Vol 24 – Issue 44 – Page 5

Renesas Brings 3D To Entry Level Cars

by Bob Raikes

Renesas has announced the R-Car 3D chip which is designed to support 3D graphics in car dashboards at a system cost that is said to be at the same level as 2D. It is …

Apple Reported to Have Downsized its Micro-LED R&D Team in Taiwan

by Norbert Hildebrand

Since Apple bought Lux Vue, the interest in micro LED display technology has increased sharply. Recently several rumors around Apple’s involvement with the micro LED technology have been giving a good reason to reflect …

The Christopher Nolan Collection Released on UHD Blu-ray

by Andrew Fenn

Director Christopher Nolan has remastered seven of his films in Ultra HD and HDR, for a special Blu-ray box set. The Christopher Nolan Collection is released on UHD Blu-ray disc on December 19th, and …

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Osram Wins Third ISA Global SSL Showcase Award

by Andrew Fenn

Osram Lighting Solutions has received the International Solid State Lighting Alliance‘s Global SSL Showcase Top 100 Award, for the Zhuhai Grand Theater’s LED media facade. The win marks the third occasion that Osram has …

IHS: China and North America TV Shipments Fall Sharply in Q3 2017

by Andrew Fenn

The impact of higher LCD TV panel prices at the beginning of 2017 continued to weigh on retail demand for LCD TVs into the third quarter by way of slower retail price erosion, particularly …

Acer Digital Signage Range Enters Japan Market

by Andrew Fenn

Acer’s range of digital signage products has entered the Japanese market via software integration service provider SMedio, according to a report by Commercial Times. The article states that the company anticipates it will begin …

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Number of TV Channels Available in Italy Declines

by Andrew Fenn

According to data from Italy’s Confindustria Radio Televisioni (CRTV), 427 channels were available in the country as of the third quarter of 2017, a slight drop from the 431 available in the first quarter …

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CNMC: Over-the-Top Popularity Grows in Spain

by Andrew Fenn

The popularity of over-the-top (OTT) televsion services in Spain is increasing in popularity, according to data from The National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC). According to the CNMC’s report, Netflix’s subscriber count has …

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RSCrypto Now Supports Mstar chips

by Bob Raikes

RSCrypto of Chengdu, China, a maker of Conditional Access Security (CAS) said that it is now supporting SMI’s key derivation architecture on MStar K1, K5, K7 series chips. The company believes that key derivation …

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Lenovo P52S Has Quadro Graphics & “Side Dock”

by Bob Raikes

Lenovo has released some new tower workstations, the P520 and P520c, and a new mobile workstation, the P52s. There are three 15.6″ display options, with FullHD, FullHD Touch or UltraHD resolution. The system uses …

Berliner Philharmoniker App Comes to Samsung Smart TVs

by Andrew Fenn

Berliner Philharmoniker, named in many polls as the world’s best orchestra, is bringing its Digital Concert Hall app to Samsung’s 2015, 2016 and 2017 Smart TVs. According to the press release, the updated version …

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DTG and Deutsche TV Plattform Announce Next Plugfest

by Andrew Fenn

DTG and Deutsche TV Plattform have announced the dates for their seventh joint Plugfest, which will take place at the 3IT Innovation Center for Immersive Imaging Technologies in Berlin from December 5th to the …