Vol 25 - Issue 16

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Cinno Research Says Full-Screen Smartphones will Boost IC Market

by Andrew Fenn

Increasing shipments of full-screen smartphones will boost the panel-driven IC industry, according to Cinno Research, which is based in China. Deputy general manager Yang Wende believes that the launch of the iPhone X will …

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IDC: Commercial Desktop Renewals Drive Stabilisation in EMEA PC Market

by Andrew Fenn

The EMEA traditional PC market recorded a slight growth of 0.6% in the first quarter of 2018, with the market totalling 17.5 million units, according to IDC. The commercial space grew 6.2% due to …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 25 - Issue 16

BBC Streams Rugby League Game Live in UHD and HDR

by Andrew Fenn

The BBC streamed last week’s Rugby League match between the York City Knights and Catalans Dragons live in Ultra HD and HDR on its experimental iPlayer Beta app. The BBC uses HEVC encoding and …

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Top 10 Pay TV Operators to Lose $20 Billion by 2023

by Andrew Fenn

DTVR_Top_10_Operators_by_Revenues.xlsx Despite adding 84 million subscribers between 2017 and 2023, subscription and PPV revenues for the world’s top 517 pay TV operators will fall by $18 billion to $183 billion, according to Digital TV …

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Japan Electronic Components Market Sees Lowest Growth in Five Quarters

by Andrew Fenn

Lower-than-expected demand for the iPhone X and other high-end smartphones has been blamed for the Japanese electronic component market’s slowest growth in five quarters, according to Nikkei. Alps Electric, Kyocera, Murata Manufacturing, Nidec and …

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New York Startup is Creating AR Menus for Restaurants

by Andrew Fenn

Burger chain, Bareburger, is in the process of introducing an AR menu created by New York-based start-up Kabaq. Using custom Snapchat World Lenses, visitors to the restaurant can scan a Snapcode which will unlock …

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Alphabet Result 23/04/2018

by Vijaya

Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018. Revenues of the company for the Q1 2018 were $31.1 billion, an increase of 25.8%, compared to $24.7 …

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Misapplied Sciences Working on Multiview Displays

by Norbert Hildebrand

If you have never heard of Misapplied Sciences and what they do, you are not alone. When I first read about what they are doing, I was very skeptical that this is real or …

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Is This the Lite Version of the Samsung Galaxy S9?

by Andrew Fenn

Information regarding a new Samsung smartphone has surfaced on Twitter. Images and specifications were leaked by a user by the name of Ice Universe. The individual’s profile doesn’t link them to any particular company …

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Philips

Philips Result 23/04/2018

by Vijaya

Philips Group announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2018. Sales for the Q1 2018 were €3.9 billion ($4.77 billion), a decrease of 2.31%, compared to the sales of €4 billion ($4.77 …

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All-Weather Digital Upgrade for Austrian Ski Resort

by Andrew Fenn

Patscherkofelbahn Betriebs GmbH has equipped its newly-opened mountain cable car near Innsbruck, Austria with outdoor displays from Peerless-AV. The displays are positioned at the station’s ticket counters, offering up-to-date passenger information and current events …

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Twin Pines reconstructs 16th-century Seville for ‘The Plague’

by Bob Raikes

It’s not really a display story, but who can resist a good visual effects show reel? A programme called La Peste, developed in Spain by Movistar+, and with effects by Twin Pines of Madrid, …

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