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Universal Electronics Sees Lower Q3 Profits

by Yvette Raikes

Universal Electronics Inc. saw Q3 net profits of $1.7 million, down from $7.8 million a year earlier, on revenue which rose to $175.7 million from $169.32 million. For the nine months profits fell to …

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TiVo Corporation Sees Solid Progress

by Yvette Raikes

TiVo Corporation reported Q3 net losses of $17.0 million, compared with profits in the same quarter last time of $49.9 million, on turnover which rose 29% to $197.9 million from $153.1 million. For the …

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Apple Has Record Q4 Turnover

by Yvette Raikes

Apple announced Q4 net profits of $10.7 billion, up from $9.0 billion in the year-ago quarter, on record turnover of $52.6 billion, a rise of 12% from $46.9 billion. For the year there were …

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Google Patents MicroLED Glasses Concept

by Bob Raikes

Google applied for a patent relating to the use of MicroLEDs in AR glasses in March 2016, and that has now been awarded according to the Patently Mobile blog. The concept puts the image …

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Also Expands German Portfolio with Philips Professional Displays

by Andrew Fenn

Distribution firm Also is now authorised to distribute Philips professional displays to the hospitality market in Germany. Philips launched its U-Line 84″ Edge LED Backlit display, targeted at the hospitality market, earlier this year. …

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Apple Acknowledges Potential OLED Burn-In on iPhone X

by Andrew Fenn

Apple has addressed the recent controversy surrounding burn-in and image retention in OLED smartphone screens. The Google Pixel 2 XL’s LG P-OLED screen recently came under fire when users reported the issue, which causes …

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Newly Renovated Piccadilly Lights Switched On

by Andrew Fenn

Nine months after Piccadilly Circus’ famous lights went dark for only the fourth time since the illuminated display was built in 1908, Piccadilly’s brand new curved LED advertising display, claimed to be the largest …

IDC: Tablet Market Declines 5.4% in Third Quarter

by Andrew Fenn

The third quarter of 2017 closed with 40 million tablets shipped globally, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation. Growing demand for smartphones combined with the lengthening replacement cycle of tablets and …

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IDC: Smartphone Top Five Now Occupy Over 75% of the China Market

by Andrew Fenn

While the smartphone market in China saw a flat -1% year-over-year growth in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, the share of the top five smartphone companies grew from 65.2% …

No Such Thing as a Perfect Product

by Bob Raikes

This week, we have a report in LDM on the SMPTE conference in Hollywood from Chris and another report in MDM on the VR event in New York. There’s lots of other news as …

DTG Releases D-Book 10

by Andrew Fenn

DTG has released D-Book 10, the latest edition of the oranisation’s guide to interoperability in digital terrestrial television. D-Book has been updated regularly since its debut in 1996. In an official press release, Peter …

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Arris Predicts Brighter Future

by Yvette Raikes

Entertainment and communications technology company Arris International saw Q3 net profits rise to $86.8 million from $45.7 million, on sales of $1.73 billion, up 0.2% from a year earlier. For the nine months there …

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