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TP Vision, exclusive licensee for Philips TV, and British audio engineering company Bowers & Wilkins have agreed a new multi-year exclusive partnership, which will combine the technologies, expertise and internal engineering resources of the two companies. Both companies develop their own bespoke technologies in-house, with quality control over all stages of product development and production. … Read more
According to a recent survey of consumers in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and Brazil, conducted by IHS Markit, the predominant uses of smart speakers revolve around asking questions, checking the weather, listening to news and playing music. About 65% of survey respondents used their smart speakers for these functions in March and … Read more
Worldwide shipments of AR and VR headsets were down 30.5% year-on-year, totalling 1.2 million units in the first quarter of 2018, according to IDC. Much of the decline occurred due to the unbundling of screenless VR headsets during the quarter. For much of 2017, vendors bundled these headsets free with the purchase of a high-end … Read more
TV content distribution network (CDN) specialist Edgeware has announced a suite of new features that the company says will enable broadcasters and content owners to deliver live large-scale OTT services in a higher quality than conventional broadcast TV. The technology has been developed for operators that have invested in the rights to popular sporting events … Read more
SES showcased the integration of satellite capabilities within 5G during a live demonstration with SaT5G consortium partners at the EuCNC2018 conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Several members of the SaT5G consortium — SES, VT iDirect, Broadpeak, i2CAT and the University of Surrey — came together to present the integration of a 5G test-bed with the satellite … Read more
Nielsen and FreeWheel, a Comcast company, have announced plans to expand measurement to OTT and STB VoD inventory in the US. The companies have said that this effort will enhance the value of the television ecosystem through additional data-enabled, targetable premium digital video platforms for programmers, MVPDs, agencies and advertisers to effectively reach consumers. This … Read more
Vuzix, the maker of Augmented Reality smart glasses, is working with Plessey Semiconductor and Jasper Display to create a new display device to drive their AR smart glasses. The development roadmap calls for monochrome devices this summer and full color by the end of the year. That could mean a new smartglass product would become … Read more
3M was at the show to demonstrate how its films could be used to reduce the power taken by TVs and monitors, which are increasingly being made to support HDR and high levels of output. That means more power and can lead to issues with heat especially when HDR is combined with 8K, which has … Read more
DNP showed a large transparent front projection screen that is available in 40″ or 80″ and has 50% transparency and haze of about 1.0%. The company expects to see applications in retail as well as homes or offices. It was being shown with an Epson 4,400 lumen projector at the event. DNP showed this transparent … Read more
JDI always has an impressive range of displays both in terms of technology and also in applications. Although the company has had some serious financial issues because of its over-reliance on a small number of customers, such as Apple. Automotive displays are an important application and JDI has a range of LCD-based solutions for different … Read more
More details of the recently-announced Oppo Find X‘s camera emerged this week, following its live launch event in Paris, revealing that the device features an unusual solution to the contentious issue of the notch design currently seen in a vast proportion of full-screen smartphones. Most full-screen handsets feature the notch design as a way to … Read more
There is no doubt that the technology topic that has generated most interest over the last few months is microLED, although after SID I think miniLED may also have quite an impact, too. We think of microLED as those of less than 100 microns, per side, and down to as small as three to five … Read more
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