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Tempe Equipment to be Used in Chinese OLED factory

by Isaac Oburu

Colnatec is supplying technology to a European firm building an OLED deposition machine that is headed for China. The machine will adopt Colnatec’s temperature-controlled Tempe system and is said to be larger than any …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Production Technology| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Samsung Opens VR Movie Studio in New York

by Isaac Oburu

Samsung has announced plans to establish its own film studio for the production of VR movies and stories in New York. Samsung also announced a long-term partnership with the Sundance Institute with the aim …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| USA| Video Editing & Production| Vol 23 - Issue 03

New Ultra HD Channel from Digiturk

by Isaac Oburu

Digiturk has launched a new Ultra HD/4k channel, called Digiturk UHD, on the Eutelsat 7B satellite, home to Digiturk’s pay-TV platform. The new channel can be received free-to-air on Eutelsat 7B at 7 degrees …

Tags:4k| Channels| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Westgate in Vegas Creates Huge LED Display

by Isaac Oburu

RP Visual Solutions and Christie have created a curved array measuring 20 feet (6m) tall, 220 feet (66m) wide and comprising 1,640 2.5-millimeter Christie Velvet LED tiles (more than 65 million pixels). The installation …

Tags:Christie| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Intel’s to Adopt 10nm from 2017

by Isaac Oburu

A report from financial website The Motley Fool via PC Perspective, says that Intel is planning to release three processor families at the 10nm node. The release schedule for Intel’s 10nm line currently includes …

Tags:Chips| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 23 - Issue 03

VR

Prices Will Push VR to the Mainstream

by Isaac Oburu

Online PC retailers Scan Computers and Overclockers UK have spoken to PCR about VR and the Oculus Rift price point. Both firms are optimistic about VR. Scan’s Elan Raja III notes that the technology’s …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Retailers| UK (United Kingdom)| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 03

LG Wins Better “Green” Ranking

by Isaac Oburu

LG Electronics was named one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World by Corporate Knights for the third consecutive year and was also awarded the Gold Class distinction in RobecoSAM’s 2016 …

Tags:Awards| Environment| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Griffiths Moves to Advisory Role

by Isaac Oburu

Andy Griffiths has left his position as Samsung UK and Ireland president to take on a new advisory role at the Korean manufacturing giant. This new role will see Andy provide advice and guidance …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Samsung| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Korea Invests in Public Displays

by Isaac Oburu

The Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technologies (KEIT) will invest as much as $6.67 million in public information displays, according to Korea-based ET News. Most of the displays will be sized 40- to 50-inch, …

Tags:Digital Signage| Investment| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 03

HTC announces key promotions

by Isaac Oburu

HTC has announced the promotions of Jason Mackenzie to global executive VP and Andre Lonne, his successor as president of HTC Americas. In Mackenzie’s new role, he will report to CEO, Cher Wang, and …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Technavio Predicts New Application Areas for Haptics

by Isaac Oburu

According to the latest market study released by Technavio, the market size of haptics technology in consumer electronics is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 21% until 2019. This research report titled …

Tags:Haptics| Market Data| Wearables

GSMA Announces Nominees for 2016 Glomo Awards

by Isaac Oburu

The GSMA today announced the nominees for the 2016 Glomo Awards. Winners of this year’s Glomo Awards will be honoured throughout Mobile World Congress, which takes place on 22-25 February in Barcelona. In total, …

Tags:Events| GSMA| Mobile Phones