Vol 25 – Issue 02 – Page 9

Full Screen Smartphones To Take Over

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell Research has forecast that the trend to 18:9 format smartphones will continue, reaching 61% of the market in 2018 (0.9 billion) by volume. Looking by technology, AMOLED FullView displays will have hit 30% …

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Zattoo Now Available in Other EU Countries

by Andrew Fenn

Zattoo Premium customers can now use the internet TV service in other EU countries, thanks to new EU regulations enabling cross-border content portability. The only stipulation appears to be that the account must be …

Tele2 to buy Com Hem of Sweden

by Bob Raikes

Tele2 a telco from Sweden is to buy local cable operator, Com Hem, in a deal that values the company at €2.65 billion. If the deal goes ahead, the new organisation will be the …

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NOA Bringing New Smartphone Range to MWC 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Hangar18, a company from Croatia, will present its latest line of NOA smartphones at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. As well as existing models in the N series, the company will also …

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Toyota Announces 2019 Avalon Will Feature Apple CarPlay

by Andrew Fenn

Toyota has announced that it will soon do away with its proprietary infotainment platforms in favour of Apple CarPlay, starting with its 2019 Avalon sedan. Other Toyota vehicles that are currently operating on the …

Google Chief Announces International Launch for YouTube Red

by Andrew Fenn

Google’s Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl stated in an interview with French financial magazine Les Echos that YouTube Red, the company’s subscription video-on-demand service, will launch internationally later this year. YouTube Red is currently …

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DxOMark Reviews Nokia 8 Camera

by Andrew Fenn

Camera review publication DxOMark has just published the results of its in-depth analysis of the Nokia 8 smartphone camera, concluding that it is capable of producing decent still images but, in many situations, it …

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NBC Announces Winter Olympic Coverage in Ultra HD and HDR

by Andrew Fenn

NBC Olympics has announced that coverage of the twenty-third Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea will be released in Ultra HD and HDR, a first for the Olympics. The 2016 Rio Games were …

TiVo Files Two New Lawsuits in Fight Against Comcast

by Andrew Fenn

TiVo has filed new lawsuits in an ongoing legal battle against Comcast. The International Trade Commission recently came down on TiVo’s side, agreeing that Comcast had violated two of its patents with its Xfinity …

European Broadcasting Union to Evaluate New Video Codecs

by Andrew Fenn

The European Broadcasting Union has commissioned the University of Applied Sciences of Wiesbaden, Germany to evaluate video compression technologies, in response to the growing interest in the Alliance for Open Media’s AV1 codec and …

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Dataxis: DVB-T2 to Reach Nearly 75% of Europe Households by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

Dataxis’ latest research sheds light on the importance that DVB-T2, the extension of the television standard DVB-T, will acquire in the next four years. This system was devised to enable more efficient signal transmission …

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Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Publishes New TV White Space Rules

by Andrew Fenn

A new model of rules pertaining to TV White Space technology has been issued by the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA), replacing the original published version from 2014. The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance is a global …

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