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Huawei Shows Off Fast-Charge Battery

by Tom Allen

Huawei has published a video showing an extremely fast charge of a smartphone battery – five minutes to 50% capacity. The battery is removed from the phone (sorry, iPhone users) and placed in a …

Tags:Batteries| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Windows-Android Integration Hits Delay

by Tom Allen

Windows 10 Mobile has been expected to solve the issue of a lack of apps on the Windows smartphone platform, by making porting them over from iOS and Android a simple process. However, while …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 46| Windows

Nokia Names New Head of Europe

by Tom Allen

As part of the planned merger with Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia has named Markus Borchet as the new head of Europe for the company. Borchet is currently SVP of the European market at Nokia Networks.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Norautron Acquires Hatteland Display

by Tom Allen

Norway’s Norautron Group is to acquire 100% of Hatteland Display from Herkules Capital. Norautron is an EMS provider and Hatteland manufactures maritime displays and computers. Including Hatteland Display, Norautron will have an estimated annual …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Maritime| Mergers & Acquisitions| Nordics| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Philips LED Screen Used in Leeds

by Tom Allen

SIS Digital has installed a 3.6m x 6.6m Philips ‘Showall’ LED display in the UK city of Leeds. Situated at The Pinnacle on Bond Street, the screen has a 10mm pixel pitch and 5,500 …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Philips| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Tveon

Tveon Claims Perseus-Beating Bit-Rates

by Tom Allen

A Canadian company known as Tveon claims to have an encoding technology that beats even the impressive bit-rates of V-Nova’s Perseus (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements). Having been operating in ‘stealth mode’ for …

Tags:Codecs| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 46

DTG and German TV Platform Collaborate on UHD Plugfests

by Tom Allen

The DTG UK UHD Forum and German TV Platform are working together to test UltraHD TVs, receivers, content and connectivity as new services are developed. The first of a series of joint plugfests will …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Testing| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Juniper: 2016 Will be ‘Watershed Year’ for VR

by Tom Allen

Juniper Research has identified the top technology trends for 2016. VR headsets will have a ‘watershed’ year next year, in terms of both product launches and consumer rollouts. Several big firms, including Sony, Oculus …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| HTC| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 46| Wearables

Broadcasters Debate TV Future

by Tom Allen

The CTA (formerly the CEA) held an event in New York City recently called the Innovate Conference, at which several members of the TV industry discussed the problem with UltraHD content delivery. Advances in …

Tags:Broadcast| Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Mexico Prepares Homes for ASO

by Tom Allen

The Mexican government is distributing 7 million STBs to low-incoming families in the country, as part of the promise to ensure that every home has access to digital TV signals. The move has boosted …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Vol 22 - Issue 48

$1 Billion in Sales Marks New Samsung Record

by Tom Allen

Samsung has announced that it sold $1 billion worth of TVs in North America in October – a new company record. More than half of the company’s North American market share (35.1% in the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TV Set Market| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Rumour: SDC Ups OLED Investment

by Tom Allen

There are reports from Business Korea that Samsung Display will raise its investment in flexible OLED panel manufacturing. Specifically, the company will continue to focus on small- and mid-size OLED displays. Currently, SDC produces …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 46