DirecTV Churn Falls to Six-Year Low
DirecTV’s fiscal Q1 results show that 279,000 net subscribers were added in the quarter. The company enjoyed its lowest Q1 churn rate in six years.
Computex Taipei Highlights ICT
Computex Taipei 2015 is scheduled to take place June 2nd to 6th, at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) and the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC). Computex is the largest information and communications technology (ICT) trade show in Asia and the second largest in the world, after the International CES in Las Vegas. 2015 will … Read more
Tru Vue Launches Vista AR™ For High-Visibility Display Applications
Tru Vue, a global leader in high-performance glazing, announces the production of Vista AR™ anti-reflective coating for display applications from its Engineered Optics Division. Vista AR is a rugged, high-density coating that is applied to either glass or acrylic sheets, resulting in a product that offers a high level of durability, reflection control and light … Read more
A “New” Electronic Paper Technology is Under Development
A team of researchers led by Yusuke Komazaki in the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences at the University of Tokyo (Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan) is working to improve an e-paper technology that was invented in the 1970s. The goals of the team include creating an e-paper that can be written on by hand and that is … Read more
TV Panel Prices to Fall on Supply Softening
Worldwide LCD TV panel supply, which was tight throughout 2014, began to ease in Q1’15, according to IHS’ data. The resulting rising inventory is expected to cause prices to fall in Q2 and Q3. IHS says that the LCD TV panel production:demand ratio rose from 2% under-supply in Q3’14 to 1% over-supply in Q4, and … Read more
Mobile Panel Prices Continue Downwards
IHS DisplaySearch has released its panel pricing data for late April and early May. Weak IT demand in Q1 led to notebook vendors successfully driving down panel costs. IT demand is flat in Q2, but panel inventories are high and it is taking time to work through them. There has been pressure on notebook PC … Read more
Selevision Claims UltraHD at 4Mbps
A Saudi Arabian company, Selevision, has launched ‘Nukodec’, designed to replace the H.264 and HEVC codecs. The technology will be launched worldwide and is designed to lower the bandwidth of Full HD content to 1Mbps and UltraHD to 4Mbps. Nukodec is available to DVB, telco and online operators. It is playable on ‘any HEVC-compatible player’ … Read more
Tianma Takes Two Touches to SID
Tianma Microelectronics’ two new small LCD modules are high-brightness units, for use in marine, aviation and other outdoor applications. The smallest module is 4.3″, with 4-wire resistive touch and 480 x 272 resolution. It has 800 cd/m² of brightness and an 800:1 contrast ratio. The larger (7″) module has 1,000 cd/m² of brightness, a 500:1 … Read more
Mobile Touch Shifts to Embedded With Apple and Samsung
Almost 40% of touch module shipments for mobile phones will use in- and on-cell touch this year, says IHS. The prediction comes following 47% YoY growth for the technologies last year, when they had a 36% market share. Together, Apple and Samsung had a 40% share of the 2014 global smartphone market. Their growing use … Read more
NanoLumens Expands Management Team
Karen RobinsonCathy SteinerNanolumens has strengthened its management team with the appointment of two new executives and a new role for Karen Robinson. Robinson is moving from her job as executive VP (EVP) of sales and marketing to directing the company’s mergers and acquisitions initiatives as EVP for strategic alliances. Meanwhile Cathy Steiner joins as CFO … Read more
Selevision Unveils New Codec
Selevision, a leading Saudi multi-platform entertainment company serving the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), today announced the launch of its game-changing new codec, aptly named ‘Nukodec’. Designed to replace the H.264 and H.265/HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) codecs currently in use by the industry, the new technology will be made available to industry players … Read more
MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 19
An ultra-light laptop, the LaVie Z, was introduced at CES 2015 by Lenovo (Too Much from Lenovo…). It is now on sale for $1,500. A convertible model with a 360° hinge (LaVie Z 360) is also on sale for $1,700. Microsoft‘s Surface 3 tablet (Surface 3 Loses RT) is now on sale in the UK. … Read more
