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EE TV launches ‘Watch with Twitter’

by Bob Raikes

In the UK, EE TV has partnered with Twitter to offer ‘Watch with Twitter’ features which allow viewers to see which TV programmes are currently trending. Other new features include a TV replay service …

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RTL Tests HbbTV in Croatia

by Bob Raikes

RTL has started testing HbbTV in Croatia in collaboration with OiV and Mautilus, an application developer based in the Czech Republic. After the tests, the companies will finalise the applications that will be implemented, …

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CTA Forecasts for Christmas and Beyond

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Dr. Shawn DuBravac, Chief Economist at the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), presented his forecasts for the Holiday selling season and beyond, through 2020 in some cases, at CES Unveiled in New York on November …

Bestseller Affinity Designer comes to Windows

by Bob Raikes

A popular programme on Macs, Affinity Designer, from UK company Serif Software, has now been made available on Windows. The publishers claim that Affinity is the best selling professional design and graphics app for …

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Ingram Micro and Aver to Work Together

by Isaac Oburu

Ingram Micro Distribution will be distributing Aver’s video conferencing solutions in Switzerland and Austria.

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Barco Surgical Displays Shown at Medica 2016

by Bob Raikes

Barco showed three new surgical displays at the Medica trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany. There is a 26″ Full HD (MDSC-2326) unit with 900 cd/m² of output and featuring a scratch-resistant optical glass cover …

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Eizo Results 16/11/2016

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Eizo Corp. announced its H1 FY16 results with its net sales at ¥39.5 bn ($375 mn) and net profit at ¥3.1 bn ($29.5 mn), leading to a net profit margin of 7.9%. The H1 …

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Acer Wins Awards for Monitor and Notebooks

by Yvette Raikes

Acer’s gaming monitor, the Predator Z301CT won CES’s first prize for innovation in the computer peripherals category. It also won two awards for its notebooks with the Swift 7 and Spin 7 both named.

Sony Pictures to Use Nokia’s OZO For VR

by Milos Pavlovic

Sony Pictures has done a deal to use Nokia’s Ozo camera to create VR content. The camera is a high end ($45,000) unit that uses 8 cameras, each with 2K x 2K resolution to …

Panel Makers Increase Fab Utilization Rate to 90% in Q4

by Bob Raikes

The overall utilization rate at fabrication plants (fabs) used for display panel production is expected to reach 90% in the Q4 of 2016, up 7 percentage points from the same period in the previous …

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UK Leads Online Buying Plans for Black Friday

by Bob Raikes

A survey of 3,400 respondents around the world in the US, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Australia and Japan showed overall that 16.5% of respondents expect to buy products online on Black Friday, …

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EIZO Releases 6 Mpixel RadiForce RX660 Monitor

by Bob Raikes

Eizo has announced the RadiForce RX660 30″ colour monitor for radiology and other medical applications. The 6 megapixel display is available with an anti-glare or anti-reflective coating and uses a 3280 x 2048 IPS …

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