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Christie Lights Up CGV’s Starium

by Tom Allen

CGV, a cinema multiplex chain in South Korea, has installed Christie’s CP42LH laser projector in the CGV Starium, which houses a 32m-wide screen! The upgrade replaces an existing lamp-based Christie projector. The CP42LH is …

CMA Clears BT’s EE Acquisition

by Tom Allen

BT’s takeover of UK mobile operator EE has been cleared by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. The watchdog judged that the move, worth £12.5 billion ($19.1 billion), would not cause ‘significant harm’ to …

Tags:BT| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 43

Envivio Becomes Ericsson Subsidiary

by Tom Allen

Ericsson has completed its acquisition of video encoder specialist Envivio (Ericsson to Acquire Envivio). The transaction was completed through the merger of Ericsson’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Cindy Acquisition Corporation, with Envivio. Envivio will now act …

Tags:Ericsson| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 22 - Issue 43

UDC Expands in Korea

by Tom Allen

Universal Display Corporation subsidiary, UDC Korea, has opened its new headquarters in Pangyo Technology Valley. The facility will be used as the central point for UDC’s operations in South Korea. At the same time, …

Tags:Korea| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UDC| Vol 22 - Issue 43

UBI Predicts OLED Panel Costs to Fall Below LCD

by Tom Allen

UBI Research estimates that a 55″ solution-processed OLED panel would be about 43% cheaper to produce than a WRGB type (based on OLED panel prices and yield from Q2’15, when prices were slightly higher …

Fourth HbbTV Symposium Discusses v2.0

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Digital Television Group (DTG) and the HbbTV Association will hold the fourth annual European HbbTV Symposium on the 8th and 9th December, in London. The title for this year’s event is ‘HbbTV …

Europe Gains New UltraHD Sources

by Tom Allen

The availability of UltraHD content continues to rise in Europe. Eutelsat’s director of commercial development and marketing, Markus Fritz, told Broadband TV News that the company wants to expand its offering of high-resolution content. …

Motorola Confident in ‘Shatterproof’ Display

by Tom Allen

The stand-out feature of Motorola’s new Droid phone – the brand name for phones produced with Verizon – is its ‘shatterproof’ display. The company is so confident that the display cannot be damaged, in …

VESA Refines eDP and Lowers BoM

by Tom Allen

VESA has published the next version of the Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) standard: V1.4b. This takes eDP 1.4 to production-ready status. The new version features several key protocol refinements and clarifications, resulting from VESA member …

Tags:DisplayPort| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| VESA| Vol 22 - Issue 43

Tech Data Distributes Aiptek

by Tom Allen

Tech Data is now distributing Aiptek’s pico projectors and dashcams in Germany.

Samsung Adopts Corning

by Tom Allen

Samsung Display has chosen to use Corning Lotus NXT Glass as a backplane substrate for its LTPS OLED panels. These panels are used in the Galaxy Note 5.

Sharp Supplies Panel for 120″ TV

by Tom Allen

China’s LeTV has produced new products in the largest and smallest ends of the consumer display market. The uMax Super TV was unveiled at an event in Beijing, and is a 120″ LCD TV, …