Vol 21 – Issue 35 – Page 3

QD Vision Bullish on TCL Demo

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QD Vision was at IFA on the booth of one of its customers, TCL of China. TCL was showing a 55″ prototype TV using the QD Vision technology to give >100% NTSC colour gamut …

The UK’s DTG Testing is now trialling the functionality of the D-Book 7 v4. Updates have been released to the organisation’s MHEG test suites, under the ‘beta’ status; this means that test suite licensees …

Tablets Fall, but Emerging Regions Rise

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IDC’s tablet-plus-hybrid forecast for 2014 has been reduced to 233.1 million units. The new figure represents a 6.5% YoY growth rate: significantly below the previous prediction of 12.1% growth. “[I]t would be easy to …

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Queues Form Early at Apple’s New York Store

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Apple’s much anticipated media event is not scheduled to take place until 9th September and no-one can be sure what the company will be announcing, but that hasn’t deterred some Apple fans from camping …

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Wearables Panel Session

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Simon Forrest from Imagination, Ruth Hutchinson from Fitbug and Ulrich Schulze-Althoff from Medisana joined the panel session on wearables. Simon Forrest is from Imagination Technologies which believes it has lots of the elements needed …

EBU Continues to Hold 700MHz Concerns

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The European Commission’s High Level Group has recommended that the EU restrict access to the sub-700MHz spectrum to digital TV until 2030. The move has been welcomed by the EBU. The report stated that …

ViewSonic Returns to Gaming in a Big Way

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The day before our flight to IFA (watch for the full report soon!), we attended an event by ViewSonic, in London, where the company was introducing new gaming monitors. ViewSonic has recently partnered with …

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Vue Cinemas to Upgrade to Sony 3D

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Vue Entertainment International is upgrading around 400 of its Sony 4k projection systems across Europe to Sony Digital Cinema 3D. The conversion process is expected to take three to four years and will be …

There’s a Sparkle at IFA…

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We’re not talking metaphorically, here – Philips really did make the walls glow. But more on that later…IFA, so far, has been the normal rush of meetings, press events and elbow work (to get …

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Japan Details ASO Plans

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Japan’s National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has released the draft implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the move to digital broadcasting. A year-long simulcast period is specified.

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CES Founder, Jack Wayman Dies Aged 92

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The death has been announced of Jack Wayman, International CES founder and consumer electronics industry legend. He was 92. Consumer Electronics Association president and CEO, Gary Shapiro said that “the consumer electronics industry has …

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Acer to Set-Up VC Fund

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Acer is reported to have set up a venture capital fund as it seeks long-term investments to strengthen its technology development. Acer Venture Capital manages more that NT$1 billion ($33.5 million) and is overseen …

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