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Samsung Supplying Largest Ever Smartphone Display to Huawei

by Andrew Fenn

According to The Bell, Samsung Display will supply a 6.9″ OLED display for a forthcoming smartphone from Huawei, as reported by The Investor. Panel shipments are expected to commence during the third quarter of …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 23

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Visionox Signs Long-term Deal with Universal Display

by Andrew Fenn

Following an evaluation agreement signed in February 2018, Chinese OLED manufacturer Visionox has signed a long-term licence and material purchasing agreements with Universal Display, which will supply its phosphorescent OLED materials to Visionox. Last …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| UDC| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Mediaset Focusing on Free-to-Air and On-Demand

by Andrew Fenn

The CEO and VP of Italy’s Mediaset, Pier Silvio Berlusconi (son of the former Italian President and Trump-inspirer, Silvio Berlusconi), has gone on record to predict that the future of television lies in FTA …

Tags:Italy| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Goldmedia: German VOD Revenues Growing Faster Than Ever

by Andrew Fenn

Video-on-Demand (VoD) is turning into a mass market in Germany, according to Goldmedia. At the end of 2017, 18% of all German households were subscribing to at least one paid-for VoD service. The market …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| SVOD| VOD| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Uber Files AI Tech Patent for Flagging Drunk Passengers

by Andrew Fenn

It’s no surprise that a significant proportion of Uber’s business occurs in the small hours of the morning, ferrying party-goers home after a night ‘on the sauce’. However, the company is moving to protect …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Big Data/AI| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Freeview to receive £125m investment to go ‘fully hybrid’

by Andrew Fenn

The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and network operator Arqiva — the four shareholders of Digital UK — have signed a new five-year agreement to accelerate Freeview’s transition to a fully hybrid platform, providing free-to-view …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Terrestrial (DTT)| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 23

France Télévisions Showcased New Technology 2018 French Tennis Open

by Andrew Fenn

At this year’s French Open tennis tournament, France Télévisions used professional 8K cameras and one of the first 8K monitors available in the world, with a resolution of 7,680 x 4,320 pixels. France Télévisions …

Tags:4k| France| Large Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Report: Hisense’s Debut OLED TV will Use LG Panels

by Andrew Fenn

According to The Investor, anonymous industry sources recently informed the publication that LG Display is supplying OLED panels to Hisense, a TV maker in China that is rumoured to be launching its first OLED …

Tags:Hisense| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Samsung Galaxy A8 Star to Launch Globally Later this Month

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has revealed its new Galaxy A8 Star smartphone, due for worldwide release later this month. The dual-sim smartphone features a 6.3″ Super AMOLED display with a 1080 x 2220 resolution, an 80.6% screen-to-body …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Sigmaintell Research Releases IT Panel Pricing Trend Report

by Andrew Fenn

Sigmaintell Research has released its latest pricing trend forecast for IT panels. The company believes there has been a build up of inventory of new models in Europe. Demand in the Chinese market is …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Pricing| Vol 25 - Issue 22

April 2018 TV OEM Shipping Ranking from Sigmaintell Research

by Andrew Fenn

In April 2018, the world’s 13 largest TV OEM factories shipped 7.2 million units, an increase of 30.6% over the same period in 2017 and a decrease of 3% over March 2018, according to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| ODMs & OEMs| TV (Television)| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Sigmaintell Research Releases TV Panel Pricing Trend Forecast

by Andrew Fenn

According to the latest Sigmaintell Research data, TV display panel factories maintained a higher utilisation rate and also added new supply capacity to drive supply growth in May, even though the market is in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Pricing| TV (Television)| Vol 25 - Issue 22