles, accessible through the Jaunt VR app, feature ...

Wearable Electronics Bring New Bright Opportunities for Sensors After Smartphones and Tablets

The wearable devices space is viewed as the next goldmine of opportunity for sensor manufacturers as profits shrink in the smartphone ...

Epson PowerLite Named Favorite Projector Model in the rAVe Readers’ Choice Awards

Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide, today announced its PowerLite® Series has been awarded the rAVe Readers’ Choice Award for ...

DTG and Deutsche TV Plattform Announce Next Plugfest

DTG and Deutsche TV Plattform have announced the dates for their seventh joint Plugfest, which will take place at the 3IT ...

Etisalat Highlights Broadband Applications

Local telco, Etisalat, was, as it does most years, was showing a range of IoT and other applications that exploit high ...

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Ocean Outdoor Partners BBC Three

by Yvette Raikes

Ocean Outdoor and BBC Three are combining to show TV content on city centre Wi-fi-enabled screens in the UK. BBC Three hopes that this will give them access to “light” TV viewers – those …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 10

PMOLED Display Driver Sales See Strong Growth

by Yvette Raikes

During its review of the past financial year, Hong Kong IC maker Solomon Systech said that sales of its PMOLED display drivers had seen strong growth. The drivers have also attracted new design wins …

Tags:Display Drivers| Mobile Display Monitor| PMOLED| Vol 24 - Issue 10| Wearables

Daktronics Claims High Brightness for Five Years

by Bob Raikes

Daktronics has celebrated the 16th anniversary of starting to ship LED displays by introducing the DB-6400 series of LED displays for outdoor use and that ships with 8.500 cd/m² of brightness on shipment, with …

Tags:Daktronics| Large Display Monitor| Outdoor Displays| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 10

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Sharp Plans Fourfold Growth in LCD TVs

by Yvette Raikes

Sharp plans to increase its LCD TV sales by four times over the next four years, according to Japanese sources as reported by Digitimes. In the company’s current financial year (April 2016 to March …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Manufacturing| sharp| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 10

First 4K NASCAR Race Broadcast On the Way

by Yvette Raikes

Following the successful 4K Ultra HD broadcast of college basketball, Fox Sports and DirecTV will deliver 4K NASCAR racing on April 1st on DirecTV’s on-demand video service. Major league baseball and NBA games in …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Channel 4 Releases 360° Ads

by Yvette Raikes

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has announced a 360 degree interactive VoD format for its advertisers called Ad 360 through its subsidiary, 4Sales. Viewers using the All 4 VoD service will be able to immerse …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 10

US Sees Rise in Non-pay-TV Users

by Yvette Raikes

With more methods of watching TV entering the market, the share of broadband households in the US which have pay-TV has dropped according to analyst TDG, reported by Advanced Television. In 2011, 9% (just …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Euskaltel to Acquire Telecable

by Yvette Raikes

In Spain, Euskaltel is said to be about to acquire regional cable network Telecable for €750 million ($804 million). Euskaltel has already bought R Company, so this is further consolidation of the Spanish cable …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Spain| Vol 24 - Issue 10

AT&T’s Acquisition of Time Warner Approved by EC

by Yvette Raikes

The $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner by AT&T has been approved by the European Commission. The commission concluded that there were no competition concerns, since there were no overlaps between the two companies’ …

Tags:AT&T| Cable| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Daqri Recruits, but Lays Off, too

by Bob Raikes

Daqri, which has been working on AR for professional applications has recently recruited Seamus Blackley and ‘key members’ of his team from Heat Engine, LLC, a rapid prototyping and development laboratory. Blackley, a high …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Recruitment & Appointments| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Samsung’s TV Launch Event

by Chris Chinnock

Samsung Electronics was planning a TV launch event in New York City on March 14. A major snowstorm forced the cancellation of the media-focused meeting, but they launched the products anyway with a virtual …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| QLED| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 10