Vol 23 – Issue 07 – Page 4

Japan Focusing on UltraHD Channels

by Isaac Oburu

Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications has announced that the country is likely to have between 19 and 22 UltraHD channels on air by 2018. The ministry adds that they are already testing …

Asustek Forecasts Flat Shipments

by Tom Allen

Asus CEO Jerry Shen has said that the company’s Q1’16 revenues are expected to drop 16% QoQ, although they should be flat YoY. Operating margins will remain steady at around 4.5%. Challenges are expected …

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NextVR Partners with Fox

by Isaac Oburu

NextVR has announced that it will begin a five-year partnership with Fox Sports, offering fans live VR coverage of US sporting events. Fox Sports’ Daytona 500 VR broadcast will be available free through the …

Alltron to Distribute ZTE Smartphones

by Isaac Oburu

Alltron will start distributing ZTE smartphones in Switzerland, followng a distribution deal it entered with ZTE. Alltron will initially stock the Blade series.

Samsung to Invest in Large OLED

by Isaac Oburu

In recent weeks, Samsung Display confirmed that it was developing large-sized OLED panels (Samsung “Will Proceed” With Large OLEDs). Reports from the Korea Display Industry Association indicate that Samsung is discussing a large investment …

Hybrimer Will Protect Project Valley

by Tom Allen

Transistors formed on Hybrimer. Source: KAIST.KIPost, a Korean news source, says that Samsung will introduce a foldable smartphone at the end of this year. Samsung has apparently been working with Solip Technology, a spin-off …

Detachables Sustain European Tablet Market

by Tom Allen

More than 14 million tablets were shipped to Western Europe in Q4’15: a 10.1% decline YoY, says IDC. In value terms, however, the decline was only 1.8% thanks to the rising penetration of detachable …

Apple Faces First-Ever iPhone Fall

by Tom Allen

Global smartphone sales reached 403 million units in Q4’15, says Gartner: a 9.7% rise YoY. However, this was the slowest Q4 growth rate since 2008. Smartphone sales rose 14.4% YoY, to 1.4 billion units, …

Coretronic Transformation Fails to Save Shipments

by Tom Allen

Company chair Chang Wei-yi has said that Coretronic is in the midst of a transition from a backlight unit maker to a display solutions provider. The switch is mainly being undertaken to raise production …

DISH Network Experienced a Rocky 2015

by Isaac Oburu

In 2015, Dish activated about 3 million new Pay-TV subscribers, compared to 2.6 million in 2014. Net subscribers were down around 81,000 in 2015, compared to a loss of approximately 79,000 in 2014. Dish …

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Skylights Pioneering In-Flight VR

by Arthur Berman

Virtual reality start-up Skylights (Paris, France), a B2B hardware and service provider to airlines, plans to provide in-flight 2D and 3D movies by way of the company’s so-called SkyTheater VR Headset. The current activity …

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Real-Time Video over IP Technology Develops

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On February 10th I attended a half-day Technology Symposium hosted by Snell Advanced Media (SAM) in New York. The Symposium had five speakers, Neil Maycock and David Tasker from SAM (https://s-a-m.com/), Tom Ohanian from …