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MEA Broadcasters Must Enhance Customer Experience in Bid to Counter the Flood of OTT Content

January 15, 2015 by Helen Vince

The acceleration of localized content production, the significant increase in the number of over-the-top (OTT) providers, and the defensive stances being employed by telcos and broadcasters against freemium services will all shape the coming 12 months in the Middle East and Africa’s rapidly evolving media and broadcasting industry. That’s according to International Data Corporation’s newly … Read more

Semiconductors Rise 9% in November

January 15, 2015 by Tom Allen

Worldwide semiconductor sales were up 9.1% YoY in November 2014, to $29.7 billion (from $27.2 billion), although this was a slight (0.1%) decrease MoM. The Semiconductor Industry Association said that year-to-date sales to November were 10% higher compared to 2013. Semiconductor demand is strong in almost all semiconductor categories. The APAC (12.3%) and Americas (11.1%) markets … Read more

Philips Ensures Image Colour Consistency

January 15, 2015 by Tom Allen

MMD’s 272P4APJKHB (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) is a new P-line LCD monitor for colour-critical applications. The 27″ display is factory-calibrated to cover 99% of the Adobe RGB and 100% sRGB colour gamuts; it also has six-axis adjustment and can display 10-bit colour. SmartUniformity ensures that the display auto-adjusts to compensate for differences in the on-screen … Read more

Silicon Image Surprises Us with SiBeam Move

December 21, 2022January 15, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

This reporter went along to Silicon Image not expecting to see much as somebody else was covering the new Super MHL interface. However, we found a lot of interest! First, we looked at the SiBeam technology for 60Ghz radio. Silicon Image has recently launched SiBeam as a subsidiary (it acquired the company in 2011). This … Read more

Syndiant and Cremotech Develop Pico Projector Engine

January 15, 2015 by Tom Allen

Syndiant, a US-based LCoS microdisplay manufacturer, is working with Cremotech of South Korea to create a pico projector engine. The device is small (50.2 x 48.1 x 19.85mm) and uses RGB lasers, optics and Syndiant’s own SYL2271 microdisplay. It will be used in Cremotech’s first laser pico projector at the 1280 x 720 resolution. Cremotech’s … Read more

Lenovo Adds Greek Distributor

January 15, 2015 by Helen Vince

Lenovo has added a third distributor for its consumer and professional products in Greece. Oktabit joins Westnet and Infoquest as agents for Lenovo.

LDM Product Roundup: Volume 22 No 4

January 15, 2015 by Tom Allen

Amazon is offering a discount on LG‘s 55″ EC9300 OLED TV (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 30). As part of a promotion around the NFL Superbowl (2nd February), the TV has been lowered from $3,500 to $3,000. Starting this month, all new CM- and BM-series monitors from Flanders Scientific will be shipping with new features. These include a … Read more

CES Reaches Record Numbers

January 15, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

CES 2015 ended with record numbers in all areas, according to organiser the Consumer Electronics Association. President Gary Shapiro said that this year’s show “exceeded all [of] our expectations”. The number of visitors was up 170,000, more than 45,000 of whom came from abroad. The show’s net exhibition space covered almost 19,000m², filled by more … Read more

New Price Point Achieved for Lumia Series

January 15, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

Microsoft showed off a low-cost feature phone at CES (since 2013, the company has made its biggest announcements at its own events), and has now revealed two affordable Windows Phone 8.1 smartphones: the Lumia 435 and Lumia 532. They cost just €70 and €80, ex VAT, and will be launched in February. Both phones are … Read more

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 3

January 15, 2015 by Tom Allen

Consumers in India, who might struggle to afford Samsung’s AMOLED smartphones, are now being offered a lower-cost option in the form of Micromax‘s Canvas Hue. The 5″ device has an AMOLED display (1280 x 720), 1.3GHz quad-core CPU and 1GB of RAM. The 3,000mAh battery should also prove robust. The phone will be available in India … Read more

Samsung Made Offer for Blackberry, Says Reuters

January 15, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

According to Reuters, Samsung is seeking to buy Blackberry to acquire the company’s patent portfolio. Blackberry was looking to sell in 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 31). Several rumours of interested parties – including Samsung – appeared at the time, but these died away once Blackberry decided to remain as-was (Display Monitor Vol 20 … Read more

Sony Mulling Sale of Loss-Making Businesses

December 21, 2022January 15, 2015 by Helen Vince

Sony is reported to be considering a restructuring of its business which could see the loss-making smartphone and TV businesses being sold off. According to a Reuters report, CEO Kazuo Hirai and his senior management are preparing a new business revival plan and sources close to Sony say that the management recognises that “no business … Read more