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Time Warner Acquired by Charter Communications

Charter Communications has acquired Time Warner Cable in a deal which values Time Warner at $78.7 billion. The news comes after Comcast last month terminated its $45.2 billion merger agreement with Time Warner because of opposition from US regulators (Comcast Abandons Time Warner Bid). Charter also announced that it is to buy another cable operator, … Read more

Charter Communications to Merge with Time Warner Cable and Acquire Bright House Networks

Charter Communications, Inc.(Nasdaq: CHTR) (together with its subsidiaries “Charter”) and Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Charter to merge with Time Warner Cable. The deal values Time Warner Cable at $78.7 billion. Charter will provide $100.00 in cash and shares of a new public … Read more

Philips’ Monitor Carries Four Signals Through USB

The new 21.5″ Philips USB docking monitor – the 221S6QUMB – is an expansion to the USB monitor line, which currently consists solely of a 23″ model. Designed to complement today’s ultra-slim notebooks, which have minimal ports, the display requires a single USB connection to carry video, audio (two 2W speakers are built in), ethernet … Read more

Merck Leads European Research Consortium on Printed Electronics

Merck, a global leader in the development of materials for printed electronics, today announced the start of the ATLASS project. ATLASS stands for Advanced High-Resolution Printing of Organic Transistors for Large Area Smart Surfaces and is to help achieve the breakthrough of printed electronics in smart switching solutions. The consortium, coordinated by Merck, consists of … Read more

Merck Leads Printed Electronics Consortium

Merck is a founder member of the ATLASS Project – a European project examining printed electronics. ATLASS (Advanced High-Resolution Printing of Organic Transistors for Large Area Smart Surfaces) aims to help achieve a breakthrough of printed electronics in smart switching solutions. 15 partners form the ATLASS consortium, co-ordinated by Merck. They range across the printed … Read more

M-Go Joins Netflix and Amazon

M-Go, the UltraHD streaming service established by Technicolor and Dreamworks, will offer HDR content later this year. The service will be launched with “a full selection” of titles, said COO Christophe Louvion. M-Go is one of the companies supporting the new Vidity download service (Hollywood’s UltraHD Service Becomes Vidity), which may be how it plans … Read more