Vol 21 – Issue 48 – Page 10

EC Unhappy About Telefonica’s Canal+ Deal

by Raverstead

The European Commission has cast further doubt on Telefonica’s proposed acquisition of Canal+ in Spain, warning that the deal is likely to have a severe impact on competition. Telefonica already owns 22% of Canal+ …

Spectra7 Receives Large Multi-Product Order

by Raverstead

Spectra7 Microsystems has received a multi-product order for its VR7200 dual screen VR and HT8181 UltraHD display interconnect chips. The order was placed by ‘a leading provider of VR and home theatre products to …

Pay-TV Rises in Portugal

by Raverstead

Portugese regulator Anacom has said that there were about 3.3 million pay-TV subs in the country at the end of September. The figure represents a net addition of 46,500 QoQ (up 1.4%) and 132,000 …

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Kingston Chooses Panasonic Projectors

by Raverstead

Panasonic is supplying 180 projectors to Kingston University in the UK. The PT-RZ370 laser/LED hybrid model will be installed by GV Multimedia. The rollout represents the largest single delivery of PT-RZ370 projectors in Europe.

Supplier Chosen for Lenovo Wearable

by Raverstead

Lenovo will begin to produce wearable devices ‘soon’, say Asian sources. Fenda 295, in China, says that it has been chosen by Lenovo as a supplier for the vendor’s 301. Sina.com claims that the …

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Roll-to-Roll Printed TFT Backplanes

by Raverstead

The 2014 Printed Electronics Conference included an interesting presentation by Prof. Gyoujin Cho, of Sunchon National University, Korea entitled, Fully Roll-to-Roll (R2R) Gravure Printed TFT Backplanes for Signage and Sensors. In describing his presentation …

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Eizo Upgrades Medical Display With New Backlight

by Raverstead

Eizo’s new medical monitor, the RadiForce MX242W, is an upgrade to the MX241W. Now featuring an LED backlight with a long (15,000-hour) lifetime, the unit is multi-modal; it can be used in applications including …

Thinkware Releases iNavi X1 – Augmented Reality Extreme

by Raverstead

The Korean based company Thinkware, better known under its iNavi brand, has released the iNavi X1 navigation display solution that includes a full 3D map enabling an advanced navigation system. The system was shown …

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JCDecaux Plans Wave-Like Billboard

by Raverstead

A new billboard is being designed for JCDecaux by designer Zaha Hadid, and is to be installed on the south side of West Cromwell Road in London. The sign will use a digital screen, …

Roku Lead Narrows, Apple TV Loses to Chromecast

by Raverstead

Sales of Google’s Chromecast streaming media stick surpassed the Apple TV in Q1-Q3’14 – although Roku devices still lead. Chromecast sales were not counted in 2013, but were comfortably ahead of the ageing Apple …

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Metz Named as Quality Brand of 2014

by Raverstead

Metz has been named as ‘Quality TV Brand of 2014’ by Testberichte.de, in Germany. The company’s TVs consistently scored above-average in tests, leading to the award – for the third time in three years. …

TCCM Takes BenQ to CEE

by Raverstead

BenQ smartphones are now being distributed across the Central & Eastern Europe region by TCCM.