Philips Takes EET in DACH
EET Europarts has joined Philips as a distributor of pro AV and signage products in the DACH region.
Toshiba Forecasts Record Loss
In a gloomy end to the year, Toshiba has announced that it will cut 6,800 jobs from its PC, video and consumer electronics divisions – representing 3% of the firm’s total employees. The cuts will be made by March. The news follows Toshiba being caught admitting that it had falsely inflated its profits for several … Read more
BOE Signs G10.5 Supply Agreement with Corning
Corning is to establish a production base adjacent to BOE’s under-construction G10.5 fab in Hefei, China, from where it will supply glass substrates to the new plant. Glass production is expected to support BOE’s plan to begin mass production of large LCD TV panels in Q3’18. The total investment for Corning’s new facility is around … Read more
HEVC Advance Lowers Royalty Rates
HEVC Advance CEO, Peter Moller, said, “We are…confident that the revised pricing structure and rates balance the needs of both HEVC users and patent owners”.HEVC Advance – one of the licensing bodies for the HEVC codec – has announced changes to its royalty rate structure, after gathering feedback. Royalties from public and not-for-profit TV broadcasting; … Read more
Peraso Speeds WiGig Rollout
Peraso Technologies has developed the W110 WiGig chipset, which is now in mass production. Targeting WiGig applications, the chipset includes the PRS1125 direct conversion 60 GHz RFIC and the PRS4001 baseband IC, to implement functionality in the next-gen 802.11ad wireless standard. Featuring a USB 3.0 interface, the W110 is suited for use in adapters and … Read more
Peraso Releases WiGig® Chipset to Production
Peraso Technologies Inc. (www.perasotech.com) announced today the immediate production availability of its W110 WiGig® chipset. The Peraso W110 chipset is targeted for WiGig® applications and includes the PRS1125 direct conversion 60 GHz RFIC and the PRS4001 baseband IC to implement the necessary functionality in the next generation IEEE 802.11ad standard for Wi-Fi networks. Incorporating a … Read more
Optoma to unveil cutting-edge laser and 4K UHD projection technology at ISE 2016
Visitors to Optoma’s stand 1-M80 at ISE 2016 will experience unique projection demonstrations including ultra-bright lamp-less laser projection. Optoma’s Head of Product Marketing, Justin Halls, said: “We are excited to unveil our latest developments in projection technology. We will have an advanced gaming solution within our professional installation zone along with innovative retail and next … Read more
ETSI Developing ‘Universal’ Transmission System
Standards group ETSI is working on a solution to define a scalable, flexible decoding system for CE devices – from UltraHD TVs to smartphones. According to the Industry Standards Group (ISG) of ETSI’s Compound Content Management (CCM), the solution will meet the needs of existing and next-generation receivers and STBs. BT, Dolby, STMicroelectronics and Telefonica … Read more
VR and AR Head Mounted Displays – Sorry, but there is no Santa Claus
There certainly is a lot of money going into VR and AR Head Mounted Display, I mean half a billion dollars here and $2 billion there, and pretty soon you are talking serious money. And the names spending the money couldn’t be bigger. Facebook bought Oculus VR for over $2B; Microsoft paid over $100M for … Read more
SMPTE Board Creates SMPTE U.K. Region and Appoints Bruce Devlin Governor
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers® (SMPTE®), a leader in motion-imaging standards and education for the communications, media, entertainment, and technology industries, today announced that the SMPTE Board of Governors has formally approved the creation of the SMPTE U.K. Region and appointed Bruce Devlin, chief media scientist at Dalet, to serve as its … Read more
Vuzix Selected by ESSERT as Smart Glasses Partner for its Enterprise AR Apps and Service
Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), (“Vuzix” or, the “Company”), a leading supplier of video eyewear and smart glasses products in the consumer, enterprise and entertainment markets, is pleased to announce that it has been selected by ESSERT GmbH as a smart glasses partner for ESSERT’s enterprise augmented reality (AR) service. The partnership will enable ESSERT to … Read more
