Vol 24 – Issue 09 – Page 5

Demand Growing For Large LCD TV Panels

by Alan Spencer

According to Sigmaintell Consulting, during January, 19.63 million LCD TV panels were shipped globally which was a fall of 8.4% on month and 1.3% on year. Shipments of 32″ LCD TV panels fell 18.6% …

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HTC February Result 07/03/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

HTC reported its February monthly revenue at NT$4.6 billion ($147 million), which indicated a marginal 0.09% growth over the previous month and a substantial 11.2% growth on an yearly basis. The sales are expected …

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AUO Result 07/03/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

AU Optronics Corp. announced Feb. 2017 monthly unaudited revenue at NT$29.1 billion ($931 million), which indicated an increase of 2.7% on monthly basis and a significant 41.6% jump on an yearly basis. Shipments of …

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Netflix Use Overtakes DVR Use In US Households

by Alan Spencer

Leichtman Research Group surveyed 1,211 US households and found that 82% have a DVR, get Netflix, or use VOD from a cable or telco provider. They also found that 30% of households used two …

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Asia Pacific Region to See Impressive pay-TV Growth

by Alan Spencer

According to Digital TV Research, the Asia Pacific pay-TV sector is vibrant compared to most of the rest of the world in terms of subscribers, revenues and growth. In is forecast that by 2022, …

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Fraunhofer and Von Ardenne GmbH Announce Coating Tool for Flexible Glass

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Fraunhofer Institute together with the Von Ardenne GmbH announced their successful development of the FOSA LabX 330 Glass coater. The tool is capable to coat flexible glass in a roll to roll process. …

AirTV to Bring Cord Cutters Back to the Future

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, satellite TV provider Dish Network has partnered up with Sling over the top internet delivery service and is now offering a third source of content, a Channel Master – …

Qualcomm Debuts Snapdragon 835 VR Developer Kit Headset

by Arthur Berman

Qualcomm debuted the company’s Snapdragon 835 VR Developer Kit (VRDK) headset at the recent GDC 2017 (Game Developers Conference). The headset is not a consumer device. Rather, the VRDK is primarily intended to serve …

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Fitbit Claims Alta HR is the World’s Slimmest Fitness Wristband with Continuous Heart Rate

by Bob Raikes

Fitbit has a new fitness tracker, the Fitbit Alta HR that is claimed to be the slimmest wrist-based continuous heart tracker with battery life of seven days. The tracker offers standard fitness functions such …

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Hisense to Establish American Internet-TV Operation Centre

by Bob Raikes

Hisense said that it has nearly 25 million users of its Internet TV services (21.11 million in China) and plans to build an operation centre in the US to help boost coverage from 2.6 …

Smart TV Owners’ Claim Against Vizio Can Proceed

by Alan Spencer

A California federal judge has determined that the smart TV owners that accused Vizio of collecting and sharing their viewing habit data without consent, can now move forward with their claim. This is the …

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How Many Apple Engineers Working on AR?

by Milos Pavlovic

A UBS analyst has said that Apple may have over 1,000 engineers working on augmented reality in Israel which is leading to speculation that technology like Google’s Tango real-world detection may be in the …

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