Vol 24 - Issue 46

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First European IMAX VR Experience Centre Opens in the UK

by Andrew Fenn

IMax has launched its fifth VR Experience Centre at the Trafford Centre in Manchester, United Kingdom, the first of its kind in Europe. The centre operates in a similar fashion to other global IMax …

Tags:AR/VR| IMAX| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Avocor Announces Partnership with Huddly

by Andrew Fenn

Interactive display experts Avocor have confirmed a new global strategic co-partnership with collaboration camera specialists, Huddly. The union brings the two vendors together to combine Avocor’s interactive displays with Huddly’s collaboration camera, Huddly GO, …

Tags:Back Panel| Collaboration| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 46

US Military Launches HD STB with Inview Middleware

by Andrew Fenn

Inview Technology, the UK-based broadcast and OTT software and service specialist, and DigitalGlue, a systems integrator, equipment provider and software developer for the production and distribution of digital video, have today announced the launch …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MPEG4 (H.264 AVC)| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Samsung Launches Blue Porcelain Bezel For Frame TV

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung Electronics has announced the exclusive UK launch of a new limited edition porcelain blue bezel for its lifestyle TV, The Frame. The snap-on bezel has been designed by Dutch designers Scholten & Baijings. …

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IDC: Worldwide Wearables Market Grows 7.3% in Q3 2017

by Andrew Fenn

The worldwide wearables market took another step forward in the third quarter of 2017, with total shipment volume reaching 26.3 million units, up 7.3% year-on-year, according to the IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. …

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Yole Looks at Phosphor Development

by Bob Raikes

Yole Développement’s Eric Virey has released information on the market for phosphors and quantun dots and believes that the market is headed for rationalisation as there are a lot of suppliers, but little differentiation …

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New Samsung Flip Phone Features Variable-Aperture Camera

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung’s newly-announced W2018 flip phone comes with a variable-aperture camera. The W2018, which launches exclusively on China Telecom as part of its Heart of the World charity series, packs a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera with …

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Mini LED Revenue Expected to Reach $1 Billion in 2023

by Andrew Fenn

Simon Yang.LED Inside, a division of TrendForce, reports that LED manufacturers are turning to mini LED, due to micro LED’s technological bottlenecks, which make it harder to commercialise in the short term. (Why Do …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 46

German Pay-VOD Subscribers Up 10%

by Andrew Fenn

The German paid video-on-demand market saw healthy growth in the third quarter of 2017, with a 10% uptick in subscribers, according to data from Goldmedia and based on a survey of 65,000 viewers. The …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| SVOD| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Romania Heading for 100% Pay TV Penetration

by Andrew Fenn

Romania will end 2017 with “effectively 100% pay-TV penetration” according to Broadband TV News’ Chris Dziadul. Dziadul cites data from Ancom, which shows that Romania was already on 98% at the end of June, …

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Samsung and PlayNitride Acquisition Talks in Final Stages?

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung and Micro LED developer PlayNitride are reported to be in the final stages of acquisition talks, according to LED Inside, a division of TrendForce. Citing “anonymous sources from the industry”, the publication confirmed …

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Sony Trademarks “8K HDR” and New Logo

by Andrew Fenn

Sony has filed a trademark for “8K HDR” and a new corresponding logo, listed under the classification “Television receivers; light emitting diode (LED) displays”, according to FlatpanelsHD. The publication reveals that the application went …

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