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CMA Clears BT’s EE Acquisition

by Tom Allen

BT’s takeover of UK mobile operator EE has been cleared by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. The watchdog judged that the move, worth £12.5 billion ($19.1 billion), would not cause ‘significant harm’ to …

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Envivio Becomes Ericsson Subsidiary

by Tom Allen

Ericsson has completed its acquisition of video encoder specialist Envivio (Ericsson to Acquire Envivio). The transaction was completed through the merger of Ericsson’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Cindy Acquisition Corporation, with Envivio. Envivio will now act …

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Home Retail Group Result 30/10/15

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Home Retail Group, owner of the Argos and Homebase brands, reported its half-yearly financial result indicating an increase in earnings per share of 13% to 3.4p (5.19¢). Benchmark profit increased 10% to £34.1 million …

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UDC Expands in Korea

by Tom Allen

Universal Display Corporation subsidiary, UDC Korea, has opened its new headquarters in Pangyo Technology Valley. The facility will be used as the central point for UDC’s operations in South Korea. At the same time, …

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UBI Predicts OLED Panel Costs to Fall Below LCD

by Tom Allen

UBI Research estimates that a 55″ solution-processed OLED panel would be about 43% cheaper to produce than a WRGB type (based on OLED panel prices and yield from Q2’15, when prices were slightly higher …

Philips Result 26/10/15

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Philips reported a net profit for Q3 2015 of €324 million, compared to a net loss of €103 million YoY. Turnover was up to €5.8 billion ($6.5 billion) YoY, aided by strong sales in …

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Apple Result 28/10/15

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Apple reported its Q4 and fiscal 2015 full year results indicating a quarterly net profit of $11 billion, up 31% YoY from $8.5 billion. Q4 turnover increased 22% to $51.5 billion from $42.1 billion. …

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Fourth HbbTV Symposium Discusses v2.0

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Digital Television Group (DTG) and the HbbTV Association will hold the fourth annual European HbbTV Symposium on the 8th and 9th December, in London. The title for this year’s event is ‘HbbTV …

Europe Gains New UltraHD Sources

by Tom Allen

The availability of UltraHD content continues to rise in Europe. Eutelsat’s director of commercial development and marketing, Markus Fritz, told Broadband TV News that the company wants to expand its offering of high-resolution content. …

Corning Result 27/10/15

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Corning reported net profit of $212 million for Q3 2015, down 79% YoY. Turnover declined 5% to $2.2 billion from $2.5 billion YoY. For the 9 month period, net profit declined 25% YoY to …

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Motorola Confident in ‘Shatterproof’ Display

by Tom Allen

The stand-out feature of Motorola’s new Droid phone – the brand name for phones produced with Verizon – is its ‘shatterproof’ display. The company is so confident that the display cannot be damaged, in …

VESA Refines eDP and Lowers BoM

by Tom Allen

VESA has published the next version of the Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) standard: V1.4b. This takes eDP 1.4 to production-ready status. The new version features several key protocol refinements and clarifications, resulting from VESA member …

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