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OLEDs Forecast to Take Share in Automotive

by Bob Raikes

UBI research, via OLEDNet has forecast that OLED will start to enter the automotive market in 2019, with just 1% of the market, and will see penetration rising to 20% by 2022. Key to …

Tags:Automotive| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 01

New Nokia 6 To Arrive in China

by Bob Raikes

The first launch since HMD Global acquired the rights to the Nokia brand for smartphones (Nokia Brand Back in Smartphones) will be called the ‘Nokia 6’, will be made by Foxconn and will be …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Many TV Panel Prices up in January

by Bob Raikes

Witsview of Taiwan said that TV panels have continued to rise in price, with 40″ and 43″ panels up $2 to $3 on the month and with 49″ and 50″ up by $3 to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Pricing| Vol 24 - Issue 01

ViXS Expands Hybrid OTT/OTA Systems

by Bob Raikes

We met last with Vixs at IBC and we caught up with the firm at CES. The main development being discussed was the firm’s chip for adding ‘Over the Air’ (OTA) broadcast content to …

Tags:CES 2017| FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| ViXS| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Canon to Show new 4K Projector at ISE

by Bob Raikes

Canon said that it will show its new Xeed 4K600STZ laser phosphor projector at the forthcoming ISE show. The unit has 4096 x 2400 resolution with 6000 Ansi lumens of output. The demo will …

Tags:Canon| ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| LCOS| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Global semiconductor sales up 7% YoY

by Bob Raikes

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said that sales of semiconductors reached $31 billion in November, up 7.4% year on year and 2.0 up on October, the best annual growth since January 2015. The Chinese …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Digitimes Research Forecasts LED Volumes

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes Research forecast that that 303 billion LEDs will ship in 2017, 23.9% up year on year, but with ASPs likely to decline by 17%. 200 billion units are expected to go into lighting, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Wipro Supplies Middleware for Hisense Japan

by Bob Raikes

Wipro said that its middleware is being used by Hisense for UltraHD TVs in Japan. Features include support for ISDB-T/S standards and HD-PVR functions and can support OSes including Android TV, Linux and QNX. …

Tags:Back Panel| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Large Display Monitor| Software| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Socionext Adopts PowerVR (and Teradici)

by Bob Raikes

Imagination Technologies said that its PowerVR video cores have been used by Socionext, the Panasonic-Fujitsu J/V, in its SoCs. In checking this story, we spotted that in November, Socionext also announced a deal to …

Tags:Back Panel| Imagination Tech| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01

MStar announces support for Nagra’s TVkey

by Bob Raikes

MStar has said that it will integrate support for Nagra’s TVKey technology pending finalisation of a new TVkey licensing body. The MStar EMC TVkey integration is intended to enable pay-TV service providers to deliver …

Tags:DRM & Content Protection| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Security| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Eutelsat Boosts Ultra HD Content

by Bob Raikes

Satellite operator, Eutelsat Communications, has said that it has launched two new UltraHD channels on its Hotbird platform. The channels are Fashion TV’s FTV UHD and Travelxp 5K. Both have multi-year agreements for EMEA. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 01

SDP Heading for IPO?

by Bob Raikes

The Nikkei has reported that Foxconn and its Sharp subsidiary may be considering an IPO for the Sakai Display Products business. The comments follow the news about a new investment in China (New SDP …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 01