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Ströer announced its Q3 FY16 results with a consolidated sales of €263.3 mn ($310 mn) and net profit of €13.1 mn ($15.5 mn), resulting in a profit margin of 5%. The quarterly sales were up by 38.7% as compared to last year’s Q3 sales of €189.8 mn ($210 mn), while the net profit had almost … Read more
Compal Electronics Inc. announced Q3 FY16 results with consolidated sales of NT$ 197.9 bn ($6.26 bn), up 14.4% as compared to the previous quarter sales of NT$ 172.9 bn ($5.3 bn). However, the quarterly sales have fallen by 8.3% from last year’s Q3 sales of NT$ 215.9 bn ($6.75 bn). The quarterly sequential growth in … Read more
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) posted October turnover of NT$91.1 billion ($2.9 billion), up 11% from NT$81.7 billion ($2.6 billion) a year ago. This brought sales for Q3 to NT$275.1 billion ($8.6 billion) and year to date revenue to NT$776.8 billion ($24.4 billion), up 8% from NT$721.7 billion ($22.6 billion). The company says that it … Read more
There are rumours that Sony will have a new Z7 smartphone at CES that has an UltraHD display, as included on the Xperia Z5 Premium, although it might also appear at Mobile World Congress in February. An un-named source says that Sony will launch a 5″ FullHD and 5.5″ UltraHD handsets.
Vivendi (Canal+) in France said in its quarterly finance report that it lost, overall, 19,000 subscribers. However, subscribers in France dropped by 542,000, while international subscribers went up by 523,000. The group is taking action to change its bouquet of channels and offers. The Canal+ channel will become the gateway to all new Canal offers. … Read more
SES is working with four additional US cable operators to test UltraHD content delivery. (SES Boosts UHD TV in the US) SES has struck new Ultra HD trial agreements with Marquette-Adams in Wisconsin, Buckeye Broadband in Ohio and Southeast Michigan, Service Electric Cable TV in Pennsylvania, and enTouch Systems in Texas, and now has eight … Read more
Arris has launched a new PVR, the DStv Explora 2 decoder, that is for customers in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa for use with the MultiChoice TV service in the region and which will support HEVC.
The current generation of smartwatches use the front surface of the device for two related functions: display and touch input. This approach has two consequences. First, the input device (think finger), will occasionally but inevitably block the user’s view of the display. The second is that the “real estate” available for touch input is necessarily … Read more
Sony’s range of 4K HDR TVs are some of the best partners for players who are looking to get the most from Sony Interactive Entertainment’s newest launch, PlayStation®4 Pro (PS4 Pro). Offering enhanced graphical and processing power; delivering greater detail and unprecedented visual precision, PS4 Pro also supports HDR technology. The result is vibrant, more … Read more
The latest trend in television technology, known as High Dynamic Range (HDR), will help raise the viewing experience to new levels of engagement, according to a new report, “High Dynamic Range TV: Content and Technology Implications”, from Strategy Analytics. HDR also highlights the importance of “artistic intent”. HDR allows movie and TV producers to create … Read more
Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Takashi Tsukioka, hereinafter “Idemitsu”) that allows each party to use the other party’s OLED material-related patents in certain areas. In the remarkably fast-expanding OLED market, … Read more
E Ink® Holdings, “E Ink”, the leading innovator of electronic ink technology today announced E Ink has agreed to enter a long-term strategic alliance with Japan Display Inc. for electronic paper (ePaper) business. JDI is the market leader in mobile phone display and automotive display. Through the partnership with E Ink, JDI intends to diversify … Read more
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