Vol 23 – Issue 26 – Page 4

IT Market Growth Shrinks

by Tom Allen

The European IT Observatory (EITO) has published a report on the growth of the European ICT market. Following strong (3% YoY) growth in 2015, EITO expects a slowdown in 2016. Revenues are projected to …

ICDM Schedules HDR Meeting

by Tom Allen

The SID’s International Committee on Display Metrology (ICDM) has arranged a three-day meeting at Samsung Electronic’s San Jose facility, from the 28th – 30th September. The meeting will focus heavily on HDR display metrology …

HTC Closes in on 80,000 Units

by Tom Allen

SteamSpy, Valve’s data collection service which collects data from every Steam user, has been used to estimate the HTC Vive’s user base. Each Vive is supplied with a game called Job Simulator, which provides …

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Wuaki Experiences Fast Growth

by Tom Allen

SVoD service Wuaki.tv has added 500,000 subscribers in Spain during the first six months of the year – taking its customer base to 2.5 million. It is the highest increase for Wuaki since it …

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Pay TV Rises Slowly in Spain

by Tom Allen

Almost 27% of Spanish homes subscribed to a pay TV service at the end of 2015, said regulator CNMC. This is up from 21.2% at end-2014. However, 70.8% of viewers said that they were …

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Leader Will Attend Tech Retreat

by Tom Allen

Leader Europe will be at the HPA Tech Retreat on the 13th-14th July. The company will demonstrate its LV5490 waveform monitor and HDR suite of production and test tools at the event, in Oxfordshire. …

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Scala Promotes Harry Horn

by Tom Allen

Scala has appointed Harry Horn as VP and general manager of the EMEA region. Horn, who joined Scala in 2010, will oversee the sales, marketing, finance, services and support and daily activity of Scala’s …

The Clubhouse Chooses Multitaction

by Tom Allen

The Clubhouse is a new business venue that has recently opened in London, with a Multitaction iWall. The 3×3 interactive wall can be used to review and manipulate data.

Android Handsets Coming From Blackberry

by Tom Allen

Blackberry is set to launch three new Android smartphones to join the existing Blackberry Priv, says VentureBeat. First is the Neon: a 5.2″ midrange model with an aluminium frame, Snapdragon 617 SoC, 3GB of …

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LG Moves Polish Production

by Tom Allen

The Korea Herald claims that LG is seeking to relocate its production base in Europe. The firm, it is claimed, will move its TV manufacturing facilities in Mlawa, Poland to Wroclaw. These two facilities …

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HDR Acquisition is a Hot Button Topic

by Tom Allen

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has published an article on HDR capture, which is becoming increasingly important as demand for the format grows. The capture challenge is compounded by the …

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Eyevis and DB Bring TOLED Rental to UK

by Tom Allen

Eyevis and DB Systems have signed a deal to bring transparent OLED displays to the UK for rental or fixed installations. DB Systems is a rental specialist, which chose the TOLED displays based on …