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Lite-On to Expand Automotive Production

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s Lite-On is investing NT$10 billion ($320.3 million) on expanding its facility at the Nantze Export Processing Zone in Kaohsiung. The work includes building a new manufacturing plant for automotive electronics and an operational …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 23 - Issue 32

Acer Loses Smartphone Leader to Qualcomm

by Tom Allen

The co-president of Acer’s BYOC Smart Products business unit, and head of the smartphone and wearable divisions, is leaving the company to (apparently) join Qualcomm Taiwan as its president. ST Liew joined Acer in …

UHD OTT Will Reach Mass Market Soon

by Tom Allen

Juniper Research says that UltraHD OTT content adoption will climb quickly over the next five years, finally reaching the mass market. These services are forecast to attract 189 million users worldwide by 2021, up …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 32| Worldwide

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 32

by Tom Allen

Doogee of China has launched a new handset called the T5, aka ‘the Businessport Phone’. It is IP67-compliant, with a 5″ display (1280 x 720) and 4,500mAh battery with fast charging. Doogee claims that …

Microsoft Makes Streaming High Priority

by Tom Allen

Microsoft’s Team Xbox has signed an agreement to acquire game streaming service Beam. Beam, based in Seattle, enables live stream viewers to play along with the streamer. The streamer can use Beam’s own protocol …

Virgin Shows Eos Box for First Time

by Tom Allen

Virgin will sell the Eos box in the UK under the name ‘V6’, and has revealed a photo of the device. The STB will be able to play UltraHD content from Netflix and YouTube …

90% of Video Providers Plan UHD by 2020

by Tom Allen

Video service providers and content producers believe that the majority of consumers and operators will adopt UltraHD TV by 2020, and are willing to pay more for such services. These results came from a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 32| Worldwide

Apple to Refresh iPad Pro in 2017

by Tom Allen

Ming-chi Kuo, an KGI Securities analyst with a respectable track record on Apple predictions, has said that the company will launch as many as three iPads in 2017. In an investor note, Kuo said …

Many Brands Honoured in EISAs

by Tom Allen

The winners of the 2016-2017 EISA Awards have been announced, ahead of IFA 2016. Most of the major CE brands took a prize. Panasonic’s 65DX900E took Home Theatre TV; LG’s 65″ G6 OLED TV …

BenQ Adds Collaboration to Smart Signage Series

by Tom Allen

The Smart Signage series from BenQ is a range of all-in-one digital signage displays, comprising the screen and software for content creation and control. The first model was the ST550K, and BenQ has now …

Tags:BenQ| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 23 - Issue 32

LG Worships at Church of SK Rapid

by Tom Allen

LG Electronics Austria has begun to sponsor the SK Rapid Wien football team, supplying displays to the Allianz Arena. One of these is a 77″ UltraHD OLED TV, which replicates a new stained glass …

Asus Takes Workers From Tablets for VR/AR

by Tom Allen

Asus’s CEO, Jerry Shen, has said that the company is accelerating the development of its robotics and VR businesses, to counter the continued weakness of its PC and tablet arms. “We have been reallocating …

Tags:Asus| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 23 - Issue 32