Vol 23 – Issue 12 – Page 3

Ingram Micro Calls Lumigon

by Isaac Oburu

Ingram Micro has begun to distribute smartphones from Danish vendor Lumigon in the Netherlands.

Sony to Launch UHD-HDR Streaming Service

by Isaac Oburu

Following its first announcement at CES 2016, Sony’s new “Ultra” movie streaming service will be launched on the 4th April. The movie service will launch on Sony’s 2015 and 2016 Android TVs in the …

AOC Shows Gaming Prowess at PCR Boot Camp

by Tom Allen

AOC will take part in the annual PCR Boot Camp, which will be held at the Emirates Stadium, London on the 18th May. The firm will show off four of its newest monitors: the …

Skyworth Rolls Out Seraphic

by Tom Allen

Skyworth has deployed the Blink-based Sraf TV Browser, by Seraphic, to its connected TVs in Europe. The browser supports over 1,000 apps and has been ported to a variety of TV SoCs, including those …

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Procurement Controversy Swells at SXSWedu

by Len Scrogan

News flash! Scandal! Bombshell drops! Vendor conspiracy revealed! One of the themes emerging from the recent SXSWedu conference—evidenced in two sold out sessions—involved rethinking procurement practices in education. In one particular session entitled “Begging …

Will Apple’s Night Shift Help You to Doze Off?

by Bob Raikes

Some six weeks ago, I wrote an article for Display Daily (Are LED Backlights Dangerous?) about the issues of the impact of blue light, especially from LED light sources, on the health of users. …

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Lilliput Splits Screen

by Tom Allen

China’s Lilliput is now producing an UltraHD carry-on monitor, the 15.6″ BM150-4K – smaller than its existing 28″ and 23″ products in the same series. Four-way split screen is supported, using any of the …

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More Satellite UHD Expected Over Next Decade

by Isaac Oburu

NSR’s ‘UltraHD via Satellite, 3rd Edition’ report points to 2016 as a year for the roll out of UltraHD via satellite. The report forecasts more than 785 UltraHD channels by 2025. Satellite capacity required …

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Nanotech Brings UHD VoD to TVs, Media Players and Mobile

by Tom Allen

Nanotech Entertainment has said that its UltraFlix UltraHD and HD VoD service will be available pre-installed on its partners’ TVs and streaming media players. The app will also be available on modern (three years …

Sidev, Alabama Média and Audica to Make Absen Stronger

by Isaac Oburu

In a move to increase its foothold in Europe, Absen struck deals shortly after ISE 2016, signing Sidev, Alabama Média and Audica in three distribution deals covering its LED products in France and Finland.

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Klassen Moves From Blackberry to Christie

by Tom Allen

Gary Klassen, the inventor of Blackberry Messenger, has joined Christie Canada as the director of solutions software. He will focus on growing a development team to expand Christie’s software capabilities, and will be based …

LCD Panels Fall in Q1’16

by Tom Allen

IHS has released its PriceWise data, which contains predictions of LCD panel prices in March. TV panels The earthquake in Taiwan (Earthquake Rocks Taiwan Production Base) this February, as well as low production yields …