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Two mobile launch events have been announced for October, by Microsoft and LG. Microsoft’s event will be held in New York on the 6th October. Several Windows 10 flagship devices are expected, including new smartphones (Lumia 950 and 950 XL); the Surface Pro 4 tablet; and a new Microsoft Band wearable. LG, always keen to … Read more
Korea’s ET News has said that Japan Display is supplying 50% of panels for the iPhone 6S – ahead of LG Display (48%) and Sharp (2%). JDI is expected to remain the top supplier through the year and into 2016.
The EMEA thin client market suffered from its third quarter of falling shipments in Q2’15, IDC’s data has shown – reaching its lowest volume in five years. Shipments were down 17.7% YoY to 385,000 units. Surprisingly, the decline in Western Europe was stronger than that seen during the 2009 financial crisis, dropping 19.2% YoY. Despite … Read more
A leak has shown a ‘Surface rival’ from Dell, in the form of the XPS 12. Apparently set to be released as a hybrid device, the product will feature a 12″ UltraHD display and is thought to run on Intel’s Skylake chipset. There will also be a Thunderbolt 3 port, but USB was not mentioned. … Read more
BLU Products, the market leader in unlocked devices in the United States, announced today the launch of the BLU Pure XL, which will be on display at the 2015 CTIA Super Mobility Event in Las Vegas, September 9-11. The BLU Pure XL is the first U.S. smartphone to include MediaTek’s premium Helio X10 chipset, a … Read more
New vendors; new devices; a growing number of experiences and price points; and steady consumer adoption will drive the global wearable market in the future, says IDC. The firm forecasts that wearable device shipments will reach 76.1 million units this year, representing 163.6% growth from 28.9 million units in 2014. By 2019, IDC expects worldwide … Read more
US space agency NASA is launching North America’s first non-commercial UltraHD TV channel for consumers. NASA Television will go live on the 1st November, broadcasting footage from the ISS, current NASA missions and re-mastered content from historical missions. Harmonic’s end-to-end delivery system will be used to broadcast content at UltraHD and 60fps. A 13Mbps connection … Read more
Profit margins for large-area TFT-LCD displays reached 10% in Q1’15, says IHS – their highest level since the first half of 2010. However, prices and margins are now being pressured downwards by high factory utilisation rates being maintained at leading panel makers, and rising inventories at set makers. Margins are forecast to fall to 0% … Read more
ARM accepted the IBC2015 International Honour for Excellence in front of an audience of the world’s most influential broadcast and entertainment companies last night in Amsterdam. The company was recognized for its processor and graphics technologies, and for enabling the mobile revolution that has transformed the way people consume media content. ARM joins the ranks … Read more
MaxLinear Inc. (NYSE: MXL), a leading provider of integrated radio frequency (RF) and mixed-signal integrated circuits for broadband communications applications, today announced a new family of four-channel Full Spectrum Capture™ (FSC™) tuner-demodulator devices that offer the industry’s lowest power consumption for a fast-growing segment of the DVB-S/S2 satellite pay TV market: ultra-high definition (UHD) personal … Read more
SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), one of the world’s leading satellite operators, announced today the distribution of NASA’s new Ultra HD channel, produced by Harmonic, the leading video delivery infrastructure provider. The content will be delivered over SES’s AMC-18 satellite, one of three spacecraft (SES-1, SES-3, AMC-18) that make up SES’s Ultra HD neighbourhood at … Read more
Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, and NetRange, a leading global provider of white labelled, turnkey Smart TV and OTT ecosystems, announced during IBC 2015 that they will work in partnership to create a joint OTT ecosystem. The collaboration will enable Huawei and NetRange to create added value for the next generation of OTT … Read more
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