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The GSMA today reported that more than 53,000 unique visitors from 104 countries and territories attended the 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai, held 29 June – 1 July in Shanghai. The three-day exhibition and conference attracted executives from the industry’s largest and most influential mobile operators, device makers, equipment providers, software companies and internet … Read more
HTC Corporation (“HTC”), a pioneer in innovative, smart technologies, announced at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai (“MWC Shanghai”) on June 29, 2016 the formation of the Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance (“VRVCA”), a consortium of 28 of the world’s top venture capital firms who invest in the VR industry. The VRVCA members together represent well … Read more
Zhuanzhuan, a professional pre-owned products trading platform launched by renowned Chinese Internet company 58.com Inc., recently wrote a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, saying that the company is able and willing to work with Apple to recycle and sell secondhand iPhones. Secondhand iPhones are one of the nettlesome issues on Tim Cook’s mind. In … Read more
The many reports of Quantum Dots (QD) saving LCD TVs from the emergence of AMOLEDs tend to superficially use the extended color space and the higher luminance of LCDs as their key arguments. There is no question that QDs have improved the performance of LED-backlit LCD TVs and the increased use of QDs is a … Read more
Raymond Yeung will join as a guest speakerSMPTE will run a webcast on the 14th July dealing with HDR. Specifically, the event will present a workflow system for mastering HDR content for theatrical and home distribution, using the SMPTE ST 2084, ST 2086 and ST-2094-X standards. The webcast will take place at 10am PST (6pm … Read more
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has developed and published a new HDR standard (aka Recommendation) for television broadcasting. The standard was developed by the ITU’s Radiocommunication sector (ITU-R), working with industry stakeholders. It builds on the ITU’s UHDTV Recommendation BT.2020, which was approved in October 2015. Sony is one of the companies that has demonstrated … Read more
The European IT Observatory (EITO) has published a report on the growth of the European ICT market. Following strong (3% YoY) growth in 2015, EITO expects a slowdown in 2016. Revenues are projected to grow 0.7% YoY, to €686 billion. The full report can be found and purchased at http://tinyurl.com/j9jdnvy.
The SID’s International Committee on Display Metrology (ICDM) has arranged a three-day meeting at Samsung Electronic’s San Jose facility, from the 28th – 30th September. The meeting will focus heavily on HDR display metrology and related issues. Other subjects to be covered will include ICDM file formats; transparent displays; metrology for OLED displays; VR (and … Read more
SteamSpy, Valve’s data collection service which collects data from every Steam user, has been used to estimate the HTC Vive’s user base. Each Vive is supplied with a game called Job Simulator, which provides a rough indication of the number of headsets sold. The game is owned by 77,975 people, with a 7,340-person margin of … Read more
SVoD service Wuaki.tv has added 500,000 subscribers in Spain during the first six months of the year – taking its customer base to 2.5 million. It is the highest increase for Wuaki since it began operations in 2009. 51% of all programme requests come from smart TVs; 14% from tablets; 12% from smartphones; and 10% … Read more
Almost 27% of Spanish homes subscribed to a pay TV service at the end of 2015, said regulator CNMC. This is up from 21.2% at end-2014. However, 70.8% of viewers said that they were not interested in paying for more channels and are satisfied with existing free-to-air options. 30.1% said that cost was an issue; … Read more
Leader Europe will be at the HPA Tech Retreat on the 13th-14th July. The company will demonstrate its LV5490 waveform monitor and HDR suite of production and test tools at the event, in Oxfordshire. Analyst Comment We will also be attending the Tech Retreat next week! (TA)
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