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Coolpad Takes on Videocon

by Tom Allen

Mumbai-based Videocon Industries has secured a contract to produce 500,000 handsets for Coolpad India – a subsidiary of China’s Coolpad. Production will take place in Q1 of the next fiscal year, at Videocon’s Aurangabad …

Takeover at Promethean Now Done

by Tom Allen

Having first been announced in July, the takeover of Promethean by China’s NetDragon has been unconditionally accepted (China’s NetDragon Launches Promethean Bid). NetDragon, through subsidiary Digital Train, will pay £84.1 million ($130 million) for …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Promethean| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Promethean Takes LBO’s Touch Tech

by Tom Allen

Promethean has acquired interactive touch and pen technology from UK-based Light Blue Optics . As well as the technology IP, the acquisition also includes ‘a key member of LBO’s engineering team’. Going forward, Promethean …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Promethean| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Apple Discusses Streaming With CBS

by Tom Allen

Les Moonves, president of CBS, has told Bloomberg that Apple is “having conversations with everyone about doing their own streaming services”, adding that CBS has been part of those conversations.

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Orange Leaks HTC One A9

by Tom Allen

Orange Mobile France accidentally posted images of the HTC One A9 before its official release (believed to be scheduled for the 20th October). The phone will come in black or white, with a 5″ …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones

EU Clears Intel’s Altera Acquisition

by Tom Allen

The European Commission has given the green light to Intel proposed acquisition of Altera (Intel, Samsung Rumoured to Be on Acquisition Trail). It is the EC’s belief that the combined entity will continue to …

Tags:Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 42

ITRI Surpasses 85% Flexible Yields

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has passed 85% yields for its flexible electronics, according to domestic sources. These include screens, touch modules and electrode films.

AV Stumpfl Shows Off at LDI

by Tom Allen

AV Stumpfl will show its largest-ever product lineup at LDI 2015 (23rd – 25th October, Las Vegas). The company will show its Fullwhite, Monoblox and VarioLock projection screens. Also viewable will be the Wings …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Projection Screens| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 41

MMD Refreshes E-Line

by Tom Allen

MMD has refreshed its range of Philips consumer monitors: the E-Line. The 23″ 237E7QDSB uses an AH-IPS panel, while the 23.6″ 246E7QDSW and 27″ 276E7QDSW use PLS panels (Samsung’s version of IPS); the larger …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Smart Board Considers Sale

by Tom Allen

Smart Technologies has updated its financial outlook for the 2016 fiscal year, and announced its intent to embark on a strategic review. New solutions are generating a growing share of Smart’s total revenue. However, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Smart Technologies Inc| Vol 22 - Issue 41

MStar Works on Dolby Vision SoCs

by Tom Allen

Dolby and MStar are working together to deliver Dolby Vision UltraHD SoCs for HDR TVs next year. The companies will collaborate to optimise Dolby Vision for integration into MStar’s video processing engine.

LG Wins Fairness Prize for Second Year

by Tom Allen

German consumers have chosen LG Electronics as the fairest TV manufacturer in the country, for the second year in a row. The German Fairness Prize is presented by new channel N-TV and the German …