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Amazon Seeks to Launch Online TV Service

by Tom Allen

According to Bloomberg, Amazon is looking to create an online pay-TV service. The company is said to have contacted broadcasters such as CBS and NBC Universal about channel carriage. Discussions are still in an …

Tags:Amazon| Comcast| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 41

IHS Predicts Nine Times Rise in QD Share

by Tom Allen

IHS has published a report on the wide colour gamut display market. This market is expected to grow from 2.8% of total display demand in 2015, to 25% in 2020 (WCG Displays Represent Quarter …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 41

by Tom Allen

Panasonic‘s curved UltraHD TVs (Panasonic Goes All-Out With UltraHD) are now being shipped in Europe. The CR850 starts at £1,480 ($2,290); the CR730 starts at £1,080 ($1,670); and the CR430 starts at £960 ($1,485). …

BenQ Eases Large-Venue Installation

by Tom Allen

Four new high-brightness dual-lamp projectors have been added to BenQ America’s ‘Integrator’s Choice’ lineup. The new Colorific models are designed for large venues; they feature multiple installation options, such as HDBaseT compatibility. The projectors …

Tags:BenQ| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Australia is First With AOC Monitor

by Tom Allen

A new AOC monitor has been announced in Australia and will be released to the rest of the world some time this year. However, product data has not been made available yet. The C2783FQ …

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

OLED-Info Pushes New Knowledge Base

by Tom Allen

OLED-Info has launched a new OLED information repository called the OLED Auditorium. The space hosts an online library of OLED presentations; lectures by “leading experts”; a virtual online conference; and networking opportunities. An annual …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Apple: iPhone Battery Tests Are ‘Not Representative’

by Tom Allen

As well as random turn-offs (iPhone Owners Complain of Random Shutdowns), the iPhone 6S is said to be suffering from battery life problems – which can be traced back to the chip. There are …

Currency Values and High Inventory Push PCs Down

by Tom Allen

Worldwide PC shipments fell 7.7% YoY in Q3’15, Gartner’s preliminary PC results show. Desktop PCs continued to exhibit weakness, with declines in the high single digits, while mobile PCs (notebooks and premium ultramobiles) fell …

Jim Bauman is 3M’s New EVP

by Tom Allen

Jim L. Bauman is 3M’s new EVP in the electronics and energy business group, replacing the retiring Michael A. Kelly. Bauman is currently SVP of business transformation (Americas). He joined the company as a …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Vol 22 - Issue 41

September Panel Revenues Fall, But Shipments Climb

by Tom Allen

Taiwanese panel makers have released their monthly results for September. AUO‘s revenues reached NT$31.4 billion ($965.5 million), up 3% MoM but down 11.8% YoY. The company shipped around 9.5 million large-sized (TV, monitor, notebook …

Hamlet Broadcast Live Across the UK

by Tom Allen

Benedict Cumberbatch stars as HamletThe 12-week run of Hamlet, now ongoing at London’s Barbican Theatre, is being broadcast live, in DCI-4k resolution, to cinemas across the UK. Much as it did with War Horse …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| sony| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Pay-TV Subs Rise, Revenues to Stay Flat

by Tom Allen

Pay-TV subscribers across 89 countries will increase by 200 million between 2014 and 2020, says Digital TV Research. There were 704 million subscribers in 2014, and are forecast to be 904 million by 2020. …