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Opera TV Launches OTT Certification Program

Opera TV has today launched the Opera TV Certification Program to bring over-the-top (OTT) services to multiple ecosystems of platforms and devices. The program by Opera TV, the world’s largest HTML5-powered TV ecosystem, is a first-of-its-kind program designed to solve one of the biggest challenges facing OTT application developers and OEMs. Certification Program with Opera … Read more

Sigma Designs and Telechips to co-develop UHD IP-STB SoCs

Sigma Designs,®, a leading provider of Smart TV platforms and IoT devices along with Telechips, a leading provider of Low Power STB and Automotive Infotainment platform, announced that they have entered into a collaboration agreement to jointly develop and market advanced SoC solutions for the new generation of ultra-high-definition IP streaming set-top boxes. Based on … Read more

Orange Seeks Viaccess-Orca’s Security

Viaccess-Orca has announced that it will be offering its security services and solutions to Orange, a French telecommunications company. Viaccess-Orca’s system was selected by Orange to secure its Ultra High Definition set-top boxes which will allow Orange to deliver securely UltraHD (4KTV) content to their customers and meet the requirements of content owners.

Vestel Wins Toshiba Brand for TV in Europe

Toshiba has done a deal with Vestel of Turkey to license its brand and TV business. Vestel has set up an organisation within its own business to run the brand and, at least initially, Toshiba will continue to have design and QA control of TVs sold under the Toshiba brand. The companies have worked together … Read more

Smartphones to Flat Line as Mature Markets Decline

Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.46 billion units with a year-over-year growth rate of 1.6% in 2016 according to the latest forecast from IDC‘s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Although growth remains positive, it is down significantly from the 10.4% growth in 2015. Much of the slowdown is attributed to the decline expected … Read more

A New Market for OLED Lighting

At the 2016 National Hardware Show held in Las Vegas, May 4-6, the Kickstarter-funded company Alkilu (Los Angeles) won the New Product World Winner prize for aesthetics. The product, called TripLit, is a thin, lightweight camping lantern with a clamshell design. A large hanging hook is enclosed within the clamshell when it’s closed, and the … Read more

PMA Research Reveals Top-Selling Laser-Phosphor Projectors

PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has posted their most recent Projector Tracking Service results to the “Top-Selling Projectors” area of their website. For more than 17 years now, PMA Research has collected monthly sell-through data from leading North American projector dealers, retailers, web resellers and distributors. Their Tracking Service family … Read more

Foxxum and Cultraview Sign Smart TV Pre-integration Deal

/Chinese Cultraview, world’s leading TV mainboard manufacturer, and Foxxum, global leader in Smart TV solutions headquartered in Germany, have signed a Smart TV pre-integration deal, which adds Foxxum technology and content portfolio to Cultraview mainboards. That way Foxxum will instantly become available on a huge part of the TV production worldwide to enable content providers … Read more

Foxxum and Cultraview sign Smart TV Pre-integration Deal

Foxxum of Germany has done a deal with Cultraview of China, said to be the world’s leading TV mainboard maker, to ‘pre-integrate’ Foxxum’s Smart TV technology into the boards. This will make it easier for smaller ODMs and brands to add Smart TV functions and to reduce time to market and development costs. Foxxum claims … Read more

“World’s Largest OLED Tunnel” Welcomes Visitors to IFA

LG Electronics (LG) is welcoming visitors to its IFA 2016 exhibition booth with an awe-inspiring and immersive OLED Tunnel measuring a record-breaking 5m tall, 7.4m wide and 15m in length. A total of 216 separate 55-inch curved OLED signage displays were assembled to create the unique structure comprising of 447,897,600 – nearly half a billion … Read more