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Unijet Expects IJP OLED Volume Production by 2020

by Bob Raikes

OLEDNet has reported on an event held at COEX in Seoul, Korea, when Kim, Seok-Soon, CEO of Unijet Ltd who claimed that ink-jet printing technology can be used to create over 550 ppi RGB …

Tags:InkJet Deposition| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Japan’s Zeon to Boost Film Capacity

by Bob Raikes

Zeon Corp of Japan is boosting its production of optical film by adding a new (sixth) production line as it expects an increase in demand for OLEDs for smartphones and TVs. Production will be …

Tags:Film materials| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 48

2,000 Projectors Likely in Saudi Arabia

by Bob Raikes

As part of an initiative that is said to be part of modernising the country by Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the authorities in the country have decided to allow the showing of cinema films …

Tags:Cinema| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Rakuten and Bic Camera Work Together on Clicks & Mortar

by Bob Raikes

The Nikkei reports that Bic Camera and Rakuten in the country to establish a joint venture. Bic Camera has a store on the Rakuten online virtual mall but the J/V is expected to lead …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 24 - Issue 48

LCD TV Sales to Recover in 2018

by Bob Raikes

WitsView of Taiwan has forecast that TV shipments will recover slightly in 2018 after falling to 210.63 million in 2017. Jeff Yang, assistant research manager of WitsView said: “The panel prices have tumbled more …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Amazon, Apple & Google Get More Friendly

by Bob Raikes

Amazon, Google and Apple seem to have settled some of their differences and Amazon has decided to start offering five Apple TV and Google ChromeCast products in its online stores. Analyst Comment When we …

Tags:Amazon| Apple| Google| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Global OTT Brands Win in the Nordics

by Bob Raikes

Mediavision of Sweden has said that Netflix, along with YouTube and HBO, has been successful in the Nordics and interest in online video is again reaching new record levels across the region. At the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Nordics| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Lytro Looks to VR for New Technology Applications

by Bob Raikes

Lytro has pivoted in its business and has been moving away from its static photography business (Lytro to Shift to Video and Virtual Reality) and has now shut down support for pictures.lytro.com where images …

Tags:AR/VR| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Flexible OLED To Lead the OLED Panel Market from 2019

by Bob Raikes

Ubi Research said that it expects flexible OLED volumes to go past rigid OLEDs in 2019 as the market becomes 54% flexible with a total shipment at time of 480 million units. The company …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 48

LG to Add Low End Phone at CES

by Bob Raikes

According to the ET News in Korea, LG will have a new low end smartphone at CES. The 2018 K10 will have a 5.3″ FullHD LCD display and 3GB of RAM and 32GB of …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Africa’s Smartphone Market Enters Early Stages of Recovery

by Bob Raikes

Africa’s smartphone market bounced back from two consecutive declines to post quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth of 4.4% in Q3 2017, according to IDC. Smartphone shipments for the quarter reached 21.7 million units, spurred by ongoing …

Tags:MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Samsung S9 Display to be Like S8

by Bob Raikes

The specification and design of the Samsung S9 has now been leaked via normally reliable including MobileFun (described as ‘ever reliable’) and SlashLeaks. The new phones will have displays that are very close to …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 48