Sales Rise at John Lewis
Sales in the week ending 6th December were up 10.8% YoY at John Lewis in the UK, to £160 million ($250.8 million). Week-on-week sales were down 10.6%, following the store’s biggest-ever trading week.
SeaChange Rave, the Latest OTT Platform
SeaChange, the US based software developer, has announced the SeaChange Rave video platform that addresses all types of deliveries for a premium OTT service. Rave allows for any consumer video preference for OTT services or TV. The software allows users to create new premium OTT video businesses and still be able to combine the service … Read more
Sky Deutschland Helps to Cut the Cord
An OTT platform has been launched by Sky Deutschland, which can be used to access the broadcaster’s premium content through the internet. Sky Online customers do not need a cable, satellite or IPTV subscription. The subscription takes the form of a rolling monthly contract and will be offered on a new ‘Sky Online TV Box’ … Read more
SolMateS Lasers ITO Onto OLEDs
SolMateS, a Dutch company, has developed a new ITO deposition method for transparent OLED panels. The company says that existing methods, such as sputtering, are too aggressive and can damage the organic layers. The new ‘soft-landing’ method is referred to as pulsed laser deposition (PLD). It is a room-temperature process that can deposit a thin, … Read more
STMicro Claims First to Market With Android 5.0 Platform
STMicroelectronics has created a set-top box platform using Android TV, based on Android 5.0. The company says that it is the first such product in the world. The platform, based on STM’s STiH412, features multi-decode HEVC; picture-in-picture support; an SoC architecture with offload processors, supporting 368 UIs and UltraHD decoding; transcode capability to send content … Read more
Supercapacitor Process Streamlines Display Production
Work on a new supercapacitor has led a South Dakota State University researcher to develop a new plasma technology that will streamline display screen production. Qi Hua Fan was working on a less-expensive supercapacitor for storing renewable energy, using biochar: a by-product of a process that converts plant materials into biofuel. Biochar has the potential … Read more
Tech Data Takes Whole MSI Portfolio
Tech Data’s partnership with MSI has been expanded to cover tablets, notebooks and AIO PCs in Germany.
UHF Spectrum Four Times as Valuable for DTT Than Mobile
A study has concluded that Europe’s ultra-high frequency (UHF) band (470 – 694MHz) is as much as four times more valuable for DTT broadcasting than mobile services. The parties concluded that there is no case for co-primary allocation of UHF frequencies at the World Radiocommunications Conference 2015. The cost of clearing DTT from the spectrum … Read more
UltraHD Downloads Come to Vimeo
UltraHD content is now available to download through Vimeo. Videos have been able to be uploaded, but not downloaded, for some time. Display Daily Comments Streaming is not yet supported on Vimeo.
Windows 10 On Track for Autumn
Microsoft COO Kevin Turner told The Nikkei newspaper that Windows 10 will be released in autumn 2015. The new OS is considered a “complete reboot” of the software, and will include a personal assistant (probably Cortana, which is also featured on Windows Phone). Turner said, “The things people love about Windows 7, we will have … Read more
Windows 10 Receives Native Format Support
The latest update to the Windows 10 Technical Preview has added native support for advanced video and audio codecs. These include MKV, HEVC and lossless audio format FLAC. Display Daily Comments This may help to reduce the number of codecs that need to be added as plug-ins. Video on PCs has never become a really … Read more
Industry Shift is News at Electronica
Electronica takes place in Munich every two years. A late invitation to speak at the SID event in Rio meant that Display Monitor’s plans had to change on short notice, so Tom attended instead of Bob. Major display makers, as we noticed at the 2012 show, were absent. Electronica has become more about industrial electronics … Read more
