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BBC Streams Rugby League Game Live in UHD and HDR

by Andrew Fenn

The BBC streamed last week’s Rugby League match between the York City Knights and Catalans Dragons live in Ultra HD and HDR on its experimental iPlayer Beta app. The BBC uses HEVC encoding and …

Tags:BBC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Top 10 Pay TV Operators to Lose $20 Billion by 2023

by Andrew Fenn

DTVR_Top_10_Operators_by_Revenues.xlsx Despite adding 84 million subscribers between 2017 and 2023, subscription and PPV revenues for the world’s top 517 pay TV operators will fall by $18 billion to $183 billion, according to Digital TV …

Tags:Forecasts| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Japan Electronic Components Market Sees Lowest Growth in Five Quarters

by Andrew Fenn

Lower-than-expected demand for the iPhone X and other high-end smartphones has been blamed for the Japanese electronic component market’s slowest growth in five quarters, according to Nikkei. Alps Electric, Kyocera, Murata Manufacturing, Nidec and …

Tags:Components Market| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 16

New York Startup is Creating AR Menus for Restaurants

by Andrew Fenn

Burger chain, Bareburger, is in the process of introducing an AR menu created by New York-based start-up Kabaq. Using custom Snapchat World Lenses, visitors to the restaurant can scan a Snapcode which will unlock …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| QSRs & Menu Boards| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Alphabet Result 23/04/2018

by Vijaya

Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018. Revenues of the company for the Q1 2018 were $31.1 billion, an increase of 25.8%, compared to $24.7 …

Tags:Financial Data| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Misapplied Sciences Working on Multiview Displays

by Norbert Hildebrand

If you have never heard of Misapplied Sciences and what they do, you are not alone. When I first read about what they are doing, I was very skeptical that this is real or …

Tags:display technology| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Novel Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Is This the Lite Version of the Samsung Galaxy S9?

by Andrew Fenn

Information regarding a new Samsung smartphone has surfaced on Twitter. Images and specifications were leaked by a user by the name of Ice Universe. The individual’s profile doesn’t link them to any particular company …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Philips

Philips Result 23/04/2018

by Vijaya

Philips Group announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2018. Sales for the Q1 2018 were €3.9 billion ($4.77 billion), a decrease of 2.31%, compared to the sales of €4 billion ($4.77 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Philips| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Twin Pines reconstructs 16th-century Seville for ‘The Plague’

by Bob Raikes

It’s not really a display story, but who can resist a good visual effects show reel? A programme called La Peste, developed in Spain by Movistar+, and with effects by Twin Pines of Madrid, …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Production| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Optovate Ltd Reveals Further Details Of Its Micro-LED Technology

by Bob Raikes

Optovate has revealed further details of its innovative micro-LED technology, following its first technology announcement in March 2018. Optovate has since 2008 been developing catadioptric micro-optic arrays to enhance the benefits of micro-LED, mini-LED …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Tim Cook Debunks macOS and iOS Merging Rumours

by Andrew Fenn

After months of rumours, Apple CEO Tim Cook has finally put paid to reports that iOS and macOS are to be merged. (Apple Reported to be Unifying iOS and MacOS) Speaking to the Sydney …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Google Chrome 66 Adds WebVR Support for PC VR Headsets

by Andrew Fenn

Chrome 66, the most recent version of Google’s web browser, has added support for WebVR, a set of APIs for browser-based VR. Support extends to all major PC VR headsets including HTC Vive, Oculus …

Tags:AR/VR| Chrome| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 16