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Ströer Gets Green Light to Acquire UAM Media Group

by Andrew Fenn

Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, otherwise known as Bundeskartellamt, has authorised Ströer’s takeover of the creator of Edgar Freecards, UAM Media Group, which claims to be the country’s largest ambient media provider. Bundeskartellamt, which regulates …

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Gaming Notebook Shipments to Reach 5.5 Million in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Global shipments of gaming notebooks are expected to reach 5.5 million units in 2017, according to a recent report by Digitimes. Though Digitimes doesn’t quote a source for its data, the report goes on …

First Shipment of iPhone X Leaves Foxconn Factories

by Andrew Fenn

Foxconn is reported to have begun shipping the iPhone X. Chinese publication Xinhuanet.com reported that the first batch of 46,500 units is now en route to the Netherlands and United Arab Emirates. However, another …

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Huawei Mate 10 Uses LCD, Mate 10 Pro uses OLED

by Bob Raikes

Huawei showed the Kirin 970 processor at the recent IFA show (IFA 2017: Huawei unveils Kirin 970) and has now released its first phones based on the chip, the Mate 10 and Mate 10 …

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Volfoni Announce 3D Partnership With FLiK Cinemas

by Andrew Fenn

European 3D technology provider Volfoni has announced a partnership with FLiK Cinemas and Destiny Seating to provide its technology for FLiK’s Platinum-class cinema multiplexes across Qatar and the Middle East. Volfoni will provide FLiK …

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NHK to Launch “World First” 8K Channel Next Year

by Andrew Fenn

Advanced Television reports that NHK executives announced to attendees at this week’s Mipcom UHD trade show in Cannes that it is currently producing a variety of 8K content, as well as making further investments …

Eutelsat Says UHD TV is Enjoying Stable Growth

by Andrew Fenn

Speaking at the MIPCOM UHD trade fair in Cannes, which opened on October 16th, Eutelsat’s Claudia Director of Global Market Research, Claudia Vaccarone, delivered a positive update on the continued growth of Ultra HD …

Netflix Adds an Extra 5.3 Million Subscribers in Q3 2017

by Alan Spencer

Netflix added an extra 5.3 million subscribers worldwide in the third quarter, which is an increase of 49%, when compared to the same quarter last year. The increase is believed to be due to …

Insight TV Coming to Amazon Channels and Samsung TV Plus

by Andrew Fenn

More news coming out of this week’s MIPCOM UHD trade fair in Cannes. Insight TV has announced two new distribution deals, with its range of Ultra HD and HDR content heading to both Amazon …

Metrological and ActiveVideo Team Up on Cloud-Based OTT Solution

by Andrew Fenn

App development platform provider Metrological and the creator of CloudTV, ActiveVideo, are teaming up to provide an innovative OTT solution for Pay TV providers around the world. The new solution will allow providers to …

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Midwich Technology Exposed Event 2017

by Bob Raikes

Each year, Midwich of the UK, which is the most important UK A/V distributor, holds an event, Technology Exposed, for its resellers and end users to attend that is supported by many of its …

DS01 Summary of the Advanced Displays Session at Display Summit 2017

by Chris Chinnock

The morning of the first day of Display Summit 2017 was devoted to describing advanced displays. Thomas Burnett from FoVI 3D started out by describing its light field display system based upon integral imaging …