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Eutelsat Shares UHD Viewing Preferences

Eutelsat presented its findings from a study on UltraHD viewing preferences in Europe at the Connected TV Summit in London last week. We were unable to attend, but Broadband TV News covered the event. The survey covered multiple European countries, including Russia, and delved into willingness to pay as well as preferred screen sizes. This … Read more

Foxconn Seeks to Lower Sharp Value

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Concerns about potential liabilities (Foxconn Delays Sharp Acquisition) have led to Foxconn seeking to reduce the amount it will pay for Sharp in an acquisition. The news comes from Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun which also said that concern about contingent liabilities were not proving a barrier to the deal. Foxconn’s investment in new equity to be … Read more

JDI Closes Plants in Bid to Become Less Seasonal

Japan Display has announced a series of structural reforms, as it seeks to move to a business structure that is less influenced by seasonality than its current main market (smartphone displays). Since July last year, JDI’s new leadership team has focused on lowering manufacturing costs and fixed costs, as well as the break-even point. The … Read more

Tannas Becomes Pixel Scientific

Tannas Electronic Displays, which builds custom-sized LCD displays, was recently sold in a majority stock purchase to investors. Richard McCartney, of Scotts Valley, California, led the purchase and has been named as the new CEO and chairman by the new board of directors. Lawrence Tannas, company founder, will remain a member of the board and … Read more

Canon U.S.A. Announces New Short Throw LCOS Projector With Outstanding Lens Shift

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, introduces the REALiS WUX450ST Pro AV LCOS Projector. The newest short throw projector in Canon’s non-interchangeable lens product line, the REALiS WUX450ST combines native WUXGA resolution (1920 x 1200), 4500 lumens of brightness, and Canon’s LCOS technology with AISYS-enhancement to project bright, highly detailed/contrasted and color … Read more

Fossil to Announce New Slimmer Android Wear™ Smartwatches, Activity Trackers and Smart Analog Watches during Baselworld

Fossil Brand, an innovator in both the fashion watch and wearable space, will announce its latest activity trackers, smarter analog watches and slimmer Android Wear smartwatches at the 2016 Fossil Global Exposition. Coinciding with Baselworld in Switzerland, the latest additions to its Fossil Q line of devices strike the perfect balance of fashion and function. … Read more

Live 4K Streaming Trials Exclusive to Sony 4K HDR Ultra HD TVs

Sony Electronics announced today that it has participated in successful streaming trials of live 4K sporting events, including the first live North American soccer broadcast in 4K by Univision Deportes. These events, streamed live in 4K by leveraging the NeuLion® Digital Platform and delivered over-the-top (OTT) to Sony 4K HDR Ultra HD TVs that have … Read more

Application Deadline Extended to March 25: SID’s I-Zone at Display Week

At Display Week 2016, the Society for Information Display will provide a forum for live demonstrations of emerging information display technologies and related areas in an exhibit called the “Innovation Zone” (I-Zone) in the main Exhibit Hall. The I-Zone will showcase the cutting-edge demos and prototypes that will lead to the products of tomorrow. The … Read more

Canon Brings First Laser to DSE ’16

At Digital Signage Expo 2016, Canon introduced its first-ever laser-phosphor projector: the LX-MU800Z. It is a DLP unit with seven interchangeable lenses, a sealed filter-free design and motorised lens shift. The projector is an installation model. Thanks to the solid-state light source, it can be rotated 360° on the vertical axis, and used for portrait … Read more

Rockwell Collins Can Eliminate Passports and Boarding Passes

Rockwell Collins were almost over-enthusiastic in the pursuit of us by its PR people. We don’t think of the firm for applications in the area of flight information, but two years ago, it bought Arinc Airports and in the last year and a half has added 23 new airports, as it boosted activity outside the … Read more

Sony Assists in Live UHD Trials

Sony has taken part in successful streaming trials of live UltraHD sporting events. These included the first North American football (soccer) broadcast in the format by Univision Deportes. The events were streamed using the NeuLion Digital Platform and delivered via OTT to Sony TVs using the NeuLion Streaming SDK. The streaming events will continue throughout … Read more

Net Display Systems Covers All Bases

Net Display Systems was demonstrating its Pads 4 digital signage software (mentioned by the firm’s UK distributor, Anders and Kern when we met the company at the Retail Digital Signage Expo, last week). When they explained that their big message was that their software could integrate flight information, advertising, queue management and security information, we … Read more