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Foxconn Doubles OEM TV Volume in October

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell released its data on the sales of TV OEM makers in October and the company confirmed Foxconn as the top maker which was 100% up on last year. Foxconn was driven by re-stocking …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 47

SES Increases UHD Transmission in the US, Germany & Switzerland

by Bob Raikes

SES is to broadcast The Country Network (TCN), a country music channel, in UltraHD in North America. Three satellites will be used and the infrastructure means that the content is able to reach all …

Tags:4k| HD+ (Germany)| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| Switzerland| UltraHD| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 47

LG Display Forecast to Get to OLED Profit

by Bob Raikes

At an event in Seoul, So, Hyun-cheol of UBI Research said that he believes that LG Electronics made a 9.9% profit in Q3 2017 in its OLED TV business in Q3 2017 and that …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Samsung Highlights Relumino

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has released a video that highlights the work that it has done in creating its Relumino system, which is designed to help users with restricted vision. (‘Relúmĭno’ Visual Aid App Moves out of …

Tags:Back Panel| Human Vision| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Shazam Has A/R Potential

by Bob Raikes

Apple has done a deal to buy Shazam of the UK, which is a service to identify songs from audio detected through the microphone of a mobile device. Obviously, that may make sense on …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 47

LG Adds Two Signature Showrooms in Germany

by Bob Raikes

LG is adding to its Signature showrooms in Germany with two new showrooms in KaDeWe (Berlin) and Oberpollinger (Munich) to add to a showroom in Frankfurt that is run by furniture maker, Thonet, and …

Tags:Channels| Germany| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Nagra & Technicolor Win STB Rollout in Spain

by Bob Raikes

Euskatel has selected Nagra Connect which will be integrated with the Open TV Platform used in the backend for an STB roll out of UltraHD STBs in Spain. The STB’s will be supplied by …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Consumers Resist Paying for Live Streaming

by Bob Raikes

Despite predictions that live streaming television was going to be one of the hottest features in 2017, interest in this service has fallen flat in the US. StreamOn, a Cogent Reports study by Market …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Apple TV App Adds More Countries

by Bob Raikes

Apple has made the Apple TV app available on the Apple TV and iOS device in France, Germany and the UK, in addition to the US, Norway and Sweden which already had access. Apple …

Tags:Apple| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 47

JOLED Partners Look at Investment Support

by Bob Raikes

In our excitement at the first shipping of an inkjet-patterned OLED last week (JOLED Starts Commercial Shipments Printable OLEDs), we didn’t spot that a number of companies are working to find the investment needed …

Tags:JOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Panasonic| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Currys PC World Now Offers Same-day Delivery

by Bob Raikes

Dominant UK electronics retailer, Currys PC World, has started to offer a same day delivery service for ‘small items’ with a two hour timeslot for deliveries and for orders placed before 4.00pm. It is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Christie Moves RGB Projection to Mainstream

by Bob Raikes

Christie introduced the Christie CP4325-RGB ‘pure laser’ cinema projector, intended to deliver a premium movie-going experience to mainstream theatres. Output is 22,000 lumens in standard mode with 2,000:1 contrast or 17,250 lumens in high …

Tags:Christie| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 47