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This week, we report on the withdrawal from the UK digital camera market by Samsung, which follows on from a story we spotted recently that the firm had dropped out of selling cameras in Germany as well. The position on the rest of Europe remains unclear, but the withdrawal rumours started some weeks ago when … Read more
The International Committee for Display Metrology (ICDM) will host a three-day working meeting in Boulder, Colorado next February. The meeting (22nd – 24th) will be held at the Best Western Plus Boulder Inn; work will be done on the development of the second version of the ICDM standard.
IHS has released its PriceWise panel pricing data for November. Monitors Mainstream (sub-22″) monitor panel prices dropped by $0.50 – $0.80, due to aggressive promotions by Chinese suppliers. The decline was higher in large (23″+) sizes: between $1 and $2. This was due to weak demand and the end of holiday preparations. IHS expects monitor … Read more
Ming-chi Kuo, an analyst at KGI Securities (with a better-than-average record for Apple predictions) has said that a new 4″ iPhone will be launched in 2016. The phone, apparently called the 6C, will be Apple’s second attempt at breaking the entry-level market. It will replace the iPhone 5S and feature 1136 x 640 resolution, an … Read more
Android Headlines claims that Sharp is to introduce a new type of panel called ‘Super IGZO’, to compete with high-end LCD and AMOLED smartphone displays. The new panels use an improved version of Sharp’s oxide TFTs, offering high resolution while consuming between 10% and 20% less energy than regular IGZO units. Production ‘could’ begin in … Read more
Future Market Insights (FMI), with sharp focus on emerging technologies, delivers key insights on Global Head Mounted Display market in its recent report titled “Head Mounted Display Market: Global Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment 2014 – 2020”. The report indicates that the global head mounted display market is expected to expand at a significant CAGR … Read more
The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) could split Sharp’s LCD business off into a new subsidiary of Japan Display (JDI), according to Japan’s Mainichi. Both organisations have previously been linked to a takeover (INCJ Would Invest in Sharp and Japan Display Would Not Ignore Sharp Deal). Mainchi says that the INCJ would merge the … Read more
VoD platform Vimeo has begun to roll out UltraHD content for streaming to all users, following the introduction of an upload and download service last year. Initially only available through a browser, the feature will later be available on media players including the Fire TV and Roku 4.
Gartner’s Derek O’Donnell has shared the company’s predictions for the pay-TV market ahead of CES 2016. Gartner predicts that worldwide end-user spending on video media services will reach $316 billion next year: a 6% YoY rise. Of this revenue, pay-TV services will represent the largest proportion, generating $293.8 billion (up 5% YoY). Despite slowing pay-TV … Read more
Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn, has said that the Chinese government should drop tariffs on LCD products shipped from Taiwan, from 5% to 0%. Korean makers do not pay these tariffs, so such a move would help to maintain Taiwanese makers’ competitiveness in the UltraHD TV panel segment. Gou made the comments at a meeting … Read more
An UltraHD package is now being broadcast by Tricolor TV in Russia. Subscribers to Tricolor get access to the two channels, which consists of films, documentaries, sports and entertainment programmes, at no extra cost. Content is broadcast in UltraHD resolution at 50fps, using HEVC.
Perfectly timed to make watching what you want, when you want, easier than ever this Christmas, Panasonic is pleased to announce that its customers will now be able to enjoy Freeview Play on its new PVR and Blu-ray recorders[1]. Customers can now benefit from on demand and all the Freeview channels subscription free with no … Read more
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