Sky Base Up, but Churn Spoils the ‘Party’
Pay-TV broadcaster Sky reported a gain of 808,000 new customers in the past year. Churn is at 11.2%, and has been blamed on price increases and fewer discounts offered to renewing customers.
Fove Showcases New Design for VR Headset
Fove showed designs for a new VR headset at Siggraph last month. The concept has a head strap and cable-management system different from the original prototype, which had a plastic wrap-around piece.
Kyocera Result 27/02/2016
Kyocera reported Q1 2017 net profit of 17.4 billion yen ($170 million), down 44.7% YoY from 31.5 billion yen ($284 million). Turnover was 319 billion yen ($3.1 billion), down 5.7% YoY from 339 billion yen ($3.3 billion).
Pixelworks Result 28/07/2016
Pixelworks reported Q2 2016 net loss of $16 million, down 43% YoY from a net loss of $2.8 million. Turnover was $12.6 million, down 17% YoY from $15.1 million. For the six month period, net loss was $10.2 million, up 35% YoY from $6.1 million. Turnover was $23.7 million, down 20% from $29.4 million.
Xiaomi Turns to China for OLED
Xiaomi’s latest flagship smartphone boasts an OLED screen – which may not have come from Samsung Display. According to Xiaomi, the suppliers for the Redmi Pro’s 5.5″ (1920 x 1080) screen are two Chinese firms: Everdisplay Optronics and BOE. Although the ratio is unclear, we do know that EDO is the main supplier. The screen … Read more
DACH Signage Expectations Rise
OVAB Europe’s Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) tracks sentiment in the signage industry. Sentiment was up in the latest results (July/August) from the DACH region; the professional displays segment performed especially well in an annual comparison, rising in triple digits. The DACH DBCI rose 3.9 points to 58.55: up 14.9% YoY and 7.1% compared … Read more
LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 30
The Superbook (LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 19) by Andromium, a laptop ‘shell’ for a smartphone, reached Kickstarter last month. It has now passed several goals, one of which means that users will have the option of purchasing a model with 1920 x 1080 resolution (usually 1366 x 768) for an extra $30. … Read more
Marvell Result 27/07/2016
Marvell reported Q1 2017 net loss of $23 million, compared to a net profit of $14 million in the previous year period. Turnover was $541 million, down 25% YoY from $724 million.
Shih Names Successor at Asus
Asus’ chairman Jonney Shih has announced that CSO, Ted Hsu, will succeed him within the next two years. Hsu was a founder of Asus and a former VP of Pegatron, who rejoined Asus in May this year. He said that he wants to encourage creativity within the company. Shih joined Asus in 1992 and has … Read more
Comcast has Best Q2 in 10 Years
Comcast lost 4,000 net video customers in Q2’16: its best Q2 result for a decade.
US Cable Operators Trials UHD With SES
Cable operators in the US are testing the UltraHD platform and receiving HEVC IP set top boxes from SES. The cable operators are Cable America in Missouri, Golden West Telecommunications in South Dakota, MTC Cable in New York, Sjoberg’s Cable TV in Minnesota and ATMC in North Carolina. They are testing the equipment prior to … Read more
Tricolor Uses Eutelsat’s SmartBeam
Eutelsat and Tricolor TV are working together to deploy a network in Russia using SmartBeam, Eutelsat’s new multi-screen video delivery tool. SmartBeam uses a small satellite receiver, acting as a local CDN, to receive content via satellite and serve it locally to multiple devices, including mobiles, over WiFi. Analyst Comment SmartBeam is similar to but … Read more
