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InFocus has announced two acquisitions in two days. First, the company bought Avistar: a provider of video conferencing softwware. Second, InFocus acquired Vidco, a provider of multimedia room and building systems. Avistar’s technology is already used in InFocus’ Mondopad video conferencing system, as well as various calling services that the company provides. Meanwhile, the acquisition … Read more
The European Audiovisual Observatory (EAVO) has estimated that total cinema admissions in the EU rose slightly in 2015. Admissions were predicted to have increased 7.6% YoY, to 980 million tickets sold: 69 million more than 2014. This was the second-highest level of sales in the past decade, only topped in 2009, with the release of … Read more
Light Field Display may not be a familiar term to most people. Instead, most of us may have come into contact with applications such as virtual reality viewers, stereoscopic displays, 3-D televisions, 3-D pictures, etc. Essentially, all these systems are trying to reproduce the “light” emitted by physical objects, or “digital” objects through the use … Read more
DTH platform Tricolor TV can now be watched directly on iPhones, thanks to an app released by Russia’s GS Labs. Duplication of video content from the TV screen to mobile device is possible thanks to the app and is available to owners of set-top boxes with the Stingray TV software platform.
According to a report by TelecomDaily, IPTV is being received by 700,000 homes in Moscow: 33% more than a year earlier. IPTV costs on average RUB215 ($1.60) a month, while cable TV up to RUB370 ($4.90) a month.
Samsung has confirmed that it will not support 3D in any of its 2016 TVs. The company revealed the news to FlatpanelsHD at its European Forum in Monaco after rumours arose from Korea. Similarly, Philips has said that its 2016 TVs will not use the format.. LG has announced that it will cut the proportion … Read more
According to Immersion, Apple’s iPhone 6, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus and Apple Watch have breached a variety of patents. Apple Insider reports that the iPhones breached Patent 8,619,051 (‘Haptic Feedback System with Stored Effects’), and Patent 8,773,356 (‘Method and Apparatus for Providing Tactile Sensations’). The iPhone 6S series breaches patent 8,659,571 (‘Interactivity Model for … Read more
Foxconn’s consolidated revenues for January fell 17.6% MoM and 14.8% YoY, to NT$337.6 billion ($10.2 billion). The company blamed the decrease on lower shipments of consumer electronics, PCs and communication devices.
AUO‘s revenues were down 5.7% MoM and 24.4% YoY in January, to NT$24.3 billion ($733.3 million). The company shipped 7.8 million large panels and 11.4 million small-to-medium panels, falling 12.1% and 11% MoM, respectively. Revenues at Innolux slipped 20% MoM and 41.5% YoY, to NT$21 billion ($633.7 million). Innolux shipped 8.3 million large panels and … Read more
After the earthquake last week (Earthquake Rocks Taiwan Production Base), TSMC has said that the impact on its production would be larger than originally thought. Wafer shipments had been estimated to fall less than 1%; however, the decline is now thought to be more than 1%, due to the damage to Fab 14. Despite the … Read more
IHS has found that integrating Netflix into traditional pay-TV services had a net positive impact on pay-TV operators’ performance. However, the firm warns that such a partnership is not appropriate for all, especially operators such as Sky which invest in their own content. View the full report at http://tinyurl.com/zaojj5m.
Would anyone debate that the compact camera market is being taken over by smartphones? Industry players whom I’ve spoken to certainly don’t: the digital camera market is increasingly veering towards premium models, as the demand is simply not there at the low-end. In the past few years, several companies have worked on ways to improve … Read more
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