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Asustek Refocusses Tablet Operations

by Alan Spencer

As highlighted in the Display Daily article, Asustek, Gigabyte Re-structuring”, Asustek is looking to get out of the tablet business by re-allocating R&D and sales staff to other business areas according to Digitimes in …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 07

SK Telecom to Showcase 360 VR Live at MWC

by Alan Spencer

SK Telecom will announce the introduction of “360 VR Live” which is a 360º live broadcast platform at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The platform is an end-to-end broadcast system that uses a …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Eutelsat Launches 240 HDTV Channels in 2016

by Alan Spencer

Eutelsat launched 240 HDTV channels in 2016, which equals the total launched in 2014 and 2015 added together. This month, Eutelsat reached the landmark of 1,000 HDTV channels with the launch of the news …

Tags:HDTV| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Growth in Game Developers for AR/VR Headsets

by Alan Spencer

The 2017 GDC State of the Game Industry report shows that 39% of developers attending the annual GDC conference (starting Feb 27th in San Francisco) are developing titles for AR and VR headsets. The …

Tags:Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Applied Materials sees Mobile Industry Adoption of OLEDs

by Alan Spencer

Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson, believes that the demand for new features and technologies will keep rising due to fierce competition in the smartphone market. Dickerson told CNBC’s “Closing Bell” programme that his company …

Tags:Applied Materials| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 07

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HannStar Fourth Quarter Shipments up 18.6%

by Alan Spencer

According to Digitimes Research, HannStar Display shipped 313 million small to medium-sized panels in the last quarter of 2016. HannStar Display had carried out capacity expansion in the feature phone panel segment in the …

Tags:Hannstar (Hannspree)| Large Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 07

New HbbTV App Test Centre to be Opened in UK

by Alan Spencer

An HbbTV Application Test Centre will be opened by Eurofins Digital Testing in co-operation with Samsung Electronics. Samsung will be providing the initial TV platforms for conducting the compatibility tests. The Samsung TV platforms …

Tags:Europe| HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Charter Sees Small Rise in Video Customers

by Alan Spencer

Charter Communications, plus its subsidiaries, has announced subscriber figures for 2016. The company saw a decrease in its residential video customers by 51,000 in the last quarter of 2016, compared with a rise of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 07

VTR Sees Growth In Customers in Chile

by Alan Spencer

Liberty Global’s subsidiary in Chile, VTR, has reported significant growth in customer numbers for the company’s enhanced services. The enhanced service includes VOD with enriched graphics, TV previews and the ability to browse and …

Tags:Cloud TV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| VOD| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Samsung Heir Apparent Under Arrest

by Alan Spencer

Samsung’s heir apparent Lee Jae-yong, is under arrest in South Korea. He has been accused of bribery and other charges after first being questioned last month by prosecutors. Prosecutors accused Mr Lee of giving …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 07

ZTE Cancels Smartphone Crowd-Funding Campaign

by Alan Spencer

ZTE has cancelled the crowd-funding campaign for a smartphone design that was to be based on ideas submitted by the public. In order to go into production, the Chinese phone manufacturer needed $500,000 in …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 07

EIZO to Show ColorEdge Monitors at Japan’s CP+ 2017

by Alan Spencer

Eizo will be exhibiting its ColorEdge monitors at CP+ 2017 in Japan. CP+ 2017 is the biggest photo exhibition in Japan and runs from 23rd February to 26th February. The product range includes 4K …

Tags:Back Panel| Colour Critical Monitors| Eizo| Events| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06