Vol 22 – Issue 42 – Page 2

Panasonic Uses the Lights

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic had two booths at the show, one devoted to mobile phones and the other to A/V solutions. We stopped by the mobile phone booth first. The mobile phones for Panasonic are now developed …

Gitex Round Up

by Bob Raikes

We talked with Absen in detail at IBC, so there wasn’t much news for us at Infocomm. However, we hadn’t appreciated that 80% of the company’s sales are outside China. The company has been …

Gitex & Infocomm Together for the Last Time

by Bob Raikes

Gitex 2015 is the major IT and technology show in the Middle East and Africa region and takes place each year in Dubai, in the UAE, a great location in terms of airline routes …

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Cedia Comes to Dallas

by Bob Raikes

Cedia is a trade association that supports companies in the the high end home A/V market – the “installation” segment for A/V, lighting and home cinema. The organisation holds an event in the US …

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LFDs and Mobiles

by Bob Raikes

Phew… Another busy week for the team. Chris was writing up Cedia, Tom was at a Lang event in Germany and I was in Dubai for Gitex, so there has been a lot of …

Printed Electronics Event to Cover Wide Range of Topics

by Phillip Wright

The Printed Electronics Conference USA2015 (PE2015) which is billed as “The World’s Largest Conference and Exhibition on Printed, Organic and Flexible Electronics will be held November 18-19, 2015 in Santa Clara, CA. I have …

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TRT to Bring UHD Football to Turkey

by Bob Raikes

The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) will transmit a football match between Fenerbahçe of Istanbul and Ajax of Amsterdam in the UEFA Europa League competition. Samsung and Mediapro have been involved in the …

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Pace Shareholders OK Arris Deal

by Bob Raikes

Arris said that Pace’s shareholders have approved the proposed merger between the two companies. There is still a possibility that anti-trust issues might delay or put conditions on the merger.

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Netflix Free from Vodafone in Spain

by Bob Raikes

Netflix launched its service in Italy, Spain and Portugal this week as expected, with Vodafone in each country announcing that it has integrated Netflix into its system. In Spain, the service will be supplied …

LG Display Result 22/10/2015

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

LG Display reported decline in the net profit for Q3 2015 by 44% YoY to KR₩ 198 billion ($174 million) from KR₩ 354 billion ($311 million). On a QoQ basis, the net profit fell …

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Kramer Recognised by Forbes

by Bob Raikes

Kramer said that it is been recognised by Forbes magazine as one of “5 top technologies” people should integrate into their businesses. The firm’s Via software is designed to allow support of BYOD and …

Vestel Uses Quantenna for Wi-Fi

by Bob Raikes

Quantenna of the UK said that it has done a deal with Vestel for the Turkish TV maker to include Quantenna’s QSR1000 chipset to support 802.11ac Wi-Fi in some sets in 32″, 40″ and …

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