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SVOD Income Five Times Higher by 2021 in MEA

by Yvette Raikes

At the end of this year, SVOD subscribers in the Middle East and Africa will number 3.7 million, according to Digital TV Research. But this figure is forecast to rise to 20 million by …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 39

NHK Bonds Channels to Put Super Hi-Vision over Cable

by Bob Raikes

At the Ceatec show, Japanese broadcaster, NHK, said that has developed a set top box (STB) that allows the display of UltraHD or 8K signals by exploiting and bonding multiple cable channels to give …

Automotive HUD to Incorporate AR Features Soon

by Norbert Hildebrand

At the 2016 WardsAuto User Experience Conference, held on October 4 in Novi, MI, USA, Visteon, Continental and Bosch discussed their plans for the future development of head up display (HUD) systems for the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Irystec Aims to Optimise Displays to People

by Bob Raikes

I’m fond of saying that ‘A display without a person has no purpose’. However, I can get through quite a lot of time at display technology events without anyone talking about perception or vision. …

Tags:Automotive| Human Visual System (HVS)| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Survey on VR Shows Disconnect

by Bob Raikes

Reportlinker.com has conducted a survey among consumers in the US on VR and suggests that there is a disconnect between the views of consumers and the enthusiasm of VR marketeers. Half of respondents were …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Dell Still Keen on Channel in Europe

by Bob Raikes

Michael Dell has told resellers at the Channels Forum run by Canalys in Barcelona that the level of indirect business that Dell does in Europe is “up to you”, and he said that his …

Lenovo Rejects Windows Phone Option

by Bob Raikes

At the Canalys Channels Forum event in Barcelona, Gianfranco Lanci of Lenovo has ruled out the possibility that Lenovo would ever make a Windows OS smartphone. Lanci, who is great to listen to as …

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Sky Partners with English National Ballet

by Yvette Raikes

Sky has launched a new VR app and has said that it will develop content itself and with partners. One of the first will be Sky Sports: Closer featuring David Beckham. The English National …

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UBI Forecasts Flexible OLED to reach $40 billion

by Bob Raikes

A forecast from UBI Research in Korea, quoted by olednet.com, suggests that by 2020, the flexible OLED market will be worth $40 billion by 2020, effectively a 70% compound growth and reaching over $20 …

Tags:AMOLED| Flexible Displays| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Microsoft Ceases Sales of Band 2

by Yvette Raikes

Having sold all of its inventory, Microsoft has stopped selling its Band 2 fitness wearable, and it will not be producing any more. The company says that it has no plans to release another …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 39| Wearables

LG Smart TVs Have Payment Options

by Yvette Raikes

LG is working with Paymentwall, so that developers for LG webOS smart TVs can create apps which will support over 140 payment methods in more than 200 countries. This will allow consumers to conduct …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Payment Systems| Smart TV| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Netflix May be Bought by Disney

by Yvette Raikes

The Walt Disney company is rumoured to be planning to acquire Netflix, the online streaming service. This makes sense to analysts as Disney produces a great deal of video and this would be a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 23 - Issue 39