Arcep to Open Spectrum Auction
French communications regulator Arcep will open an auction for mobile telecom services in the 700MHz band on the 16th November.
TI to Bring 4K DLP to the Masses
Texas Instruments has had a 4K 3-chip DLP solution for some time, but it’s a big, 1.4” device that allows high brightness 4K projection at a hefty price. Meanwhile, Sony has made great headway offering a line of 4K projectors at more reasonable price points for the home and commercial markets. At CEDIA 2015, TI … Read more
Millward Brown Sees Digital Video Consumption Rising Globally
Millward Brown part of the Kantar Group focuses on advertising effectiveness and brand development has published some results of their recent survey on TV versus digital viewing. This also covers the consumption and reception of advertising via both media. The new report analyses multiscreen use and behavior among more than 13,500 consumers across 42 countries. … Read more
Sharp Explains its Reorganisation and Restructuring in Europe.
Sharp held a big dealer and press event in Malta this week, three years since its last Expo. We were there for the press day and the first of 850 dealer partners were arriving as we left. Ted Kawamura is President of Sharp Europe and was the first speaker. He is a 30 year+ veteran … Read more
AV Stumpfl Shows Off at LDI
AV Stumpfl will show its largest-ever product lineup at LDI 2015 (23rd – 25th October, Las Vegas). The company will show its Fullwhite, Monoblox and VarioLock projection screens. Also viewable will be the Wings Engine Raw media server – for the first time in the USA – and the company’s solid-state media players.
Wavien Ceases Operations
We heard this week that optical technology specialist, Wavien, has ceased operations. Wavien developed special technology for light recycling.
MMD Refreshes E-Line
MMD has refreshed its range of Philips consumer monitors: the E-Line. The 23″ 237E7QDSB uses an AH-IPS panel, while the 23.6″ 246E7QDSW and 27″ 276E7QDSW use PLS panels (Samsung’s version of IPS); the larger models cover 82% of the NTSC colour gamut. With a focus on aesthetics, the displays are available in glossy black (23″) … Read more
Smart Board Considers Sale
Smart Technologies has updated its financial outlook for the 2016 fiscal year, and announced its intent to embark on a strategic review. New solutions are generating a growing share of Smart’s total revenue. However, sales from the Smart Kapp product line are growing more slowly than predicted. As a result, the outlook for the fiscal … Read more
TrendForce Reports Third-Quarter Global Smartphone Shipments Grew 9.1% to 332 Million
Numerous branded smartphone vendors unveiled their next-generation flagship devices ahead of Apple’s iPhone 6s reveal this September. These earlier major product launches included Samsung’s Note 5, Huawei’s Mate and Sony Z5 series. Consequently, much of this year’s growth momentum in the smartphone market was concentrated in the third quarter. According to the latest smartphone shipment … Read more
MStar Works on Dolby Vision SoCs
Dolby and MStar are working together to deliver Dolby Vision UltraHD SoCs for HDR TVs next year. The companies will collaborate to optimise Dolby Vision for integration into MStar’s video processing engine.
MStar Adopts Dolby Vision for 4K Ultra HD TV SoCs
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today announced a collaboration with MStar Semiconductor, Inc., a leading semiconductor company for display and digital home solutions, to deliver Dolby Vision™ 4K Ultra HD system-on-a-chip (SoC) for high-dynamic-range (HDR) TVs in 2016. By working closely with Dolby to optimize Dolby Vision for integration into MStar’s powerful video processing engine, MStar … Read more
More than 330 million 4K UHD TVs will be sold globally by the end of 2019
Newly released connected CE research from Parks Associates finds more than 330 million 4K UHD TVs will be sold globally by the end of 2019, an increase from two million in 2013. The report, Connected CE: Trends and Innovation, notes that, of U.S. broadband households planning to purchase a flat-panel TV in 2015, 56% think … Read more
