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NPD: Streaming Players Will Rise Consistently to 2017

January 28, 2015 by Tom Allen

40% of US internet homes – 39 million – will own a streaming media player (SMP) by Q1’17, says the NPD Group. Only 16% of these homes owned such a device in Q1’14, and the penetration is expected to reach 24% in Q1’15. Apple and Roku initially drove the SMP market, but since mid-2013, Amazon … Read more

Sigma Designs to distribute reference designs with Frog by Wyplay pre-integrated

January 28, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

Sigma Designs® (NASDAQ: SIGM), a leading provider of system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for Smart TV, Internet of Things for Smart home, media connectivity and set-top-boxes (STBs) will be showcasing the turnkey integration of the open-source Frog by Wyplay set-top-box middleware with Sigma’s HEVC 4K-capable SMP875x family of system-on-chip ARM® processors. As part of this effort, … Read more

Verizon Plans to Start OTT Service in the Summer of 2015

January 27, 2015 by Norbert Hildebrand

Last year Verizon announced plans for an OTT service to be launched in 2015. During the latest earnings announcement, Verizon responded to questions about the OTT service by saying that they see the subscription model for OTT services as a model being pursued by many other players as well. They were most likely referring to … Read more

Consumer Confidence Toward Tech Spending and Overall Economy Retains High Levels

January 27, 2015 by Helen Vince

Consumer sentiment toward technology spending and the overall economy shows strong readings for January after record highs in December, according to the latest data released today by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Technology Spending The CEA Index of Consumer Technology Expectations (ICTE), which measures consumer expectations about technology spending, increased 0.3 points in January to … Read more

The Google Wireless Industry Play

January 27, 2015 by Steve Sechrist

Google Wireless’ focus of late has propelled the company once again into the forefront of mobile technology, this time targeting wireless data delivery as a mobile virtual network operator (or MVNO). The company is looking to combine incumbent carrier networks plus Wi-Fi, with the potential to offer new pricing that will alter the calculus of the industry going … Read more

Smart Glasses Set for Significant Enterprise, Not Consumer, Adoption in 2015, Finds ABI Research

January 27, 2015 by Helen Vince

ABI Research expects 2015 to be a big year for smart glasses with unit shipment growth of nearly 150% in 2015, almost of all of which will be in the enterprise and public sector. The market intelligence firm expects over 90% of smart glasses to be sold in to the enterprise or public sector in … Read more

News Now at Display Daily

January 27, 2015 by Bob Raikes

Meko is pleased to announce that the Display Central website operation has been upgraded to the new Display Daily website. The new site will show the main Display Daily news and other free news about displays. It will also allow us to publish our added value news for subscribers to Mobile Display Monitor and Large Display … Read more

Rambus Result 30/01/2015

January 27, 2015 by Helen Vince

Rambus Inc. said that fourth quarter turnover was down 2% year on year at $72 million, which the company attributed to lower royalty revenue from Samsung and nVidia, offset by the royalty revenue from Qualcomm and Micron Technology. Rambus recorded a net profit in Q4 of $7.8 million, having posted a net loss in Q4 of … Read more

Izon Aids Creation of AS3D Mobiles

January 27, 2015 by Tom Allen

US-based Izon has licensed its own glasses-free 3D technology to W.A. Howell & Associates of California, to be used in healthcare software development for portable medical devices, such as tablets and mobile phones. Comment The 3D system is different to the Ultra-D technology, which Izon is licensing from Stream TV Networks. Ultra-D is for TVs, while … Read more

AMD to Replace Kaveri With Godaveri

January 27, 2015 by Tom Allen

AMD may be preparing a new APU series codenamed ‘Godaveri’ – a refresh to the existing Kaveri platform. Swedish website Sweclockers claims that the platform will be launched in the summer. As a (supposed) refresh, Godaveri will be built on the same architecture as Kaveri, with the same CPU and GPU cores (32-bit Steamroller and Graphics … Read more

Axiomtek’s OPS Player Supports UltraHD

January 27, 2015 by Tom Allen

Axiomtek’s newest digital signage media player, the OPS883-H, is an OPS-compliant model that supports UltraHD resolution. Driven by a dual- or quad-core Core i3/i5/i7 Haswell processor, the media player can be used in multi-display and large-venue applications. It measures 200 x 119 x 300mm and can connect to an OPS display via a JAE TX-25 connector. An internal … Read more

Apple Leads Tablet Processors, while Qualcomm Dominates Phones

January 27, 2015 by Tom Allen

The global market for tablet application processors rose 16% YoY in Q3’14, to $1.4 billion, according to Strategy Analytics. Apple, Intel, Qualcomm, MediaTek and Samsung were the top tablet processor vendors in terms of revenue. Apple led with a 30% share, followed by Intel at 19% and Qualcomm at 14%. Over the 12 months to Q3’14, Strategy Analytics estimates that … Read more