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Abox42 is a German company that was established six years ago, selling STBs to operators. It began selling directly to consumers two years ago; however, the Abox42 brand is now B2B-only. The company develops and sells white-box STBs, although they are not “totally white-box”, we were told. Abox42 keeps a stock of units in warehouses; … Read more
We had an interesting discussion about the future of the TV industry with an employee of Kaon Media. He – and Kaon – realise that UltraHD and HEVC are the major trends in the market, with Android TV, open-source frameworks and advanced content delivery as lesser trends. LTE Broadcast is also important for emerging markets. … Read more
As expected, Samsung Electronics reported a 38.8% year on year drop in net profit in the first quarter of the year to KRW4.6 trillion ($4.3 billion), from KRW7.6 trillion ($7.1 billion) in Q1 of 2014. Turnover was 12.2% lower YoY at KRW47.1 trillion ($44 billion) from KRW53.7 trillion ($50.1 billion). Samsung’s display panel business achieved … Read more
Panasonic will attend High End 2015, in Munich, between 14th and 17th May. In Hall 3 (C115/C116), the company will show its newest UltraHD TVs, Blu-ray players, PVR with UltraHD upscaling and connected audio systems.
NEC Corporation has released its fourth quarter and full year results, posting a 14.3% drop in net profit to ¥34.5 billion ($289.5 million) from ¥48.8 billion ($409.5 million) in Q4 of the previous year, while turnover fell 2.7% to ¥933.5 billion ($7.8 billion) from ¥959.6 billion ($8 billion) a year earlier. For the year, NEC … Read more
LG Electronics recorded a net profit in the first quarter of the year of KRW38.4 billion ($35.7 million), which was 58% lower than last year’s Q1 net profit of KRW93 billion ($86.5 million) though significantly better than the previous quarter’s net loss of KRW206 billion ($191.6 million). Turnover in Q1 was flat year on year … Read more
JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation, today announced its new GY-LS300 Super 35mm camera won a Post Pick Award from Post magazine last week during the 2015 NAB Show. Considered one of the “coolest” new products at the show by Post, the GY-LS300 features JVC’s 4K Super 35 CMOS sensor and accepts … Read more
In the first quarter of the year, Canon Inc recorded a net profit of ¥33.9 billion ($285 million) on turnover of ¥857.4 billion ($7.2 billion), which compares with a Q1 net profit a year earlier of ¥47.6 billion ($400.3 million) on turnover of ¥868.3 billion ($7.3 billion).
BenQ’s new smart signage display (ST550K) is able to handle content creation and management, as well as multiple ways of getting content to the screen. The 55″ unit features BenQ’s X-Sign software, which can be used to customise, edit, manage and play digital content. It is intended as a plug-and-play solution, with 30 custom templates. … Read more
Apple’s second quarter net profit improved 32.3% to $13.5 billion from $10.2 billion in Q2 of last year, while turnover climbed 27.2% to $58 billion from $45.6 billion. In the first six months of the year, Apple’s net profit was 35.6% higher at $31.6 billion compared with $23.3 billion for the same period of last … Read more
VerLASE Technologies announces new patent enabling multi-color microLED arrays emitting in green to red, and full color projection, through efficient downconversion of light based on a novel, wafer scale resonant structure around semiconductor Quantum Wells (QWs). The technology replaces phosphors, Quantum Dots (QDs) for color conversion in key applications. VerLASE Technologies announced today that US … Read more
German premium TV company Metz has agreed a deal with China’s Skyworth, which will take over the ailing company at the beginning of June. Metz said that Skyworth will maintain its production and development site located in Zirndorf and has plans to strengthen and expand the Metz brand from there. At the same time, Zirndorf … Read more
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