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Amazon today announced the all-new Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, the most powerful streaming media stick available. Up to 30 percent faster than the original best-selling version, the next generation Fire TV Stick is more powerful, offers access to over 300,000 movies and TV episodes, and includes the Alexa Voice Remote – for … Read more
UniPixel, Inc., a provider of advanced touch solutions to the touchscreen and flexible electronics markets, today announced it has been awarded a 14-inch consumer market laptop program from an existing customer. UniPixel’s XTouch touchscreen sensors and Diamond Guard hardcoat will be featured in the new device to maximize touchscreen responsiveness and seamlessly support the Microsoft … Read more
We don’t regularly report on all the developments in field monitors for use on camera, but our attention was drawn to the new Atomos Shogun Inferno monitor which is claimed to be the only 1,500 cd/m² HDR recorder/monitor available for on-camera use and supporting many different cameras. The monitor is a 7.1″ unit with 1920 … Read more
ABI Research forecasts global wearable device shipments to increase from nearly 202 million in 2016 to more than 501 million by 2021. While roughly 17% of these will be attributed to enterprise end users in 2016, a 35% CAGR puts the segment on track to nearly double its shipment totals by the end of the … Read more
One of the companies that I used to enjoy meeting at IBC in the past was Munich-based Penta. The company made high quality broadcast monitors that had a good reputation but hit financial problems and went bankrupt. It turns out that the remains of the business were acquired by SonoVTS, a broadcast product and services … Read more
The UHD Alliance was at IBC to explain what it is up to. First, we heard that the UHD Forum had released new guidelines for compatibility just before IFA (UltraHD Forum Updates its Phase 1 Guidelines). The group told us that it has new members in the EBU, the Fraunhofer IIS and Intel. There are … Read more
Sadly, the V-Nova press event clashed with another, so we didn’t get there, but we did get a chance to catch up with the company in its meeting room. V-Nova has a proprietary codec, Perseus, that it believes has real advantages in efficiency, but can use much of the same technology as used by current … Read more
It’s always a pleasure to catch up with Ruwido, the developer of high end remote controls and the matching user interfaces. We met with Regina Bernhaupt, who is Director of User Experience Research at the company who explained the latest developments in using audio with its remote controls. Bernhaupt is also an academic that also … Read more
According to a report from IHS Markit, subscriptions to video on demand (SVOD) in Western Europe exceeded €2 billion in 2015, and are expected to top €3 billion this year. YoY growth is forecast to slow over the following four years, but SVOD will still generate most in terms of home video spending, contributing 49% … Read more
Sigma had a meeting room to talk to its ODM customers and was showing the way that its chips support Android. The company has an SDK that works on Android “M” and is being ported from its existing 8759 chip to the SMP8985, due early in Q4 of this year. The company has developed what … Read more
Jabil Circuit reported Q4 2016 net profit of $38.7 million, down 43% YoY from $88.4 million. Turnover was $4.4 billion, down 5.3% YoY from $4.7 billion. For the full year 2016, net profit was $254 million, down 11% YoY from $285 million. Turnover was $18.3 billion, up 2.5% YoY from $17.9 billion.
Celestica was awarded the 2016 Excellence in Sustainability award from Cisco during the Cisco’s 25th Annual Supplier Appreciation Event. The award recognized Celestica’s efforts to reduce negative environmental impacts.
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