Vol 21 – Issue 42 – Page 3

Gartner: SVoD Holds Strong Growth Potential

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Pay-TV is the largest segment of the overall consumer video services market, representing 96.3% of spending this year. Gartner expects this to fall to 94.2% by 2018, while subscription VoD (SVoD) services will grow. …

Koreans Plan CES Launch for Cadmium-Free QD TVs

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Cadmium-free quantum dot (QD) TVs will be introduced by Samsung next year, claims the Korea Times. The source quotes an unnamed official at Samsung. Samsung will apparently receive the QDs from Dow Chemical, which …

LG Donates Smartphones to Help Fight Ebola

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2,000 smartphones are to be contributed to the UN, for use in combating the ebola outbreak in West Africa, by LG. The phones will be provided to UN healthcare and other key personnel in …

TSMC Result 20/10/2014

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) announced a net profit of NT$76.3 billion ($2.5 billion) on turnover of NT$209 billion ($6.8 billion) for the third quarter of the year, which represented a 28.6% year on year …

Test for UltraHD Compatibility, Without an UltraHD Display

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A new UltraHD benchmark called Fire Strike Ultra has been developed by Futuremark. Users can test their system for UltraHD compatibility, even if they don’t have a high-resolution display. UltraHD content is rendered internally; …

Microsoft Germany Names New CEO

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Microsoft has named Alastair Bruce as the new CEO of Microsoft Germany. Bruce replaces Thomas Schroder, who is leaving the company to join mobile operator Vodafone.

Garmin Chooses Futaba for Wearable

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Garmin has introduced a new fitness tracker and notification display called the Vivosmart. It is a wrist-worn device with a 1.4″ curved passive OLED from Futaba, with 128 x 16 resolution (the same as …

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DTG’s Keith Hayler Awarded IET Medal

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Keith Hayler, of the UK’s Digital Television Group (DTG), has been awarded an Achievement Medal by the Institute of Engineering and Technology. The IET recognised Hayler for his work in advancing digital TV and …

Dell UK Signs Ingram Micro

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In the UK, Dell has expanded its partnership with Ingram Micro to include its full range of products for commercial customers. The deal covers Dell Client Solutions, Dell Enterprise Solutions and Dell Software and …

HbbTV 2.0 “Hopefully” Coming This Year

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Micahel Probst, director of the EU-supported Hbb-Next project, has said that HbbTV 2.0 will “hopefully” be released this year. V2.0 will also include four new features contributed by Probst’s group, including synchronised video content …

Digital Winter Entertains But Lets Down for Displays

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Every six months sees a new Digital Seasons event in the Montcalm Hotel near London’s Marble Arch. While the event itself is small, the products on show are extremely varied and the prize draws …

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Too Tipsy to Stand? No Problem at Wales’ iPub

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The Wesbourne pub in South Wales is using iPads to cut queue times – by letting drinkers serve themselves. The tablets are fixed to tables and linked to self-service taps, which can be operated …