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German Media Authorities Approve BSkyB Proposal

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German state media authorities in Bavaria and Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein have approved BSkyB’s proposal to buy 57.4% of Sky Deutschland, as part of its Sky Europe plans. The approval follows a recent general meeting …

Triumph Looks for Partners

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Triumph is a Czech company, based in Prague, that develops touch systems for business meetings and education. The company currently sells its products in the EU, in Africa and in the US and was …

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Microsoft Confident of ‘Real World’ Windows Feedback

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One million people are testing Windows 10 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 39), according to Microsoft. About 65% of these have installed the OS on a PC, while 35% have it on a virtual …

Sling Media and ViXS Downconvert for Multiple Streams

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Sling Media and ViXS Systems have worked together on a new network transcoder, which uses Sling technology and a ViXS XCode 5190 chipset. The device can perform 2560 x 1440 to 1280 x 720 …

Emagin Receives $6.8 Million in R&D Contracts

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Emagin says it has been awarded three new R&D contracts totalling $6.8 million. One of the three new contracts is a $1.1 million contract over 15 months to further enhance the full colour brightness …

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Smartphones Drive MEA Handsets to Record Sales

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A new record was set for the MEA tablet handset market in Q2 this year, rising 27% YoY to 64 million units. IDC says that most growth came from smartphones, which are rapidly gaining …

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Gitex Introduction

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Gitex is an interesting event for us. The main show is on communications and IT, while part of one of the major halls is labelled as Infocomm MEA and covers audio-visual. The Infocomm part …

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Round Up

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ANFLED is the Chinese company that we reported on as selling 218″ FullHD LED TVs at IFA for just $315,000! The company had the same displays at Gitex and told us that the Middle …

UltraHD in an HD World

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SMPTE’s Annual Technical Conference, in Los Angeles, event will take place between 20th and 23rd October. 3M’s Jimmy Thielen will present a talk on using quantum dot films to cover the Rec.2020 colour gamut …

Netflix Acquisition Costs Pass to New Subscribers

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Netflix has raised the price of its UltraHD streaming services, to $12, for new subscribers. Current members do not have to pay the new price until August 2016. Higher acquisition costs were given as …

iPhone 6 Boosts ODM’s Revenues

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Foxconn Electronics and Pegatron both reported large increases in sales for September, rising 51% and 63% respectively from August, primarily due to shipments of Apple’s new iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus. Foxconn’s …

Smartwatch Adoption Will Accelerate – But No Killer App in Sight

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More than 100 million smartwatches will be in use worldwide by 2019, says Juniper Research. In a new report (http://tinyurl.com/qceaqhh), the firm predicts that the next 12-18 months will bring the product category into …