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Imagination Technologies has agreed a partnership with OTOY, a company specialising in graphics processing in the cloud. Imagination will integrate support for its PowerVR ray tracing technology into OTOY’s upcoming OctaneRender4 rendering engine, for VR, games and cinematic content creation. OTOY says that the OctaneRender4 software, on a PowerVR GR6500 GPU, can trace more than … Read more
This morning I’m getting ready to pack up and head home after some time (mostly) relaxing in France. As I have done in previous years, I’ve included a picture out of the window from where I’m sitting. Although the state of emergency in the country was extended after the appalling attack in Nice last week, … Read more
German commercial broadcasters’ association VPRT has projected that pay-TV and VoD revenues in Europe’s German-speaking countries will pass €3 billion this year. VPRT predicts that revenues will grow by between 8% and 11% this year, to reach €2.8 billion in Germany and €3 billion across the German-speaking countries. Pay-TV subscriptions increased to reach 7.4 million … Read more
UKTV has extended its contract with Ericsson, which covers broadcast channels and media management for on demand services. The broadcast channels includes mini-pay entertainment channel W; free-to-air channels Really, Yesterday and Home; and Gold, Alibi, Drama, Eden and Good Food. Ericsson will also handle the aggregation of VOD content to other platforms including Sky, Virgin … Read more
Innolux and Next Biometrics (of Norway) have announced that they are investing in establishing mass-production capacity for a new flexible fingerprint sensor technology. Next already uses Innolux’s factories to produce rigid sensors. It now aims to produce 2 million flexible sensors per month in 2017, growing to 10 million per month in 2018.
According to the New York Post, Sony Corporation of America (SCA) (which includes Sony Pictures, Sony Music and Sony Electronics) has cut 100 people from its 700-strong workforce. The decision was made by the corporate HQ in Japan, following a poor reception for several recent Sony film releases. A source told the NYP, “Most of … Read more
Germany’s overall advertising market was up 5.7% YoY in 2015, according to Nielsen. OOH advertising grew 6%, led by DOOH. OOH advertising represents 16% of the overall German advertising market. Mobile advertising recorded a growth of 62% while TV recorded a growth of 8%.
Economy class passengers on Emirates will get augmented reality in their flight package starting from August. Passengers can scan a a QR code using an app from Blippar that can be downloaded and used on board. Passenger can then access games and health tips.
Audi has opened a new showroom at Munich airport dubbed “myAudi Sphere”. Visitors to the Customer Private Lounge can configure their dream Audi, thanks to a VR application called “Audi Walking VR experience”.
Q2’16 was the first time that the global smartwatch market contracted YoY, with shipments falling 32%, says IDC. Shipments reached 3.5 million units: significantly down from the 5.1 million shipped in Q2’15. Apple, shipping 1.6 million units, maintained the top rank, but was the only top-five vendor to experience an annual decline. IDC does note, … Read more
Asian sources have reported that Sharp is developing a new smartphone using ing MediaTek’s 10-core Helio X20 chip (MT6797). The new Sharp smartphone, carrying a model number of FS8002, is apparently being designed and developed jointly with Foxconn Electronics.
DISH Network has recorded a decline of 281,000 net pay TV subscribers in Q2’16, compared to approximately 81,000 in Q2’15. Gross subscribers rose 527,000 in Q2, compared to a rise of approximately 638,000 last year.
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