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SWIT Electronics Shows Monitors, RF Connectivity

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I had a chance to visit with SWIT Electronics USA (San Jose, CA), the US Subsidiary of SWIT Electronics Co. Ltd. (Nanjing, China). SWIT originated in 1996 and produced what it says was the …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| CCW 2014 (Content & Communications World)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Wearable Sensor Meets Fabric Displays

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Most analysts would agree, the age of wearables is upon us and many are looking to fancy new flexible LCD and OLED displays to drive adoption into the mainstream. But BeBop Sensors (Berkeley, CA) …

Tags:Fabric & Textile Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sensors| Vol 21 - Issue 46

4K Cameras from Blackmagic and Red at CCW

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Blackmagic Design was showing its new 4K URSA camera, which was introduced at NAB. After NAB, Chris Chinnock wrote about it and posted a video http://tinyurl.com/pkyxsmq. The big news about URSA from CCW is …

Tags:4K DCI| Cameras| CCW 2014 (Content & Communications World)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Red| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Q3’14 Worst on Record for US Pay-TV

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The 13 largest pay-TV providers in the USA (representing 95.3 million video customers – about 95% of the market) lost around 150,000 net video subscribers in Q3’14 – compared to a loss of 25,000 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| TV Reception| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 46

HTC Signs Tech Data

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Tech Data Mobile Solutions in the UK has been appointed as exclusive distributor for HTC’s new Nexus 9 tablet.

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| TechData| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Analogix TCONs Extend Mobile Battery Life

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Analogix Semiconductor has developed new embedded DisplayPort (eDP) mainstream timing controllers (TCONs), as well as Panel Self Refresh- (PSR) enabled TCONs supporting UltraHD. These devices enable mobile vendors to extend battery life under ‘any’ …

Tags:Analogix| Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Tcons (Timing Controllers)| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Graphics Market Begins Return to Traditional Trends

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After the turmoil of the recession, the graphics chip market appears to be (finally) returning to its typical seasonality, says Jon Peddie Research (JPR), having estimated shipments in Q3’14. The third quarter is traditionally …

Tags:GPUs| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 21 - Issue 46

EC Appoints Ziggo Monitor

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Following the final approval last month by the European Commission of Liberty Global’s acquisition of Dutch cable operator Ziggo, the Commission has appointed a monitoring trustee to oversee the transaction. CompetitionRx, a London-based company …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Netherlands| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Ocean’s ‘Hybrid’ Screen Arrives in Westfield

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Ocean Outdoor has extended its ‘Face @ Westfield’ screens. East Face @ Westfield is 15m x 9m and towers over the West Cross route, the main approach to the shopping centre. It is surrounded …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Ocean Outdoor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Fire TV Arrives In Time For Christmas

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Amazon’s Fire TV Stick (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 43) has been launched in the USA. It costs $40.

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Belarus Makes Progress to Digital

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Analogue services continue to be switched off in Belarus. Analogue transmissions were turned off in the agglomerations of Liozno in the Vitebsk region and Krichev in the Mogilyov region from 1st November. Further shut-downs …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Acer’s October Sales Down MoM

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Acer saw sales for October drop 9.25% sequentially to NT$28.2 billion ($921.6 million), though this was slightly higher year on year. Sales for the period from January to October were 9.5% lower than the …

Tags:Acer| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45