Vol 23 – Issue 15 – Display Daily

Lasers Light Up CinemaCon

by Tom Allen

CinemaCon is a relatively new show in the industry, with its first iteration taking place in 2011. As well as showing off new cinema technologies and products – The Hobbit in HFR was previewed …

Great Video & IP Battles

by Bob Raikes

We have plenty of news for you this week. We’ve included the items from last week’s Cinemacon and we are publishing our NAB stories as we go along on the website. We’ll have the …

LeEco Provides Resolution Choice

by Tom Allen

China’s LeTV rebranded itself as LeEco earlier this year, marking a change in focus for the firm to both the environment and its ecosystem. Four new products have been revealed at an event in …

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Qualcomm Result 21/04/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Qualcomm reported Q2 net profit of $1.1 billion, up 10% YoY from $1.0 billion. Turnover was $5.5 billion, down 20% YoY from $6.9 billion. For the six month period, net profit was $2.6 billion, …

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LG Launches Made-in-India Phones

by Tom Allen

LG has launched two smartphones in India, which are the first of its handsets to be made in the country. The K7 and K10 are both 4G units, costing INR9,500 ($140) and INR13,500 ($200), …

Samsung and Roku are First Comcast Xfinity Partners

by Tom Allen

Samsung and Roku have signed up to Comcast’s new Xfinity TV Partner Programme, which expands the range of devices that customers can use to access their Xfinity TV service. Samsung’s and Roku’s partnership means …

AOL Ups VR Commitment

by Tom Allen

AOL has announced plans to acquire RYOT, a VR content studio based in Los Angeles. The Huffington Post, owned by AOL, will use RYOT’s experience to deliver 360° and VR content.

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 15

LeEco Beats Apple…But Why?

by Tom Allen

China’s LeTV rebranded itself as LeEco earlier this year, marking a change in focus for the firm to both the environment and its ecosystem. Four new products have been revealed at an event in …

Pyramid Conquers Frankfurt Airport

by Tom Allen

Fraport AG, the operator of Frankfurt Airport in Germany, has installed multiple interactive airport desks based on Pyramid’s Polytouch product. The desks deliver real-time flight information and directions. Currently the desks, each using a …

Waves + Realsense = Positional Headphone Audio

by Tom Allen

Audio brand Waves is using Intel’s Realsense technology to enable positional audio – with headphones. The Waves Nx product runs on PCs, laptops and other devices and is said to bring the same quality …

Semtech Chosen for Broadcast Encoder

by Tom Allen

DS Broadcast is using Semtech’s portfolio of 12G-SDI solutions in its BGE9000 UltraHD TV broadcast encoder. The encoder is currently being used in UltraHD broadcast trials in South Korea.

Vaio Out – Deal Wavering for Fujitsu/Toshiba

by Tom Allen

Vaio has left the talks revolving around a merger of its PC unit with that of Fujitsu and Toshiba (New Toshiba Plan May Include PC Sale), according to sources speaking to the Wall Street …