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Inventec aims to ship between 65 million and 70 million devices this year, the company said at its investors’ conference. The proportion of products that are not notebooks or desktop PCs will rise from 20% – 25% in 2014 to 40% this year. Inventec is currently setting up a second factory in China to meet … Read more
The worldwide pay-TV market grew 4% in 2014, to reach 923.5 million subscribers, says ABI research. However, weak exchange rates kept revenue growth lower, ending the year at $257 billion. ABI expects the market to reach 1.1 billion subscribers in 2020. Satellite and IPTV grew the fastest, while cable and terrestrial had slower growth rates.
Nanoco Group plc has released its half year results, recording a net loss of £3.1 million ($4.6 million) on turnover of £1.6 million ($2.3 million), which compares with a net loss for the first six months of last year of £4.3 million ($6.4 million) on turnover of £679,000 ($1 million). The company said it achieved … Read more
JVC Professional Video in the US has promoted Chris Dalaly to assistant VP of production and entertainment. In his new position, Dalaly will work to expand JVC’s brand presence in the cine and production markets.
Rory ReadDell has appointed two industry veterans to key executive positions on its commercial sales and enterprise solutions leadership teams. Rory Read, formerly CEO and president of AMD, becomes COO and president of worldwide commercial sales and will have responsibility for Dell’s global go-to-market initiatives, omni-channel sales planning and enablement. Paul Pérez has been named … Read more
Acer’s XG270HU gaming monitor enabled by AMD FreeSync™ technology is shipping this month starting from North America and EMEA. The 27-inch display with FreeSync technology eliminates screen tearing and stuttering to provide gamers an ultra-smooth experience. It comes with WQHD (2560 x 1440) resolution, a fast 144 Hz refresh rate, a fast 1-ms LCD response … Read more
BenQ America Corp., an internationally renowned provider of visual display solutions, today introduced its newly minted gold version of the popular EW2440L monitor. Loaded with features that take mobile content to the screen, the vertical alignment display boasts mobile high-definition link (MHL®) technology, BenQ’s “Cinema Mode,” and razor-sharp 3000:1 contrast ratios that allow gaming, media … Read more
Digital Anarchy is an after-effects company, with software that digitally ‘touches up’ peoples’ faces in photographs. The company also has a version for video, Beauty Box Video, with real-time skin retouching and digital makeup application on HD and UltraHD footage. The new version (4.0) improves rendering speed on Nvidia and AMD GPUs. Comment Mediatek has … Read more
According to Juniper Research, worldwide revenues from connected healthcare and fitness services will approach $2 billion by 2019 – a 525% rise from this year’s estimated $320 million. Juniper also found that smart wireless devices will spread through the market – smart glasses in particular will have a large impact, but smartwatches will be the … Read more
Michael Edelman, CEO of cadmium-free quantum dots producer Nanoco, has criticised the European Commission’s decision to grant a Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) exemption to cadmium-containing QDs (EC Affirms Environmental Benefit of Cadmium-Based Quantum Dots). The exemption lasts until mid-2018. According to Edelman, the EU is acting under pressure from American companies, working with Chinese … Read more
UK AV specialist TD Maverick has announced three new appointments. Shaun Elliott has been hired as sales director to oversee the company’s future growth, while Simon Millidge joins as education channel manager. TD Maverick has also appointed Carmel Keightley as the business’s new marketing manager.
OLED-Info has published a new research report on the transparent OLED market. It details the advantages and properties of transparent OLED displays and lighting, as well as the challenges facing such products and market availability. The report is available for $200 (launch price) at http://tinyurl.com/pduw738.
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