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France: Cable Climbing at Expense of DTH

Audience measurement company Mediamétrie says that around 75% of the French population (43.7 million people) now take satellite, cable or IPTV services. DTH reception has declined since 2012 to about 15.2 million, while cable has risen from 5.3 million in 2014 to 5.6 million. IPTV was up to 28.5 million. In terms of pay TV, … Read more

Chinese LED manufacturer Xiamen Changelight puts AIX R6 MOCVD system into production

AIXTRON SE, a worldwide leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, announced today that Chinese optoelectronics manufacturer Xiamen Changelight has successfully finalized the qualification of AIXTRON’s Close Coupled Showerhead MOCVD system AIX R6. In the course of the qualification process, the AIX R6 not only demonstrated its production capabilities but also proved outstanding … Read more

Stress Detectors and Big Data

Over recent years, computing systems have included more and more sensors. However, I’ve long joked that every computer contains a “stress detector” that kicks into operation when the user is stressed. Printers, of course, have a double sensitivity sensor. As a result of this technology, whenever you have a really important or hard deadline, your … Read more

Apple’s OLED Capacity Will Take Half of G6 Equipment Orders

UBI Research has predicted that Apple’s rumoured adoption of OLED technology in the next iPhone will lead to $13 billion of production equipment orders by 2020. The firm estimates that Apple’s orders will take up 47% of global equipment market for G6 fabs ($28.5 billion over the next five years). This is under the assumption … Read more

NHK’s iOLED is Moisture-Resistant

In 2013, Japanese broadcaster NHK’s Science & Technology Research Laboratories (STRL) developed a new OLED structure to improve its moisture and oxygen resistance. The development was called ‘inverted OLED’ or iOLED. A full colour version was shown in 2015 and now, more than a year after it was first displayed, NHK has shown it again … Read more

ViewSonic Chooses Android Player

ViewSonic’s newest 65″ display, the CDE6502, is a digital signage screen with a high contrast ratio, hard coating and bundled media player. The vController software, which is pre-installed, can be used for remote management and scheduling. A blue light filter and flicker-free viewing mode are built in. The display also features dual 10W speakers, USB … Read more

Barco Supports Hyundai’s 360° Projection

Hyundai has installed a 20m x 40m dome structure in King’s Cross, London to bring football fans to ‘the heart of each match’. The FanDome is a 360° experience, created to host 40,000 guests across 45 games. It was designed by Holovis, using 14 F85 3DLP projectors from Barco and two Delta Infinity Media Servers … Read more

Rumour: Google Developing Own-Brand Watches

The watches will apparently look similar to Motorola’s Moto360Android Police says that Google is producing its own smartwatches, potentially under the Nexus brand, with its own digital assistant built in. One larger model (codenamed Angelfish) will feature fitness and health trackers and LTE connectivity; the smaller watch (Swordfish) will be more basic, without mobile data … Read more