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ITO Demand to Slow This Year

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Demand for ITO films will rise 25.6% this year, say Taiwanese sources, down from the 40% rise seen in 2013. The sources indicated that the ITO film market will reach 31.4 million m² this …

Tags:ITO| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47

JDI Cuts Smartphone Panel Prices

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Smartphone panels costing $20+ have been to cut to below $20 by Japan Display, says Chinese newspaper UDN. According to the source, the move was taken to spur orders from handset vendors and meet …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Mobile Display Monitor| Small & Medium Displays| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Ginsbury Expands With Kingtech

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Chinese LCD manufacturer Kingtech has signed a distribution agreement with Ginsbury for the UK and Ireland. The company will supply Kingtech’s TFT-LCD displays (1.44″ – 10.2″), as well as touchscreen and driver card solutions.

Tags:Distributors| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Fitness Wearables to Treble in Four Years

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Juniper Research has published a new report, predicting that fitness wearable use will rise by almost 300% by 2018. About 19 million such devices are in use today. Fitness products will dominate wearables to …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 47| Wearable Market

Chinese Reed Smartglasses Shown at International Industrial Design Fair

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According to CRIEnglish.com, a Chinese news portal, an unnamed Chinese company has developed augmented reality smartglasses that are more stylish and powerful than Google Glass. The new headset will also cost only about one …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Hungary Breaks 2 Million DTV Subs

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68.9% of pay-TV homes in Hungary were receiving digital TV services in September, said regulator NMHH. More than 2.05 million homes were taking cable and IPTV services, of which almost 1.1 million were digital. …

Tags:Hungary| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| TV Reception| Vol 21 - Issue 44

High-End STB Shipments to Rise Quickly to 2020

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Worldwide UltraHD-capable set-top box shipments will reach 48 million by 2020, says ABI Research. HEVC STB shipments will climb even higher, to 88 million units. Only about 60,000 STBs with both features will be …

Tags:HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 45

French Broadcasters Raise Spectrum Concerns

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The CEOs of French broadcasters TF1, Lagardere Active, NextRadioTV and NRJ have expressed their concerns about a repurposing of the 700MHz spectrum from DTT to mobile broadband. In a letter to Prime Minister Manuel …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Fransat Commits to MPEG-4

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Fransat, the free-to-air French platform, will move all of its broadcasts to MPEG-4 by 2016. Any customers still using an SD receiver by this point will need to change to an HD- (and MPEG-4) …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| MPEG4 (H.264 MVC)| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Exertis Takes Samsung

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The Galaxy Tab Active tablet from Samsung is now being distributed by Exertis in the UK.

Tags:Exertis| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Forrest Expands Scottish Portfolio

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Forrest Media will add two new digital sites to its portfolio early next year. The ‘Cityscreen Glasgow Southern Gateway’ and ‘Cityscreen Edinburgh Eastern Gateway’ will both measure about 50m². We expect the company to …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 48

FES…And Similar Model is Rumoured at Sony

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Sony is developing a watch made of ‘electronic paper’, says Bloomberg, which could be released next year. Both the face and strap will be able to function as a display, as they will both …

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 47