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LG CES Press Event

by Bob Raikes

LG was the first press conference on the main press day at CES and started at 8:00. After the obligatory video, President and CTO, Skott Ahn came on to start the event. He started …

Tags:CES 2017| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Absen Teams with Panasonic on UHD Sports LED

by Bob Raikes

LED display maker, Absen Inc, said that it had worked with Panasonic’s systems business to supply what it says is the ‘first ever’ UltraHD centre-hung video board at the Golden 1 Center, the home …

Tags:Absen| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Irdeto Available for Frog by Wyplay

by Bob Raikes

Irdeto has worked with Wyplay to license the company’s security/DRM software for the Frog middleware software. Specifically, the Irdeto Rights and Irdeto Cloaked CA technology will be available to developers. The deal is expected …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Security| TV (Television)| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Dish Adds Alexa Voice Control to Hopper DVR

by Bob Raikes

Dish in the US has added Alexa voice control to its Hopper DVR that will allow voice control for the Echo or Echo Dot. Starting in the first half of this year, users can …

Tags:Dish Network| Large Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Andromium Kickstarter Delayed

by Bob Raikes

The Andromium Kickstarter campaign that is producing ‘clamshell’ add-ons for smartphones to enable PC-like functionality, has been delayed until June. The company said that the response had been much bigger than anticipated and that …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Holovis to Run AR/VR Zone at ISE

by Bob Raikes

Holovis will run a special Immersive Technology zone at ISE next month in a dedicated area of the RAI at the rear of Hall 8. The environments on display at ISE 2017 will feature …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Back Panel| ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 01

QMC Sees Boardroom Shift

by Bob Raikes

Quantum Materials Corp has seen the resignation of its CEO and President, Sri Peruvembra and other board members, Daniel Carlson and Ray Martin, according to an SEC filing. Stephen Squires, Shane Squires and Ghassan …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 24 - Issue 01

UK National Lottery Books ClearChannel for a Day

by Bob Raikes

Showing the particular advantages of the digital medium, Camelot, the company that runs the UK’s national lottery took over the whole of the Clear Channel ‘digital estate’ for a single day campaign on New …

Tags:ClearChannel| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Foxconn Looks To Automate Production Completely

by Bob Raikes

Foxconn is looking to automate its iPhone production in China according to a number of reports. The process will be in three phases and will start with activities that are either dangerous or less …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Mobile Display Monitor| Production Technology| Vol 24 - Issue 01

LGD & Sony Agree OLED Supply Deal

by Bob Raikes

Korean sources have reported that Sony has signed a deal with LG Displays to buy OLED panels from Q2 this year, with a target volume of 100,000 panels this year, compared to 110,000 to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| sony| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 01

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Sharp Aims BigPad at Higher Education

by Bob Raikes

In a blog post published by Invidis, Markus Eisemann of Sharp said that the focus for the company in Europe this year would be on interactive displays. There have been new products with more …

Tags:Education| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 01

New SDP $8.8 billion LCD Plant Confirmed

by Bob Raikes

Sakai Display Products (SDP), which is now majority owned by Foxconn Group, rather than by Sharp, is to build a new G10.5 plant in Guangzhou province, China. The target start date of the plant …

Tags:China| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 01