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Canal+ to Fall Below 4 Million

by Tom Allen

Vincent Bolloré (CEO of Vivendi) and Maxime Saada (MD of Canal+) have predicted that Canal+’s French subscribers will fall below 4 million this year. The two were speaking to the French Senate’s Culture Committee …

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Matrox Scoops Best of Show at Infocomm

by Tom Allen

Matrox is celebrating winning four ‘Best of Show’ awards at Infocomm 2016. The company’s Mura IPS 4k IP decode and display multiviewer cards; Maevex 6100 encoders; C900 graphics cards; and Monarch LCS lecture capture …

Litemax Shows Square 4k at First UK Conference

by Tom Allen

Litemax Electronics will hold its first UK channel conference in the 16th September, with local partner Display Solutions. At the event – in the North Oxford Lawn Tennis Club, Oxford – Litemax will show …

Gou: Sharp Will Produce OLEDs in 2017

by Tom Allen

Credit: NikkeiThe Nikkei has said that Sharp will begin to ship OLED panels next year. Foxconn chairman Terry Gou made the statements at the annual shareholder briefing.

New B&O TVs Uncovered in Documents

by Tom Allen

Danish website Recordere.dk has uncovered references to new TVs from Bang & Olufsen, after the company invited members of the press to an event at IFA on the 31st August. Customs documents, FCC filings …

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Samsung Leads Signage Displays

by Tom Allen

Invidis has announced the winners of the Digital Signage Awards, presented at the Digital Signage Summit in Munich. The awards are presented to companies in five categories, for their performance in the DACH market …

Samsung Turns to Profits Over Growth

by Tom Allen

A source speaking to the Korea Times has said that Samsung is planning to change its mobile strategy. The shift comes amidst a falling smartphone market and low profits. An unnamed executive at Samsung …

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Japanese Pension Fund Sues Toshiba

by Tom Allen

Japan’s public pension fund – the largest in the world, at $1.3 trillion – is suing Toshiba for almost $10 million in damages. The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) brought the action against Toshiba …

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Pay-TV Grows in Portugal

by Tom Allen

According to Portugese regulator Anacom, 28,000 new subscribers signed up to pay-TV services in Q1’16 compared to Q4’15. The total number of subscribers was more than 3.5 million – up 150,000 (4.4%) on Q1’15. …

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Rumour: Nanoco Has New TV Customers

by Tom Allen

We have been told that Nanoco’s cadmium-free quantum dots have been adopted for use in LCD TVs from Chinese and Taiwanese makers. The sets are expected to arrive in the second half of this …

Horizon Boosts 3D Brightness

by Tom Allen

Masterimage 3D specialises in 3D display technology, and its most recent advancement is the Horizon: a new and very efficient passive 3D polariser. It was launched several months ago. Light efficiency in the Horizon …

CineEurope Roundup

by Tom Allen

During an informal meeting, Korea’s CJ Group said that its 4DX technology is spreading across Asia and Latin America. Take-up is now accelerating in mature markets such as Western Europe and the USA. The …