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KPN’s Digitenne Starts DVB-T2 transition

by Bob Raikes

KPN in the Netherlands has said that it has started the transition of its DTT service to support DVB-T2 which will maintain the number of channels, but will move from SD to HD by …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Free Plans New Box

by Bob Raikes

TV service provider, Free, in France, which has been an innovator in the market, has been having a hard time recently, losing 70,000 subscribers and revenue in the first half of the year. To …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Samsung Display Has a Task Force for Foldables

by Bob Raikes

There is more and more noise around the possibility of Samsung making a folding smartphone, although there were reports of some damping down of speculation by Samsung last month, and Samsung Display has set …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Apple

Apple “Secretly?” Visits AUO and Epistar

by Bob Raikes

We loved a story that was in the press in Asia that said that Apple has ‘secretly’ visited AUO and Epistar in Taiwan to talk about and check on the progress of the development …

Tags:Apple| AUO| Large Display Monitor| LED| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Energy Saving Slips in Europe with New TVs

by Bob Raikes

Advanced Television spoke to Markus Kick, a GfK specialist in Consumer Electronics who explained that the move to higher quality TVs is having a negative impact on the purchase of energy-saving TVs. He said …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Power Consumption| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Hisense Expands TV Range to Include Laser TV

by Bob Raikes

Hisense mainly focuses on the largest European markets in Germany, France, the UK and Italy and also claims to be the top brand in Russia in the first half of 2018. Hisense had a …

Tags:IFA 2018| Large Display Monitor| Laser TVs| Projectors| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Switzerland Abandons DTT Transmission

by Bob Raikes

SRG in Switzerland, which has been operating DTT in the country, has been granted a new broadcasting concession that allows it to switch off its 200+ DVB-T terrestrial transmitters and discontinue the DTT service …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Switzerland| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Seoul Semiconductor Sues Fry’s Over TVs

by Bob Raikes

LED maker, Seoul Semiconductor via its Seoul Viosys subsidiary, has started a lawsuit against Fry’s Electronics of the US. The company said that Fry’s has been selling LCD TVs with LED backlights that infringe …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| Litigation| Patents| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 34

LG Majors on AI & Shows 8K

by Bob Raikes

LG did not hold a conference, although two executives did give a keynote, focusing on the ThinQ AI technology. After an introduction that hyped up IFA, and covered some of the area that was …

Tags:Big Data/AI| Desktop Monitors| IFA 2018| Large Display Monitor| LED| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Robotics| Smartphones| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Metz has a New Mainstream Brand

by Bob Raikes

Metz held a bigger press event this year, with its parent company, Skyworth. The company, Metz is 80 years old this year and Skyworth celebrates its 30th birthday. Johnny Wang is from Skyworth where …

Tags:IFA 2018| Large Display Monitor| Skyworth| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Casio Upgrades Dual Display Smartwatch

by Bob Raikes

Casio has been developing its Pro Trek brand for outdoor watches and more recently the company has been developing smart products. Kazuyuki Yamashita is a senior executive from Casio Japan and he explained the …

Tags:Casio| IFA 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 34