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Ericsson has released its annual report on mobile data and communications and said that it believes that the US will be an important market for 5G mobile connectivity, with 25% of all subscriptions being 5G in North America in 2022, representing the highest market penetration in the world. By that time, there will be 550 … Read more
The BBC has reported on a project at the historic Royal Shakespeare Company’s theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in the UK that uses mixed reality. Along with live actors, a production of “The Tempest” includes an avatar that flies around the stage and that is operated in real time using an actor using a motion capture suit. … Read more
Gartner highlighted with its Q3 global smartphone sales data that Huawei, Oppo and BBK, all from China, between them took 21% of the global market in the period. They were the only smartphone vendors in the global top five to increase their sales and market share during the quarter. Anshul Gupta, research director at Gartner … Read more
BePooler of Switzerland has set up a system for reserving free parking systems for commuters that use the company’s Park and Ride scheme, which helps those that want to share cars on their commute. The system uses displays supplied by Visionect and using E Ink technology. The signs show the registration numbers of cars that … Read more
SmartSign software of Sweden has joined Signagelive in supporting the latest Samsung Tizen smart signage platform. The company said that it had been working with Samsung on the technology development. Analyst Comment These are the only two companies that we have seen quoting support so far. However, we think that Samsung’s huge dominance in the … Read more
If you haven’t heard about the USA elections you must be living on a different planet. Since the election is now over, it’s time to look at the aftermath of a very interesting campaign. I will not discuss anything political, but look at the consequences for the Consumer Electronics industry and the display industry in … Read more
After advertising PCs for just the cost of shipping, Dell has been told by Mexico’s federal consumer protection agency Profeco that it must honour the offer. The high end gaming notebooks, would normally have sold for $2,500! There were no reports of the number of machines sold before the mistake was discovered.
Apple has decided to offer a service to fix a fault, known as “touch disease” on the iPhone 6 Plus. The service is a standard fee for otherwise working units (with non-cracked and working screens) and costs $149 in the US (£146.44 in the UK). The programme will stay in place for five years from … Read more
This fall the New Media Consortium (NMC), together with the Consortium for School Networking (COSN), released their annual K12 Horizon Report.† According to the NMC, “The NMC Horizon Report series charts the five-year horizon for the impact of emerging technologies in school communities across the globe.” This report has been around a long time. “With … Read more
The specification covers various elements for the improvement of video and audio quality for broadcast TV services including High Dynamic Range (HDR) which significantly increases the contrast ratio and results in pictures with more ‘sparkle’. The DVB HDR solution supports Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) and PQ (Perceptual Quantizer). Furthermore, the new specification defines Higher Frame … Read more
The DVB Steering Board has approved the specification for the Ultra High Definition Television, UHD-1 Phase 2 stage. That should mean, DVB believes, that products will come to market in 2017 with support for Phase 2. The key development is the support for HLG and PQ EOTFs which will mean support for HDR in broadcast. … Read more
At the 84th meeting of the DVB Steering Board (SB), which took place today, the latest specification for Ultra High Definition Television, UHD-1 Phase 2, was approved. The new specification is a major milestone for the industry, guaranteeing interoperability and enabling broadcasters and CE manufacturers to provide UHD-1 Phase 2 products and services. This could … Read more
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