Vol 23 – Issue 26 – Page 6

EBU: European SVoD Will Reach 50 Million

by Tom Allen

Netflix is the EU’s SVoD market leader, with a 52% shareData from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) shows that SVoD subscribers in the region rose 56% between 2014 and 2015. The organisation expects subscriptions …

Swisscom Uses Cisco

by Tom Allen

Swisscom is using Cisco’s UltraHD live encoding solution to run its new UltraHD TV service, which was launched on the 14th April. Swisscom wanted to focus on picture quality and stability.

NEC and Metra Focus on Government

by Tom Allen

NEC has signed a distribution agreement with Metra Group in Egypt. Metra will distribute NEC’s display products, and will focus on adding new government and public sector customers.

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ASE and SPIL (Finally) Agree Merger

by Tom Allen

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) have formally agreed to merge their businesses. An agreement was reached on the 26th May and announced on the 30th June. The merger is expected …

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Nvidia Brings HDR to Shield

by Tom Allen

Nvidia has released a firmware update for its Shield set-top box, which adds HDR support for Netflix video. YouTube videos can be viewed in UltraHD at 60fps, and Vudu UltraHD is also supported. In …

Shifts in the Display Technology Landscape

by Norbert Hildebrand

The last few decades can be easily labeled as the Display Decades (DD). With the rise of LCD, PDP, OLED, LED, DLP, Laser, EPD and other technologies, we have now a wide array displays …

BlackBerry Result 23/06/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Blackberry reported Q1 2016 net loss of $670 million, compared to a net profit of $68 million in the previous year. Turnover was $400 million, down 40% YoY from $658 million. An overall dismal …

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Education Market Perspectives: InfoComm 2016

by Len Scrogan

I’ve been an educational technology director for 25 years, with a significant track record in large educational technology and AV purchases. I just returned from walking every aisle of InfoComm 2016, searching for promising …

Jabil Result 15/06/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Jabil Circuit reported Q3 net profit of $5.2 million, down 93% YoY from $72 million. Turnover was $4.3 billion, down 2% YoY. For the nine month period, net profit was $216 million, up 9% …

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HDMI Forum Clarifies v2.0b

by Tom Allen

The HDMI Forum quietly released an update to the HDMI 2.0 standard – HDMI 2.0b – earlier this year, although we did not cover it at the time. HDMI 2.0a (HDR Formats Come to …

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