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Dolby Labs Result 22/07/15

Dolby Laboratories Inc. posted Q3 net profit of $35.5 million, down from $39.8 million in the same quarter last year, on revenue of $231.7 million, an increase from $223.4 million. For the nine months there were profits of $134.8 million, a reduction from $160.2 million a year ago, on turnover of $737.9 million, up from … Read more

Business is Mixed – Can Windows 10 Help?

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

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 R&D Takes Home IBC Prize for HDR Paper

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

Philips Wins “Li-Fi” Project

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

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