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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

Cord-Shaving Outweighs Cord-Cutting

Research by Nielsen suggests that cord-cutting concerns are not as well-founded as expected. Most consumers are likely to cut back on, but not cancel, their pay-TV services, and complement them with streaming services like Netflix. Globally, 32% of respondents said that they planned to cut the cord – but only a ‘tiny fraction’ actually go … Read more

Flexible Will be Fastest-Growing OLED Segment to 2018

The OLED Association (OLED-A) expects the OLED market to grow at a 22% CAGR between 2014 and 2018 – with capacity growth from 1 million m² in 2009 to 6.8 million m² by the end of the forecast. The full report, covering OLED fab capacity, is available to OLED-A members. 2016 sees the stagnation of … Read more

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 11

The TCG121WX 12″ TFT-LCD module from Kyocera (MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 21) is now available in Europe. Nokia has shared the price of its Ozo VR camera (Nokia Announces Ozo VR Camera for Professional Users). Set for $60,000 in the USA, the European price will be €55,000 (or £55,000). Companies can get … Read more

Detachables to Drive European PC Market

Detachable tablet demand will drive the European PC and tablet market in the near future, says IDC. Detachable and slate tablet shipments will have a 51% share of the overall client computing (PC and tablet) market by 2018, up from 45% in 2015. By 2020, detachables will represent more than 20% of the client computing … Read more

Smartwatches Will Remain Dominant to 2020

An expanding vendor base, as well as rising consumer awareness and demand, will push annual wearable growth to double digits between 2015 and 2020, says IDC. This year, worldwide shipments are expected to reach 110 million units, representing 38.2% growth. By 2020, shipments are forecast to be 237.1 million. New wearable products will serve to … Read more

UMC Result 27/01/2016

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) reported net profit of NT$3.16 billion ($96 million), a decline of 30% YoY from NT$4.56 billion. Turnover was NT$33.85 billion ($1.03 billion), a 9% decline from NT$37.24 billion ($1.12 billion). For the full year 2015, net profit was NT$13.45 billion ($403.5 million). Turnover for the period was NT$144.83 billion ($4.35 billion).

Forecast for AR and VR Promises the Next Big Thing

Whenever a new technology comes along, the ultimate question is ‘How much revenue will it create?’. In the case of VR and AR most researchers see this as a high potential technology that is still very much in its infancy. At the recent Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, the name of the game was … Read more