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Apple CEO Receives Criminal Complaint from Consumer Group

by Andrew Fenn

The latest in a long line of complaints and legal filings against Apple regarding the company’s slowing of older iPhone models, Apple CEO Tim Cook has had a criminal complaint filed against him by …

Tags:Apple| Korea| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 03| warranty

Amazon Opens First Checkout-Free Supermarket to the Public

by Andrew Fenn

Amazon has opened its first checkout-free supermarket to the Seattle public on Monday, following a year of trial operation, where the store was accessible only to the company’s staff. (Amazon Tries No Check Out …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 25 - Issue 03

MicroVision Announces Expected 2017 Q4 Revenue

by Andrew Fenn

MicroVision has announced that it expects revenue for the fourth quarter of 2017 in the range of $2.4 million to $2.7 million and full year 2017 revenue in the range of $10.7 million to …

Tags:Financial Data| Microvision| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Turner International Bringing FilmStruck SVoD Service to the UK

by Andrew Fenn

Turner International’s Digital Ventures & Innovation Group and Warner Bros. Digital Networks have announced a joint venture to launch a new, multi-territory movie streaming service. FilmStruck will offer film lovers a collection of movies …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 03| Warner Bros.

DSCC: 2017 Display Equipment Market Rose to a Record High

by Andrew Fenn

2017 was a record year for the display equipment market, according to Display Supply Chain Consultants, with revenues up 30% to a record high $24.7 billion. Capital-intensive OLED fabs drove spending up 143% to …

Tags:Forecasts| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Production Equipment| Vol 25 - Issue 03

Google Nexus Phone Defect Lawsuit “Not Going to Go Away”

by Andrew Fenn

US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman advised Google and fellow defendant, Huawei, last Thursday that a putative class action brought over alleged battery-draining defects with its Google Nexus 6P smartphone is “not going to …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 03| warranty

QLED Alliance Co-Founder Announces First Ever OLED TV

by Andrew Fenn

Hisense, co-founder of the QLED Alliance, has taken quite a side-step, announcing that it will be releasing its first ever OLED TV in Australia and the UK during the first half of 2018. The …

Tags:Hisense| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 03

Black Level Fix on the Way for LG Dolby Vision Support

by Andrew Fenn

LG has vowed to fix an issue with its recent Dolby Vision update, which is causing elevated black levels from all HDMI sources on its entire range of supported TVs. Dolby has confirmed that …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Ingram Micro Germany Announces new Vice President

by Andrew Fenn

Alexander Maier is now Germany VP and Chief Country Executive at Ingram Micro, taking over from Ernesto Schmutter. Maier began his career with Ingram Micro in December 1998, working in various leading positions in …

Tags:Germany| Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 25 - Issue 03

BOE Exempt from Repaying $984 Million Loan

by Andrew Fenn

There are unconfirmed reports coming out of Taiwan that China-based panel maker BOE Technology has been exempted from repaying a CNY6.3 billion loan ($984 million) by the local government in Fuzhou, China. The loan …

Tags:BOE| China| Investment| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 03

TiVo and Google Renew Patent Licence Agreement

by Andrew Fenn

TiVo has announced that Google has expanded its multi-year patent licence agreement to expressly include YouTube TV. The agreement covers Google’s use of TiVo’s patented technologies worldwide, and offers a licence for Google’s products …

Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Tivo| Vol 25 - Issue 03

Canal+ Launches Ultra HD Content via New STB

by Andrew Fenn

Nagra has announced that its content protection solution, Nagra Connect, is securing the new Ultra HD service from Canal+. The solution ensures content protection of material delivered by satellite broadcast, OTT or within the …

Tags:4k| France| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Satellite| Security| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 25 - Issue 03