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Disappearing Displays: Can You See Me Now?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say ‘Man about the industry’ Sri Peruvemba has written an article on the StrategyDriven blog that highlights developments in ‘disappearing displays’. As well as covering ‘disappearing displays’, ‘shrinking displays’ , ‘quiet displays’ …

Tags:E Ink| TVs (TV Sets)

Everyone in the M&E Industry Wants the Same Thing … Viewers

by Andy Marken

You may not realize it, but the entertainment food chain has changed dramatically over the past few years. In fact, according to MPA’s (Motion Picture Association’s) head, Charles Rinkin, it’s on the cusp of …

Tags:Broadcast| Content Creation| Movies & Content| Streaming Video| SVOD| USA

Raxium proc

Google has acquired Raxium – a MicroLED Start-up

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google has bought Raxium, a five year start-up that has been developing monolithic microLEDs for headset use. The company said on its website that it is developing microLEDs with 3.5 micron …

Tags:Google| Mergers & Acquisitions| Microdisplays| MicroLED

Samsung CEO apologizes for Stifling phone performance

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported the other day that Samsung had been caught up in a bit of a scandal over performance throttling. (Samsung Caught in Scandal over S22 Performance). At the company’s AGM, …

Tags:Market Shares - Brands| Samsung| Smartphones

Daktronics Plans to Double LED display Production

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Daktronics in the US said that it was looking to boost its production capacity will double the firm’s Brookings, South Dakota, US plant, increasing the area by 90,000 sq ft (8350 …

Tags:Daktronics| LED| Production Capacity| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Supply Chain

Noctiluca Sets Out Its Stall for Advanced OLED Materials

by Bob Raikes

The Pacific Northwest Chapter of SID held a webinar last month that featured a talk by Noctiluca, a company that is developing OLED emitter materials and one that I have been intending to write …

Tags:InkJet Deposition| OLED Materials| OLEDs| Patents| R&D (Research & Development)| Supply Chain| TADF| Vapour Deposition

Large Format Advertising Influences Purchase Decisions – Says JCDecaux

by Bob Raikes

What They Say JCDecaux New Zealand has released a study on the positive effect of large format OOH advertising on the receptivity to other advertising such as mobile. The research was reported in the …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| JCDecaux| Outdoor Displays| R&D (Research & Development)

Samsung Electronics Ships More LCD Smartphones than OLED models in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article in Business Korea last week, quoting data from Omdia, pointed out that Samsung shipped more smartphones with LCDs than with OLEDs in 2021. Samsung Electronics shipped 135.8 million LCD …

Tags:Market Data| OLEDs| Samsung| Small Medium LCDs| Smartphones

The Xiaomi 12 Series Launches Internationally

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Xiaomi launched three 12 series smartphones. The displays are: Xiaomi 12 – 6.28″ 1080 x 2400 AMOLED – 120Hz, , 1,100 cd/m² $749 Xiaomi 12 Pro – 6.7″ 1440 x 3200 …

Tags:Smartphones| Xiaomi