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V-Nova Ltd., a leading provider of video compression solutions, has announced that Sky in Italy’s Full HD IPTV platform, powered by V-Nova PERSEUS™, has won the 2016 NewBay Media NAB Best of Show Award. The award-winning service was demonstrated for the first time at NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 18-21, proving the ground-breaking … Read more
E Ink Holdings, the leading innovator of electronic ink technology in the world, and its partner, Vanzo Technology, today announced the successful co-development of a turnkey solution to support the development of dual-screen mobile phones based on the MediaTek (MTK) platform. The solution combines E Ink ePaper technology with Vanzo’s software and APP. The solution … Read more
American Cable Association President and CEO Matthew M. Polka issued the following statement in response to filings by TiVo and Public Knowledge in the Federal Communications Commission’s set-top box proceeding, where each of these proponents for the proposed set-top box requirements recognizes that smaller MVPDs would face unique compliance challenges and therefore warrant relief from … Read more
Kwon Oh-hyun, current CEO of Samsung Electronics, will double his role and take on the position of CEO of Samsung Display – replacing Park Dong-gun. The change is seen as a way to generate more co-operation between the semiconductor and display divisions of Samsung, both of which will now be overseen by Kwon. Kwon joined … Read more
Image: New China TV, YouTubeA company has shown a fully flexible smartphone, using graphene, at the Chongqing High Tech Fair in China. We heard about the demonstration at the Printed Electronics Expo in Berlin last week, but have been unable to find much information since then. In a video – all that has been seen … Read more
Several small Samsung product announcements were made this week. We have combined them into a single article. The TabPro S professional tablet (Samsung Uses LED in Modular TV Concept), is now being shipped worldwide. It costs $900 and features an AMOLED display. The 2016 versions of Samsung’s Galaxy A smartphone series – the A3 and … Read more
Infinitus has joined DSS Europe (23rd and 24th June, Munich) as an exhibitor. The firm specialises in outdoor and semi-outdoor signage displays. Our own Bob Raikes will also be there on a panel on global trends.
Bernd Süßenbach has been announced as the new head of product management (DACH and Benelux) for BenQ, replacing Thomas Müller, who is leaving the company in June. Süßenbach has beeen with BenQ for six years, as product manager for displays, and has also worked at Medion. (Müller is a veteran of the display business with … Read more
The number of augmented reality smartglass vendors is increasing, with rises seen at both CES and MWC this year, compared to the 2015 shows. Taiwan’s MIC says that there are now more than 100 companies operating in the space. “As AR companies continue to enhance basic and advanced features for the enterprise market and make … Read more
MediaTek reported Q1 2016 net profit of NT$ 4.5 billion ($139 million), down 38% YoY. Turnover was NT$ 55.9 billion ($1.7 billion), up 17.6% YoY. Intense competition as well as higher sales of higher-end consumer electronics characterized the quarter.
TOPK reported Q1 net profit of NT$ 52 million ($1.6 million). Turnover for the period was NT$ 21.2 billion ($653 million). Shipments of panels across all segments declined an average of about 34% for the quarter.
Time Warner Cable has said that it added 21,000 net video subscribers in Q1’16: from 10.821 million to 10.842 million.
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