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Jonathan Thompson is the CEO Digital UK, a member of the WSGThe Wider Spectrum Group has called for the protection of free-to-air and terrestrial TV spectrum. At a meeting in Brussels, members of the group asked policy makers to secure the airwaves used by such services, ahead of the major decisions to be taken at … Read more
Microsoft has opened a flagship retail store on Fifth Avenue in New York – just a few blocks from Apple’s iconic glass cube location. The store contains almost 200 LCD displays across the three floors, as well as a two-story tower of 36 screens as the centrepiece. Credit: PC World
Both Dell and Lenovo have said that they will sell Surface Pro tablets through their business products division – but Lenovo has revealed that, while it was approached, it turned Microsoft down. CEO Gianfranco Lanci told The Register that he saw no reason why Lenovo should sell a competitor’s product. Analyst Comment This is not … Read more
Exertis Go Connect is now distributing Panasonic’s large-format displays and projectors in Belgium and the Netherlands.
LG Display has updated its OLED TV sales forecast and revealed this is in its quarterly presentation. The company now expects to see between 400,000 and 500,000 TVs in 2015, and 1 million in 2016. LGD’s previous forecast had targeted 600,000 sets this year, and 1.5 million next year. OLED-Info believes that the reduction is … Read more
The new Apple TV box can now be pre-ordered in 80 countries. The 32GB model costs $150 and the 64GB costs $200. Deliveries should begin to arrive on the 30th October. The price of LG‘s OLED TVs continues to be reduced. The EG9100 curved TV (1920 x 1080) is down to $1,885 on Amazon. Last … Read more
LG‘s V10 smartphone (LG Goes Dual-Screen, Dual-Camera for Content Creation) can now be pre-ordered in the USA, through AT&T. The phone will go on sale on the 6th November. A mid-range version of Microsoft‘s Surface Book laptop (Microsoft Makes a Splash in Laptop Market) has been spotted. Sharing specifications with the base model (Core i5, … Read more
Asian sources say that JOLED is to begin test operations of a new OLED manufacturing facility next spring. Mass production, of panels between 10″ and 30″, will begin in 2018 or 2020. Around €150 million will be invested in the new plant.
The Merian Iselin clinic, in Basel, Switzerland, has adopted one of NEC’s 84″ X841UHD displays, for use in its radiology department. In addition, the hospital has taken on various 32″ monitors from NEC for diagnostic use throughout the building.
Microsoft, Inc. reported a flat net profit of $4.6 billion for Q1 2016, flat from $4.5 billion YoY, in spite of a turnover decline of 12% YoY to $20.3 billion from $23.2 billion. In constant currency terms, the turnover would have decreased only 2%. Earnings per share for the quarter increased to 58 from 55c … Read more
Mexico’s Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones has confirmed that the country will complete ASO this year. 89% of the country can now access one DTT frequency channel, and 76% can access four channels. However, commercial broadcaster Televisa has recommended postponing switch-off until more households have DTT receivers.
26,000 new satellite customers joined DirecTV in the USA in Q3, following the company’s acquisition by AT&T. However, with the focus on satellite, DirecTV’s U-verse IPTV subscribers fell 91,000. The company ended the quarter with 25.4 million video subscribers.
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