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After a test of displays on buses, BernMobil plans to put 300 displays in buses and trams in the city of Bern in Switzerland by 2019. Tenders are expected to be requested in Q1 2017. Separately, BernMobil said that it would stop putting signs at some bus stops. Google translated the comment as “As our … Read more
We reported on a negative view from the German authorities on the potential acquisition of Aixtron by China’s Fujian Grand Chip Investment Fund (FGC) (Aixtron Sale to China Blocked). The deal was also viewed negatively by US authorities on ‘security’ grounds, but the companies have appealed directly to President Obama, who is due to give … Read more
Panasonic said that it has developed an IPS LCD panel concept with 1,000,000:1 contrast, using a second liquid crystal layer to modulate the light from the backlight. The company said that the modulation layer operates at the pixel level, avoiding the flare seen in techniques that use direct modulation of LED backlights and panels made … Read more
Reports from Taiwan say that HTC is not expecting increased sales revenues in 2017 because it is struggling to ramp up demand for the HTC Vive headset. Although it has signed up with Sprint to sell the HTC Bolt but it has lost some brand momentum and is expected to be impacted by Google’s Pixel … Read more
Reports from the supply chain suggest that the H version of Intel’s Kaby Lake (7th Generation iCore) for high performance and gaming notebooks will be shown at CES. The Nvidia GTX1050 notebook GPU is also expected to be seen at the event and a number of vendors are expected to have gaming notebooks using the … Read more
Guangzhou-based Time Weekly has reported that LeEco is downsizing its 8,000 employees by 10% to help alleviate its cash demands. The company, which recently acknowledged it has cash flow issues related to its rapid expansion. Analyst Comment LeEco was due to acquire Vizio in this quarter, but as far as we could see at press … Read more
Netflix has made its content downloadable, as well as viewable via streaming, according to a post on its website. Content can be downloaded on smartphones and tablets and on all plans, although users will need the latest versions of the firm’s apps for iOS and Android. Analyst Comment It was unclear from the post as … Read more
Today, Showtime Networks announced that Samsung will now offer the SHOWTIME stand-alone streaming service and its authenticated app SHOWTIME ANYTIME on select 2015 and all 2016 Samsung smart television models. Samsung TV users are now able to subscribe to the SHOWTIME streaming service for a monthly price of $10.99, and new subscribers will be offered … Read more
Samsung is now offering the Showtime streaming service and the Showtime Anytime app on some 2015 and all 2016 smart TV models in the USA. The streaming service will cost $10.99 a month, with the app available to subscribers, allowing them access across all supported devices.
Eastern Europe will have 18.19 million paying SVOD subscribers [for TV episodes and movies – excluding sports, for example] across 18 countries by 2021, up from 3.33 million at end-2015 and 5.58 million by end-2016 – almost sextupling between 2015 and 2021, according to Digital TV Research. The Eastern Europe SVOD Forecast estimates that Russia … Read more
How do you make a DLP system work without optics? Easy, just make the pixels big enough. That is exactly what Breakfast, a Brooklyn, NY based company has done. Breakfast is a small company that can be best described as a rapid prototyping company or as a physical digital agency based on their own description. … Read more
Rockwell Collins and Bluedrop Training and Simulation Inc. (BTSI) have signed a teaming agreement that will allow the companies to jointly bid and provide integrated solutions for military customers. The two companies have complementary Intellectual Property and technologies that will create more cohesive solutions that utilize real-time simulation devices and learning technologies. “As a result … Read more
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