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Virgin Planning 4k STB

by Tom Allen

Virgin Media of the UK has announced that it will launch an UltraHD set-top box this year, which will offer both live and VoD programming.

Osram Looks to Automotive for OLED

by Tom Allen

Arne Fleissner is a development engineer at Osram, and spoke about OLED lighting. Controversially, he began his discussion with the question, “Do we even need OLED any more?” OLED’s traditional advantages of large area …

AMOLED Narrows Gap with LTPS TFT-LCD

by Tom Allen

In a new research note, IHS has described the fast rise of AMOLED displays in smartphones, taking share from LTPS. LTPS TFT-LCD has dominated smartphone display shipments since Apple’s adoption for the iPhone in …

OLED Displays Will Dominate Printed Electronics

by Tom Allen

Raghu Das hosted the Printed Electronics keynote at the event. IDTechEx has worked in this space since 2001, and believes that it is now a $24.2 billion industry – including organic and flexible electronics. …

Sony and The Void Call on The Ghostbusters

by Tom Allen

Ahead of the release of the new Ghostbusters film in July, Sony Pictures has worked with Madame Tussauds New York, Ghost Corps and The Void (The Void Creates VR War Games…And Dragons) to create …

Amimon’s Latency-Free HDMI Replaces Analogue for Drone Racing

by Tom Allen

Image: The IndependentAmimon is a company specialising in latency-free wireless HD video transmission (the technology is called Connex), and has now unveiled an HDMI product. The Connex ProSight HD Vision Kit is intended for …

IAdea Stitches Video in China’s ‘New Manhattan’

by Tom Allen

IAdea’s AnyTiles video wall engine is being used in a 10m-wide installation in the Shanghai Hongqiao Commercial Business District, in China. 36 narrow-bezel LCD displays are being used in a 4 x 9 configuration …

HTC Trusts in New Phones and VR

by Tom Allen

HTC expects a rise in its Q2 smartphone sales, following the launch of the HTC 10 (HTC Claims “Best Smartphone Camera”). CFO Chang Chia-lin said that the company has seen a sequential improvement, adding, …

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Mediatek Only Rising Chip Firm

by Tom Allen

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) reported consolidated April revenues of NT$20.2 billion ($621 million) in April, down 14.1% MoM and 8.2% YoY. The firm has predicted an increase in its IC ATM (assembly test and …

AUO Aims at 30% Thin Bezel and Curved Market Share

by Tom Allen

AUO has begun production of flat, ‘bezel-less’ TV panels, and is aiming to take a global market share of 30%. Shipments are expected to pass 1.5 million units this year. The company has also …

Polar OLED Has Solved Printing Problem

by Tom Allen

Research firm IDTechEx holds a printed electronics event twice a year: once in Berlin, and once in Santa Clara. We attended the European event at the end of April, which had lots of coverage …

TVs Rebound From Three-Month Decline

by Tom Allen

After three months of declines, LCD TV shipments returned to growth in March, says IHS. Largely thanks to the aggressive pursuit of export growth by Chinese brands, shipments rose 4.8% to 16.2 million units. …

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