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Digitimes Research reports that large LCD sales by Taiwanese makers reached 58.63 million in Q3, up 1.2% quarter on quarter. The volume gives Taiwan a forecast market share for the year of 34.2%, with Q4 being just 32.6%. The company forecasts all sales for the year at 674 million, down 5.6% annually, with Innolux expected … Read more
Acer is re-aligning its smartphone strategy to look for revenues and profit rather than share and will de-emphasise developing regions, which are already seeing fierce competition and weak demand in some, according to Taiwanese sources. Acer will limit its cost be reducing the number of planned new phone models. Separately, Acer said that it will … Read more
BT in the UK said that it has added 106,000 TV subscribers in Q3 2015, its best ever growth, bringing its TV customer base to 1.3 million. The company highlighted the BT Sport Europe (which has the rights to Champions League soccer in the UK) and its first UltraHD channel as positive factors. It also … Read more
BluFocus Inc., a leading testing and certification company for the home entertainment industry, announced today it has been approved as the first BDA “Ultra HD Blu-ray™” Test Center in North America for Movie Player Verification, Application Software Verification and Commercial Audiovisual Content Verification. As an approved Ultra HD Blu-ray Test Center, BluFocus will ensure that … Read more
SK Telecom of Korea is to buy a 30% stake in CJ Hellovision from CJ’s parent company and 25.3% through other stock purchases to take control of the firm which is said to be the largest supplier of cable channels and internet TV in Korea. The acquisition will then be merged with a wholly-owned subsidiary, … Read more
Fresh into our new millennium (umm, that’s the next thousand years) we may finally be on the cusp of cutting the last cord. The power cable that is, at least to our most prevalent devices like smartphones and wearables, so says a new report from Navigate Research. It claims high growth in the nascent wireless … Read more
In a new survey, the PEW Research Center released the latest data on technical device ownership in the USA. The survey was taken in the March / April and June / July 2015 time frame and involved around two thousand adults (age 18 and older) each. The first survey asked for all devices, while the … Read more
Samsung Electronics today announced that the Samsung Serif TV is officially available to order from Monday 2nd November in the UK. Designed by celebrated French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and launched at London’s Design Festival in September 2015, Serif TV is set to make waves in the consumer electronics category. Created to work as … Read more
Daktronics has installed itts first 1.9mm LED video wall, at the New England Patriots’ Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts. The display is 1.5m x 3m, and is being used to highlight sponsors and team-branded content during press conferences.
Christie Microtiles have been chosen to form a video wall at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas’ new assembly hall, at its Cantoblanco campus in Madrid. Originally the University wanted a projector, which would have generated heat and noise. After a demonstration of both a 20,000-lumen projector and the Microtiles, the tiles were chosen. A 10 x … Read more
According to the Financial Times, Nanoco’s QD factory in South Korea – built with Dow Chemical – has not yet started production, as was stated in Nanoco’s preliminary financial results last month (Nanoco Doubles Annual Balance Sheet). Production at the new factory will actually not begin until 2016. Part of the delay was apparently down … Read more
The Hybrid Log Gamma transfer curve is a new proposal from the BBC and NHK (BBC Approach to HDR Has Advantages for Broadcasters). It’s viewed as a good fit for real time HDR acquistion and broadcast. At SMPTE 2015, Sony was demonstrating a modified HDR TV that could accept HLG encoded HDR content.
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