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E Ink holdings reported Q2 2016 net profit of NT$ 780 million ($24.9 million). Turnover was NT$3.5 billion ($111.7 million). For the six month period, net profit was NT$508 million ($16.2 million). Turnover for the same period was NT$ 6.1 billion ($194.7 million).
Asustek reported Q2 2016 net profit of NT$4.1 billion ($130 million), down 11.4% YoY. Turnover was NT$93.94 billion ($3 billion), down 5.5% YoY. Net profit included about NT$942 million ($30 million) from foreign exchange conversions.
Taiwanese Point-of-Sales terminal brand leader Posiflex announced today that they have entered into a purchase agreement with KIOSK Information Systems (KIOSK), a world leader in self-service solutions. Posiflex will offer KIOSK a cash purchase for all outstanding ordinary shares, for a total consideration of approximately $US 105 million. Both companies are industry forerunners known for … Read more
The latest sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows that iOS returned to growth in the US, accounting for 31.8% of smartphone sales in the second quarter of 2016, a 1.3 percentage point increase versus the same period a year ago. From a brand perspective, Samsung accounted for 35% of smartphone sales, and Apple 31.8%. … Read more
This is a launch announcement: DOOGEE T5 will be launched on August 15th on DOOGEE’s official website www.doogee.cc, with a launch date celebration for the BusinessportPhone. Which style would you like? 100 lucky participants will win a T5 and everyone will get a $20 coupon. T5’s slogan is the Businessport Phone, freely switch! And its … Read more
Juniper Research says that UltraHD OTT content adoption will climb quickly over the next five years, finally reaching the mass market. These services are forecast to attract 189 million users worldwide by 2021, up from 2.3 million this year. The rapid growth of UHD OTT services will be driven by greater availability of both content … Read more
Christie and Hexagon Solutions partnered to deploy 66 Christie Boxer 4K30 Projectors achieving a real-time tracking 3D projection mapping performances during the 51st Singapore National day celebrations, and the event was seen by about 55,000 spectators. The system used real time tracking with 40 cameras and 260 tracking beacons to allow dynamic mapping. Hexogon said … Read more
The outstanding, market leading picture quality of the latest Philips TVs has been acknowledged once again by the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) who have voted the Philips 65PUS7601 as their EUROPEAN BEST BUY LARGE SCREEN TV for 2016-2017. The 65PUS7601 features many of the PQ technologies normally reserved for the company’s award winning, … Read more
Doogee of China has launched a new handset called the T5, aka ‘the Businessport Phone’. It is IP67-compliant, with a 5″ display (1280 x 720) and 4,500mAh battery with fast charging. Doogee claims that five minutes of power will provide ‘half a day’s’ use. The phone runs Android 6.0 on an octa-core MediaTek processor. It … Read more
Microsoft’s Team Xbox has signed an agreement to acquire game streaming service Beam. Beam, based in Seattle, enables live stream viewers to play along with the streamer. The streamer can use Beam’s own protocol to enable viewers to control certain aspects of the game, like selecting a weapon or building a quest. Beam was only … Read more
Virgin will sell the Eos box in the UK under the name ‘V6’, and has revealed a photo of the device. The STB will be able to play UltraHD content from Netflix and YouTube and will use the TiVo UI.
Video service providers and content producers believe that the majority of consumers and operators will adopt UltraHD TV by 2020, and are willing to pay more for such services. These results came from a global survey by SNL Kagan and Irdeto. 64% of video service providers, and 73% of content producers, believe that consumers will … Read more
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