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AccorHotels Takes Samsung Screens

by Tom Allen

Samsung has entered into an agreement with AccorHotels Group, whereby it will roll out its Smart Hospitality Display products to properties across 92 countries. AccorHotels owns brands such as Novotel and Ibis. Samsung’s UltraHD …

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

Lenovo Grows German Network

by Tom Allen

Lenovo has appointed API and Bytec as new distributors in Germany. API will handle Lenovo’s PCs and notebooks, while Bytek will look after server and storage solutions.

OLED Agreement to Raise Material Manufacturing

by Tom Allen

Idemitsu Kosan of Japan and Doosan Corporation of South Korea have concluded a memorandum of understanding,covering a new OLED business arrangement and cross-patent licensing agreement. Under the terms, each company will be able to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 46

LG Sees Bright Future for OLED

by Tom Allen

FlatpanelsHD visited LG in Korea and received some updates on the company’s OLED plans. The company considers the technology as the next step in consumer electronics. LG says that it is raising yields and …

CSOT Module Production Rises 40%

by Tom Allen

TCL is CSOT’s parent companyCSOT has said that it produced 203,000 substrates from its two G8.5 fabs in October: a 40.5% YoY rise.

Tags:CSOT| Large Display Monitor| LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Asus Aims for 50% Smartphone Rise

by Tom Allen

Jerry Shen, CEO of Asus, has said that the company will be able to ship 20.5 million smartphones this year. 13.5 million were shipped in Q1-Q3, and the company plans to ship another 7 …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Mediaset Raises Paying Customers

by Tom Allen

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset’s pay-DTT subsidiary, Mediaset Premium, has increased its subscriber base by 112,000 since June. Its total base now stands at 1.8 million.

Tags:Italy| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 46

CSA Supports T2 and HEVC

by Tom Allen

The CSA, the French regulator, has supported a proposal from the Senate, which calls for the introduction of the DVB-T2 and HEVC platforms for UltraHD services. The CSA supports the use of these platforms …

Royole Makes Bold Claims About Home Theatre Device

by Tom Allen

Royole Corporation has launched its Royole-X ‘smart mobile theatre device’. Although essentially a VR display with headphones, the Royole-X does have a few big differences. For starters, the headset uses an AMOLED display (we …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Vuzix Scores Eight CES Awards

by Tom Allen

Vuzix has secured eight CES Innovation Awards, for products that will be on show at CES 2016 this January. A new product, the iWear Wireless Video Headphones, was named ‘Best of Innovations Awards Honoree’ …

Motive Starts TabletTVPlus Pre-Orders

by Tom Allen

Motive/Granite Broadcasting’s Tablet TV LLC is now taking pre-orders for its TabletTVPlus product in the USA. The device can be used to watch live broadcast TV on a tablet, and access the internet. The …

Forbes Chooses AV Stumpfl

by Tom Allen

AV Stumpfl supplied one of its curved projection screens – 4m x 30m – for use at Forbes’ international conference. Held in Athens, the event was attended by more than 500 people. Five of …