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Planar Finalises Sale

by Tom Allen

Planar Systems has closed its sale to Leyard American Corporation, a subsidiary of China’s Leyard Optoelectronic Co (Planar to be Acquired by Leyard). The companies had entered into a definitive merger agreement, under the …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 48

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s Economic Daily News claims that Apple will show new 13″ and 15″ Macbook Air models at WWDC 2016, next summer. The 11″ model will be discontinued, and the new editions will be thinner …

Online Shoppers Compete With In-Store on Black Friday

by Tom Allen

The CTA (formerly CEA) estimated that 56.9 million American adults (45% of all shoppers) bought or planned to buy technology products over the Thanksgiving shopping week (from the 23rd – 30th November). A new …

Tobii Pushes Eye Tracking for Advertising

by Tom Allen

Tobii has announced a large-scale eye tracking survey panel in Sweden. Attention data will be continuously collected from 1,000 eye trackers in households around the country, attached to laptops and PCs. The data will …

Imagination Takes 2015 Elektra Awards

by Tom Allen

Hossein Yassaie, CEO of Imagination Technologies, has been honoured with the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards. At the same event, in London on the 24th November, Imagination won …

Chinese LEDs Used in Times Square Strip

by Tom Allen

Retop has installed a large MEX strip display on the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton building on Times Square, New York City. The strip is 13.34m x 49.38m and uses a 76.2mm pixel pitch. It …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LED| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Sky Insists 3D “Isn’t Dead”

by Tom Allen

In an interview with Trusted Reviews, Sky’s Kathryn Lacey said that the company has not abandoned 3D – despite closing its sole 3D channel in June. Lacey said that all of Sky’s 3D content …

Tags:3D| 3D TV| Large Display Monitor| Sky| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Spanish Subsidies Were Illegal, Says EU Court

by Tom Allen

The European General Court has upheld a 2013 decision by the European Commission, which declared Spanish DTT subsidies illegal (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 42). Several DTT network operators in the country received funding …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Spain| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Rumours Abound About Nokia Return

by Tom Allen

An article on Mobile Choice UK claims that Nokia may be planning a return to the mobile market, with a mid-range phone called the C1. The phone would be available in two versions – …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Soluble OLEDs Closing on Evaporation Efficiency

by Tom Allen

Merck has revealed the development results of its red and green solution-processed phosphorescent OLED materials. Results were compared to evaporation material performance from Universal Display Corp. (UDC). Merck shared the results at the OLED …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Merck| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Vol 22 - Issue 48

LG Begins Annual Reshuffle

by Tom Allen

LG has shared plans for its changes in top-level appointments, which will begin on the 1st December. Juno ChoJuno Cho will replace Park Jong-seok as president and CEO of LG Mobile Communications. Cho is …

Armenia Moves to Digital With Ericsson

by Tom Allen

TRBNA, the Armenian public broadcaster, has completed its transition from analogue to DVB-T2 broadcasting, with the help of Ericsson. The new system provides TV channels with the opportunity to be transmitted in SD, HD …