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VEFXi Corporation announced that CEO and founder, Craig Peterson signed a memorandum of understanding with Gary Shen of Yuheng Technologies Company (Yulenka), a Shanghai, China based company to collaborate in the advancement of 3D mobile devices featuring no-glasses 3D experiences. The signatories of the MOU agree to cooperate in the interest of fulfilling their respective … Read more
We had a chance to catch up with Mark Brooks-Belcher of Quadriga after we didn’t quite manage to meet at ISE to discuss the company’s recent deal with Philips Display Solutions to cover hospitality TV and digital signage. Philips and Quadriga have worked together in this area for some 30 years or so and Brooks-Belcher … Read more
At a recent event in Brussels, Philips/TP Vision revealed the names for all of its flagship TVs in Europe, as well as showing off a new series of Full HD sets. We saw the new Philips UltraHD TVs at CES in January (Ambilux Coming to Philips This Year), where they were named as the 8600, … Read more
We’re just at the end of the ISE report so we’ve probably hit our peak workload for the year. We got our quarterly data out before and just after ISE and this weekend we’re be off to Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress – probably the main global mobile device event in the world. The … Read more
Dish Network reported 2015 year ending net profit of $747 million, down 21% YoY from $945 million. Turnover was $15.1 billion compared to $14.6 in 2014, a 3% YoY increase. Total Pay-TV subscribers declined about 0.6%, however, ARPU increased just over $3 to $86.79.
Richard LaBerge has joined Calibre as VP of international sales. LaBerge will be based in Montreal. His main task will be increasing the company’s market share and presence in corporate AV and existing customer base, as well as growing OEM and own-label business – particularly in Asia. LaBerge has more than 20 years of experience … Read more
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications has announced that the country is likely to have between 19 and 22 UltraHD channels on air by 2018. The ministry adds that they are already testing higher quality ‘Super Hi Vision’ (8k) broadcasts, planned for 2018 ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Asus CEO Jerry Shen has said that the company’s Q1’16 revenues are expected to drop 16% QoQ, although they should be flat YoY. Operating margins will remain steady at around 4.5%. Challenges are expected to remain in the PC and smartphone markets in the near future. Asus has been pushing its shipments to stay ahead … Read more
NextVR has announced that it will begin a five-year partnership with Fox Sports, offering fans live VR coverage of US sporting events. Fox Sports’ Daytona 500 VR broadcast will be available free through the NextVR portal. Those with Samsung Gear VR can download the NextVR app on any Gear VR-compatible phones.
Alltron will start distributing ZTE smartphones in Switzerland, followng a distribution deal it entered with ZTE. Alltron will initially stock the Blade series.
In recent weeks, Samsung Display confirmed that it was developing large-sized OLED panels (Samsung “Will Proceed” With Large OLEDs). Reports from the Korea Display Industry Association indicate that Samsung is discussing a large investment (about $3 billion) in a new OLED TV panel fab. Samsung aim to build a Gen-8 fab, with orders expected to … Read more
Transistors formed on Hybrimer. Source: KAIST.KIPost, a Korean news source, says that Samsung will introduce a foldable smartphone at the end of this year. Samsung has apparently been working with Solip Technology, a spin-off from KAIST, which has developed a product called Hybrimer. This is flexible glass combined with organic materials, and is around 50?m … Read more
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