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3M Result 23/07/15

July 30, 2015 by Yvette Raikes

3M reported Q2 net profits of $1.30 billion, up from $1.28 billion a year ago, on revenue which fell 5.5% to $7.69 billion from $8.13 billion. For the half year there were profits of $2.5 billion, little changed from last year, on turnover which slipped to $15.26 billion from $15.97 billion. The company said that … Read more

Business is Mixed – Can Windows 10 Help?

July 30, 2015 by Bob Raikes

We have a big issue for you this week. Our publishing break coincided with the peak of the financial results reporting season, so we have a lot this week. By my estimation, in terms of profitability, 23 results are better than last year, while 18 have worse results and one the same. It’s hard, then, … Read more

Special Offer to Display Daily Readers

July 30, 2015 by Bob Raikes

The Immersed Europe event is taking place on September 3-4, 2015 in Murcia, Spain. The organisers have offered Display Daily readers a special discount of €100 which you can take advantage of by quoting the discount code “DisplayDailyimmersedeurope” when booking, or using this link. Speakers include a keynote from Simon Benson, Director Immersive Technology Group, … Read more

BBC Wins IBC Award for Paper on HDR

July 30, 2015 by Bob Raikes

BBC paper reports theoretical and practical investigations of HDR for TV systems. The IBC2015 Conference Prize is to be awarded to Andrew Cotton and Tim Borer of BBC Research & Development for their paper ‘A display independent high dynamic range television system’. The paper will be given in the IBC Conference in a session starting … Read more

BBC R&D Takes Home IBC Prize for HDR Paper

July 30, 2015 by Tom Allen

Andrew Cotton and Tim Borer, of BBC R&D, will be presented with the IBC 2015 Conference Prize next month, for their paper, ‘A display-independent high dynamic range television system’. The paper will be given in the IBC Conference, starting at 14:00 on the 11th September. Cotton and Borer look at how HDR video can be … Read more

Eutelsat Result 29/07/15

July 30, 2015 by Yvette Raikes

Eutelsat reported net profit for the year of €355.2 million ($389.4 million), up 17% from €303.2 million ($332.4 million) a year earlier, on revenue which rose 9.5% to €1.48 billion ($1.6 billion) from €1.35 billion ($1.5 billion). The company said that it had seen significant commercial success with growth in all areas.

Philips Wins “Li-Fi” Project

December 21, 2022July 30, 2015 by Bob Raikes

In its quarterly financials, Philips mentioned a project that it had undertaken in Q2 with Carrefour in Lille, France. Carrefour, a major French supermarket, has installed 2.5 kilometre (800 linear units) of LED light fixtures that transmit location data to customers’ smartphones and is detected by the camera. Carrefour has an app (Promo C’ou) that … Read more

Sky Result 29/07/15

July 30, 2015 by Yvette Raikes

Sky described its results for the year as “outstanding”. The company saw profit for the year of £1.95 billion ($3.0 billion), up from £865 million ($1.35 billion) last year, on revenue which rose to £9.99 billion ($15.6 billion) from £7.45 billion ($11.64 billion). Following the acquisition of Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland in November, the … Read more

7″ Windows Tablet Seen at TENAA

July 30, 2015 by Tom Allen

China’s certification agency, TENAA, has seen a new Windows tablet called the Ramos Q7. The product has a 7″ display (1280 x 720), a quad-core 1.2GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a 5MP rear camera and a 2MP front camera.

Flex Result 30/07/15

July 30, 2015 by Yvette Raikes

Flex (formerly Flextronics) saw Q1 net profits of $111 million, down from profit in the same period last time of $174 million, on revenue which fell to $5.56 billion from $6.64 billion. The company said that it was operating with “discipline” to maintain strong cashflow.

LG Electronics Result 29/07/15

July 30, 2015 by Yvette Raikes

LG Electronics recorded Q2 net profits of KRW226.4 billion ($193.1 million), down from profits of KRW411.8 billion ($351.2 million) last time, on turnover which fell to KRW13.9 trillion ($11.9 billion) from KRW15.1 trillion ($12.8 billion). For the six months there were profits of KRW264.8 billion ($225.8 million), a drop from KRW504.4 billion ($430.2 million) a … Read more

Nintendo Result 29/7/15

July 30, 2015 by Yvette Raikes

Nintendo posted Q1 net profits of ¥8.3 billion ($66.4 million), compared with losses in the same period last year of ¥9.9 billion ($79.5 million), on revenue which rose 21% to ¥90.2 billion ($723.2 million) from ¥74.7 billion (598.7 million). The company attributed the improvement to increased game sales coupled with foreign exchange gains.