Vol 24 – Issue 09 – Page 6

Ukraine sees Subscriber Growth in DTH and IPTV

by Alan Spencer

According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the number of satellite TV subscribers at the beginning of 2017 was 470,800, which was a five-fold increase on the 1st April 2016 figure of 90,400. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Ukraine| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Nintendo Switch Goes Global & Hits Complaints about Dead Pixels

by Bob Raikes

Nintendo has launched the Switch console (Nintendo Switch will launch on March 3 for $300 / €300) globally with US pricing at $299. However, the company has hit some complaints about dead pixels on …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Nintendo| Nintendo Consoles| Vol 24 - Issue 09

New Panasonic TV Interface Gets Good Reviews

by Bob Raikes

More information is coming out about the Panasonic 2017 platform for its smart TVs, which is based on Firefox, although Mozilla has abandoned development of the OS. (Mozilla Stops Firefox OS Development). Panasonic is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Foxconn Intends to Buy the Toshiba Memory Chip Unit

by Alan Spencer

The Foxconn Technology Group has announced its plans to buy Toshiba’s loss-making chip business. The chairman of Foxconn, Terry Gou, made this announcement during a factory event in Guangzhou, China as reported in the …

New iPhone to have Redesigned Fingerprint ID Solution

by Alan Spencer

According to supply chain reports, the inclusion of an OLED screen and the removal of the home button are just two of the changes planned by Apple for the iPhone 8. Another big change …

Tags:Apple| Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Largan Precision Sees Revenues up on Year

by Alan Spencer

Largan Precision, a manufacturer of smartphone lens modules, reported February revenues of $112 million, down 9.22% on month, mainly due to fewer working days in the month, but up 69.46% on year. In the …

Tags:Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Layer3 TV to Offer Live and On-Demand 4K Ultra HD Content

by Alan Spencer

The US-based cable TV provider, Layer3 TV, is starting to provide a selection of live and on-demand 4K ultraHD content to subscribers. One of the first offerings will be the BBC documentary, six-part nature …

O2 Czech Republic Launched HbbTV with SMS Payment App

by Alan Spencer

O2 Czech Republic has announced the launch of its HbbTV platform, which comes with an integrated SMS payment app, which was developed by Mautilus. This is claimed to be the first service in Europe …

Tags:Czech Republic| HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Argentina’s La Nación to Launch LN+ OTT TV

by Alan Spencer

La Nación, that publishes a daily newspaper in Argentina, is to launch an integrated digital and broadcast OTT TV service named LN+ to 42 million Argentines. Lemonwhale will be delivering the online web TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Latin America (Latam)| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 09

ECR 2017 Round-Up

by Bob Raikes

Last year we reported on the MedTab, the first DICOM-compatible tablet that is certified for diagnostics (IIS Looks for OEMs for Dicom Tablet). The company told us that it remains the only DICOM tablet …

Tags:Dicom Medical Calibration| ECR 2017| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Jusha Has Unusual 1MP Monitor

by Bob Raikes

Jusha of China had the biggest booth of the Chinese brands, again, and showed us its new C62 monitor that will replace the C61 monitor which is 30″ 6 megapixel monitor. The IPS panel …

Totoku to Shift to JVC Name

by Bob Raikes

Totoku was taken over by JVC a couple of years ago (the companies each had a significant presence in the broadcast monitor market). However, later this year the medical business will adopt the JVC …