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Samsung Denies OLED Plan Rumours

The Korea Herald reports that Samsung Display is denying reports that it is building a new flexible 7G OLED plant in ...

HTC Shows Vive in Taiwan

HTC is showing off its Vive VR headset in Taipei’s Syntrend Creative Park, from now until the 13th January. The event ...

Barco Technology Showcase Promises Big Things

Barco ran its annual Technology Showcase in Westminster this year – the heart of London. To give you a feel for ...

Nvidia Result 13/05/2015

Nvidia recorded a net profit in the first quarter of the year of $134 million on turnover of $1.15 billion, which ...

Sony Signs PlayStation Distribution Deal with Omega

IT firm Omega has been authorised to distribute Sony’s PlayStation products in Austria. Sony originally released the PlayStation 4 in the ...

Semiconductors Rise 9% in November

Worldwide semiconductor sales were up 9.1% YoY in November 2014, to $29.7 billion (from $27.2 billion), although this was a slight ...

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SonoVTS Builds on the Heritage of Penta

by Bob Raikes

One of the companies that I used to enjoy meeting at IBC in the past was Munich-based Penta. The company made high quality broadcast monitors that had a good reputation but hit financial problems …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 38

UltraHD Alliance Cagey on Specs, but Bullish on UHD Blu-ray

by Bob Raikes

The UHD Alliance was at IBC to explain what it is up to. First, we heard that the UHD Forum had released new guidelines for compatibility just before IFA (UltraHD Forum Updates its Phase …

Tags:Blu-ray| IBC 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD Alliance| Vol 23 - Issue 38

V-Nova Wins with Eutelsat and FastFilmz

by Bob Raikes

Sadly, the V-Nova press event clashed with another, so we didn’t get there, but we did get a chance to catch up with the company in its meeting room. V-Nova has a proprietary codec, …

Tags:Codecs| IBC 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| V-Nova| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Ruwido Looks to Improve Audio Search

by Bob Raikes

It’s always a pleasure to catch up with Ruwido, the developer of high end remote controls and the matching user interfaces. We met with Regina Bernhaupt, who is Director of User Experience Research at …

Tags:IBC 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Remote Controls| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Subscription VOD in W Europe Booming

by Yvette Raikes

According to a report from IHS Markit, subscriptions to video on demand (SVOD) in Western Europe exceeded €2 billion in 2015, and are expected to top €3 billion this year. YoY growth is forecast …

Tags:Europe| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Sigma Looking At HDMI and Low Power

by Bob Raikes

Sigma had a meeting room to talk to its ODM customers and was showing the way that its chips support Android. The company has an SDK that works on Android “M” and is being …

Tags:HDMI| IBC 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sigma Designs| STBs| Streaming Dongles| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Jabil Result 21/09/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Jabil Circuit reported Q4 2016 net profit of $38.7 million, down 43% YoY from $88.4 million. Turnover was $4.4 billion, down 5.3% YoY from $4.7 billion. For the full year 2016, net profit was …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Celestica Wins Excellence in Sustainability Award

by Milos Pavlovic

Celestica was awarded the 2016 Excellence in Sustainability award from Cisco during the Cisco’s 25th Annual Supplier Appreciation Event. The award recognized Celestica’s efforts to reduce negative environmental impacts.

Tags:Cisco| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Jacobs Considers OLEDs in IT

by Bob Raikes

At the OLED World Summit, John Jacobs (once of Apple and also DisplaySearch) of Intel talked about the impact of OLED on IT applications such as notebooks and monitors. OLED-based notebooks have, of course, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED World Summit 2016| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 40

LGD Says Peak Brightness Better for HDR OLED

by Bob Raikes

In a talk at the recent OLED Summit, Dr. Jang Jin Yoo of LG Display presented research that his company has done that suggests that when the area of a very bright HDR image …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| OLED World Summit 2016| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 40

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Apple Now in Mexico

by Isaac Oburu

Apple has set up shop in Mexico with the store dubbed; Apple Via Santa Fe, that will offer Apple’s products and services.

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 38