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European PD Market is Flat in Q3

by Bob Raikes

The Q3 market for public displays in Europe was basically flat from Q2, in line with typical seasonality but slightly better than expected as Germany saw a good quarter according to Meko’s DisplayCast service. …

Tags:DOOH| Europe| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Market Data| Vol 23 - Issue 44

CTA: Holiday 4K TV Sales to Top 4.5 million

by Bob Raikes

The CTA in the US described 2016 as a ‘banner year’ for UltraHD TVs, with TV sales with that resolution growing to 10 million units, up 40% over 2014. The group expects sales of …

Tags:CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Samsung to Make Fingerprint Recognition Chips

by Bob Raikes

ETNews of Korea reports that Samsung may be about to enter the market for fingerprint recognition chips, currently dominated, it said, by Synaptics and FPC of Sweden, who are rated to have more than …

Tags:Chips| Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Apple

Has Apple Committed $4 billion for OLEDs?

by Bob Raikes

Apple Insider flagged up a report from JP Morgan that suggests that Apple’s financial filings suggest that it has placed a purchase order (an “off-balance sheet obligation”) for around $4 billion and the analyst …

Tags:AMOLED| Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Samsung Plans OLED Recipe Update

by Bob Raikes

ETNews in Korea has said that Samsung will adopt a new ‘recipe’ for OLED materials in 2017, moving to the ‘M8’ formulation. That will mean that Dow and Samsung SDI will be replaced by …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 45

LG OLED TVs in 55″ – 77″ – Wallpaper Version?

by Bob Raikes

An apparent leak from the Wi-Fi Alliance has revealed that LG will have OLED TVs from 55″ to 77″ again in 2017. Intriguingly, there is a model W7 – and it is being speculated …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Sony

UltraHD Sony Smartphone at CES 2017?

by Bob Raikes

There are rumours that Sony will have a new Z7 smartphone at CES that has an UltraHD display, as included on the Xperia Z5 Premium, although it might also appear at Mobile World Congress …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Canal+ France Down in France, up Internationally

by Bob Raikes

Vivendi (Canal+) in France said in its quarterly finance report that it lost, overall, 19,000 subscribers. However, subscribers in France dropped by 542,000, while international subscribers went up by 523,000. The group is taking …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 45

ses

More US Cable Operators Testing 4K via SES Satellites

by Bob Raikes

SES is working with four additional US cable operators to test UltraHD content delivery. (SES Boosts UHD TV in the US) SES has struck new Ultra HD trial agreements with Marquette-Adams in Wisconsin, Buckeye …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 45

arris

Arris HD PVR has HEVC for Streaming

by Bob Raikes

Arris has launched a new PVR, the DStv Explora 2 decoder, that is for customers in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa for use with the MultiChoice TV service in the region and which will …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 45

E Ink and Japan Display Form Strategic Alliance

by Bob Raikes

E Ink Holdings said that it has agreed an alliance with Japan Display Inc (JDI) to develop in the ePaper business. JDI is a leader in automotive and mobile phone displays and the companies …

Tags:E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Asus ZenWatch 3 Now Shipping

by Bob Raikes

Asus showed its ZenWatch 3 at Computex and also at IFA (Asus is Off-Site at IFA) and the product is now shipping.

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 44