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Graphene and Applications

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Antonio Hélio Castro Neto gave a talk on graphene at the event. He started work on the material in the US but has now moved to Signapore to further the research. The level of …

Tags:Graphene| Large Display Monitor| Latin Display 2014| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Werner Questions OLED TV

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The second talk that Ken Werner was due to give was about quantum dots and their impact on the prospects for OLED TV. One of the claimed benefits of OLED TVs compared to LCD …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Large Display Monitor| Latin Display 2014| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Quantum Dots| Visual Quality| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Plessey Expands European Reach

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Plessey has signed a distribution agreement with Syscom Electronique to expand its European network with coverage in the France and Tunisia markets for its GaN-on-Silicon LED products.

Tags:Distributors| France| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 21 - Issue 46

20th HbbTV Workshop Takes Place in December

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The 20th HbbTV Interoperability Workshop will take place in Munich, Germany, on 9th and 10th December. All HbbTV application developers and manufacturers of HbbTV products are invited to attend. More details can be found …

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| 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

Samsung Display Requests Component Price Cuts

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Samsung Display is asking supply chaing members to lower component pricing by as much as 30%, as the company aims to drop its overall pricing for small- and medium-size panels. The news comes from …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Small & Medium Displays| 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

CNNgo App Powered by Elemental’s Delta Platform

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You may have noticed that some networks are offering their own apps to access content on their network. Some worry about this trend as it can create a sea of individual apps that are …

Tags:CCW 2014 (Content & Communications World)| Elemental Technologies| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| 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

TPK Sales Half YoY

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TPK said sales in October fell 50% from October 2013 to NT$11.2 billion ($372.2 million), though this was 4.9% higher than September. Sales to date increased almost 4% to NT$128.3 billion ($4.2 billion).

Tags:Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| TPK| Vol 21 - Issue 46

DVB-T2 Plans Outlined in Germany

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At a Media Broadcast event in Germany regarding DVB-T2, it was said that private broadcasters in the country plan to launch services using the platform in mid-2016. DVB-T broadcasts could be turned off in …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Abileah Explains Vertical Markets

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Adi Abileah is, these days, an independent consultant in display technology, although readers may know him from his time as Chief Scientist at Planar Systems. He gave a very interesting talk on special vertical …

Tags:Automotive| Aviation| Large Display Monitor| Latin Display 2014| Medical| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46