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Private Telecoms Continue to Drive German CE Market

Germany’s consumer electronics market began the year positively; revenues were up 2% YoY in Q1, to €6.7 billion, according to the ...

VR Headsets to Reach 9% Household Penetration by 2018

Typically, market forecasts are based on penetration models and the latest report from Park Associates, “Virtual Reality: Disrupting the Entertainment Experience” ...

Vivitek Claims 2 Hours Life for LED Projector

Vivitek has expanded its Qumi Series of pocket projectors with the introduction of the Qumi Q3 Plus, an ultra-portable LED smart ...

Exciting Times….

This week is a bit shorter than some of our issues as we are beavering away to produce our SID report. ...

IHS Conference Outline Released

The IHS Business conference 2015 will take place in Berlin at IFA, the global trade show for consumer electronics and home ...

Pay-TV Market in Africa Reaches 23.7 million Subscribers

The latest research from Dataxis, shows a steady expansion of the pay-TV market in Africa. For the second quarter of 2017, ...

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Netflix Deplores ‘Versionitis’

by Tom Allen

Mike Whipple and Sean Durkin are from Netflix and discussed the process of sourcing content, and producing originals, for the service. Because much of Netflix’s content comes from external sources like broadcasters, the company …

Tags:Formats| HPA Tech Retreat| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Post Production| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Cynora Appoints Haldi CMO Ahead of Launch

by Tom Allen

Andreas Haldi has joined Cynora as the company’s new CMO, as it gets ready to commercialise its blue TADF-based OLED emitting materials. Haldi has worked in the OLED materials field for almst 15 years. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| People| Recruitment & Appointments| TADF| Vol 23 - Issue 28

TV Panel Purchases Up, Despite Shortages

by Tom Allen

As supply becomes more constrained and panel prices rise, TV brands are seeking to aggressively increase panel purchases as we enter Q3. IHS expects the panel shortage to continue to affect the industry in …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Supply Chain| TV Set Market| Vol 23 - Issue 28

BrightSign Powers Curved Column

by Tom Allen

A cylindrical digital signage column has been installed at Westfield White City in London, using Brightsign’s media players. A curved LED display from Dynascan, which was an unusual 820 x 580 resolution, was installed …

Tags:Brightsign| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Displax Expands With Chang

by Tom Allen

Thomas Chang has joined large screen pcap touch maker Displax as an executive vice president, to support the company’s expansion in North America. Chang has previously worked with Cima Nanotech as VP of sales, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Insight Media Examines Sub-Pixel Rendering

by Tom Allen

Insight Media has published a new white paper on sub-pixel rendering. The document both discusses the technology itself, various methods of SPR and provides details on products using these techniques. These include smartphones, tablets, …

Tags:Back Panel| Insight Media| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sub-pixel Rendering| Vol 23 - Issue 28

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China Boosts Barco’s Bottom Line

by Tom Allen

Barco has celebrated an rise in its results for the first half of 2016. Incoming orders rose 2% YoY (to €532.9 million) and sales were up 4.5% (to €529.2 million). Gross profit margin was …

Tags:Barco| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Asahi Revises Sales Down and Profits Up

by Tom Allen

Asahi Glass has revised both its first half and full year 2016 consolidated financial forecasts, based on ‘recent performance trends’. The previous forecast for the first half 2016 was ¥680 billion ($6.4 billion), with …

Tags:Asahi Glass Corporation (AGC)| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 28

NEC announces new AI technology brand,”NEC the WISE”

by Isaac Oburu

NEC Corporation today announced that it will be branding its lineup of artificial intelligence (hereinafter, “AI”) technologies as “NEC the WISE” and globally launching this new brand and its mark as part of NEC’s …

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Leyard Brings Desert Sky to Switzerland

by Tom Allen

Leyard LED video walls are being used in La Salle des Emirats, at the European headquarters of the United Nations: the Palace of Nations in Geneva. The Leyard TVH series wall uses 126 LED …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Leyard| Planar| Switzerland| Vol 23 - Issue 28

90%+ of Operators Offer Multiscreen

by Tom Allen

A report from the Pay TV Innovation Forum, researched by MTM and funded by Kudelski, has found that 92% of operators in Europe offer a multiscreen service. 49% provide access to third-party platforms and …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Second Screens| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Christie Supplies Projection to Universal

by Tom Allen

Christie has signed an agreement with Universal Parks & Resorts, to act as the Official Projection System Provider for the organisation. Christie will supply projection systems, including hardware, software and services, for Universal, including …

Tags:Christie| Large Display Monitor| Projection| Theme Parks and Amusements| Vol 23 - Issue 28