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The DTG in the UK has announced a restructure under which will see George Robertson taking the job of Chief Technologist, after CTO, Simon Gauntlett has decided to leave DTG to join Dolby as director of imaging standards and technology. Peter Sellar, who has been at the DTG since 2012, will take the role of … Read more
Hisense is one of the many companies selling a new class of display generally dubbed “LaserTV.” These are ultra short throw projectors that sit below a screen in the home to create a ~100” image – which can be had for less than the cost of a flat panel TV of this size. At IFA … Read more
HDMI, LLC used IFA to announce new support functionality for the USB 3.1 Type C connector. When placed in Alt mode, supporting chip sets can now use HDMI1.4b signaling over the connector. USB is probably the most ubiquitous wired connector worldwide and the addition of the new Type-C version to the USB 3.1 specification is … Read more
The Samsung Gear VR 2015 model is now selling for $60 and is available through Amazon Prime. It is compatible with the Note 5, S6 Edge+, S6, S6 Edge, S7, and S7 Edge. See all Gear VR headset models and phone compatibility here.
TCL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of consumer electronics and provider of Internet application services, will exhibit its 8K UHD Curved TV and a full range of other latest TVs and technologies at Booth 102 – Hall 21 of the 56th Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) in Berlin from September 2nd to 7th, 2016. TCL has brought a … Read more
Parks Associates has conducted a research on the OTT Video Market Tracker service and has reveled that Netflix, WWE Network, and Hulu have the highest Net Promoter Scores compared to other video services in the US. According to Parks Associates has indicated that video subscriptions has increased by 12% since Q3 14 password sharing grew … Read more
The National Communications Authority (Anacom) reported that the number of pay-TV subscribers in Portugal rose 4.7% YoY to 3.6 million. The increase was partly due to the rise in fibre-optic users to 205,000 (25.7% of total subscribers). The largest group is still cable (37.5%), with xDSL (20.2%) and DTH/satellite (16.8%) making up the numbers. Total … Read more
Entatech has closed their Chessington office following loss of it’s contract with Fujitsu. Fujitsu ended the contract after a distribution review.
Beta Distribution has announced that it has entered into a distribution deal with Philips (MMD) to distribute its large format display solutions. The company will also offer content services that resellers can exploit.
Sony has announced that they will remove the YouTube app on Sony internet-enabled 2012 TVs following changes by YouTube that can’t be supported by the TV’s hardware. YouTube switched from using the Flash Player to an HTML5-based video player last year. Sony will remove the app on 30th September 2016. Analyst Comment This highlights the … Read more
Acer held the first press conference at IFA, a couple of hours before the main IFA press event. CEO, Jason Chen, started by talking about Pawbo, a new service which is for tracking and interacting with pets. The company is also getting involved in cycling systems (with GPS and camera connections and also bike cadence). … Read more
Distec of Germany will start distributing the Tainma NLT screens in the range of 5.7″ to 19″. The deal is a by-product of the acquisition of Fortec Ag by Distec.
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