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TSMC, UMC See April Sales Rise

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) both reported sequential and year on year increases in sales last month, though Mediatek fared less well as sales fell month on month and YoY. TSMC achieved a 4.2% MoM and 21.7% YoY increase in sales last month to NT$75.3 billion ($2.4 billion), bringing sales so far … Read more

Majority of OTA Cord-Cutters Are From Satellite

A survey released by TiVo has shown that the largest group of new ‘cord cutting’ customers are former satellite subscribers. The survey, from late 2015, polled more than 500 purchasers of TiVo’s Roamio OTA DVR. 32% were former satellite DVR users, who cited cost and dissatisfaction with overall features as their primary reasons for leaving … Read more

Dynamic Focus on 22″ Wide LCD Monitors V22 Issue 20

This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 22″ wide category covering 16:10 models with resolution of 1680 x 1050. There are 12 brands featured in the advertising with Philips, Iiyama and NEC Displays the top three advertised brands across all three countries. The ranking is the same in the UK. In France, Philips … Read more

OLEDs, Wearables, Quantum Dots and Other Hot Display Technologies Key Focus at Display Week’s Annual Investors Conference

The Society for Information Display (SID) is partnering with Cowen and Company and IHS for the 11th Annual Investors Conference at Display Week, which runs from May 31-June 5, 2015, at the San Jose Convention Center. Part of the four-day SID Business Track, this day-long event will be held immediately following the Display Week keynote … Read more

SES Industry Days 2015 Conclusion

We enjoyed this event which was very interesting. Thomas Wrede of SES was a congenial and energetic host. UltraHD and HDR in particular are hot topics and there was some useful information. The SAT>IP initiative is also an interesting one – it would be fascinating to understand why it is not really implemented by an … Read more

DMT Has New Interface and UltraHD STB Upgrade

The final speaker was Hyung Lim from DMT in Korea, although the firm also has offices in the US. DMT has developed a new box, 4SeTV which allows the merging and playback of four different streams of video so that users can, for example, watch four different sports programmes at the same time on a … Read more

IoT Makes Demands on STBs

Hyperpanel is a software company from France and is working on SAT>IP and Laurent Jabiol introduced the company. The firm was founded in 1986 and was the creator of MediaHighway. It was the first company to develop MHEG, HbbTV, Cas-2-DRM and SAT>IP software. It has 35 million DTV licences worldwide. Hyperpanel has a new operating … Read more