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IBC to Move Ahead with Live Amsterdam Show

IBC, the world’s most inspiring content and technology event, confirmed that IBC2021 will take place on December 3-6 at The RAI in Amsterdam. The announcement follows a decision at yesterday’s IBC Partnership Board meeting to continue with the planned event because it can be delivered safely and create the essential business momentum that the industry … Read more

Sundiode achieves full-color micro-displays based on stacked 3-color microLEDs

What They Say Semiconductor Today reported on a development of a full colour stacked RGB microLED display from Sundiode Inc, based in Silicon Valley. The display is built on a Si CMOS backplan from Jasper Display. It is 15.4 x 8.6mm format device. The firm oriiginally said that it had developed a technology with KOPTI … Read more

HEMIX Home Electronics Market Index Q1-3 / 2021

What They Say The GfU in Germany published its overall Hemix Home Electronics Market Index for Q3 and said that it was up 6.9% on 2020. The cumulative value of the market was €33.4 billion for the year to the end of September. CE followed the trend and was up 5.8% (YTD) while ‘private IT’ … Read more

Media Distillery and Nielsen’s Gracenote Join Forces to Optimize Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) Utility

Media Distillery, a leading provider of AI technology enabling visibility into what’s inside video content, and Gracenote, the content solutions pillar of Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN), have integrated their respective technologies and datasets to create a powerful solution to optimise Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) utility. Available now, this easy-to-implement offering helps pay-TV operators including cable, satellite, … Read more

Parks: U.S. Consumer Adoption of Smart TVs Reached 56% in 2021

What They Say Parks Associates reported that SmartTV penetration has now reached 56% of US broadband homes. Smartspeakers and smartdisplays reached 53%. 82% of domestic broadband households subscribe to at least one OTT video service, up 6%, while 58% of households subscribe to a traditional pay-TV service, down 4% year-over-year. Parks said the percentage of … Read more

Has Google Dropped the Pixel Fold?

What They Say Last week, we reported an article from 9to5Mac that suggested that Google would ship the Pixel Fold to market next year (Google could release its first foldable Pixel in 2022). However, this week DSCC said that its supply chain sources have reported that the handset has been shelved. Challenges that DSCC sees … Read more

DSCC Forecasts $1B in Revenues for MicroLED Displays in New Report

The market for MicroLED displays will quickly grow to surpass $1B in revenues in the next five years, according to DSCC’s new MicroLED Display Technology and Market Outlook Report. While MicroLED will generally remain a niche display technology in consumer electronics, it will be adopted in three major applications: TV, Wearables and AR/VR. MicroLED displays … Read more

GDS Outdoor Displays Now Available with BrightSign Media Players On-Board

BrightSign, the global market leader in digital signage media players, announced that Global Display Solutions (GDS) now offers its full range of outdoor displays with BrightSign media players on-board. GDS, a global manufacturer of highly rugged indoor and outdoor LCD displays, now offers BrightSign media players pre-installed on its entire line of Midas outdoor displays … Read more