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Will Apple Drop OLED for LED?

by Tom Allen

Supply chain sources claim that Apple will move away from LG’s plastic OLED display in the next Apple Watch. Instead, the company will use a micro LED screen. Apple acquired micro LED maker LuxVue …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Samsung Shows Off Immersive TV in Experience Zones

by Tom Allen

To promote its 2016 TVs, Samsung is opening pop-up experience zones in cities around the world. Beginning in Jakarta, Indonesia, the zones – where customers can see the TVs and share photos on social …

KDDI Takes Rovi G-Guide

by Tom Allen

KDDI, the Japanese service provider, has chosen to use Rovi’s G-Guide HTML for entertainment discovery on its new Android TV-based IPTV STB. The new box – the first to use G-Guide HTML for IPTV …

Sky Creates ‘Biggest Movie Service’ in Europe

by Tom Allen

Sky will relaunch its Sky Movies service as ‘Sky Cinema’ on the 8th July. It is described as ‘the biggest dedicated movie service in Europe’, with a new film added every day, and will …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Sky| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Sony Pushes VR Shipments to 9 Million

by Tom Allen

Strong pre-orders of Sony’s Playstation VR – the release date for which was announced at E3 – will push VR device shipments past 9 million units this year, says TrendForce. Reception so far has …

BOE Names UDC as Top Supplier

by Tom Allen

BOE Technology Group has presented Universal Display Corp. with the 2016 Supplier Award for Collaborative Innovation. This award recognises UDC for its performance, collaboration and innovation in providing BOE with technology solutions. This, of …

Canal+ to Fall Below 4 Million

by Tom Allen

Vincent Bolloré (CEO of Vivendi) and Maxime Saada (MD of Canal+) have predicted that Canal+’s French subscribers will fall below 4 million this year. The two were speaking to the French Senate’s Culture Committee …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Matrox Scoops Best of Show at Infocomm

by Tom Allen

Matrox is celebrating winning four ‘Best of Show’ awards at Infocomm 2016. The company’s Mura IPS 4k IP decode and display multiviewer cards; Maevex 6100 encoders; C900 graphics cards; and Monarch LCS lecture capture …

Litemax Shows Square 4k at First UK Conference

by Tom Allen

Litemax Electronics will hold its first UK channel conference in the 16th September, with local partner Display Solutions. At the event – in the North Oxford Lawn Tennis Club, Oxford – Litemax will show …

Gou: Sharp Will Produce OLEDs in 2017

by Tom Allen

Credit: NikkeiThe Nikkei has said that Sharp will begin to ship OLED panels next year. Foxconn chairman Terry Gou made the statements at the annual shareholder briefing.

New B&O TVs Uncovered in Documents

by Tom Allen

Danish website Recordere.dk has uncovered references to new TVs from Bang & Olufsen, after the company invited members of the press to an event at IFA on the 31st August. Customs documents, FCC filings …

Tags:Bang & Olufsen (B&O)| IFA 2016| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Samsung Leads Signage Displays

by Tom Allen

Invidis has announced the winners of the Digital Signage Awards, presented at the Digital Signage Summit in Munich. The awards are presented to companies in five categories, for their performance in the DACH market …