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Slimmed-down TV Packages Have Mixed Results

by Yvette Raikes

Almost 70% of 18-14 year olds in the USA, who currently don’t subscribe to pay-TV, say that they would only consider “more affordable channel lineups that fit my viewing tastes”, according to Altman Vilandrie’s …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Samsung Sued Over S7 Edge Injury

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Samsung’s phone problems are deepening. After problems with exploding batteries (read more here), the company issued a recall of its Galaxy Note 7 phones. However, the recall did not include the S7 Edge products …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Recalls & Problems| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Midwich To Expand After IPO

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Following its first results since going public, distributor Midwich says that it is planning to expand (see Midwich Result 13/09/2016). The company saw turnover rise by 12% in the first half to £158.4 million …

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Midwich plc| Vol 23 - Issue 36

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HPE to Raise Partner Share

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Hewlett Packard Inc (HP) wants to increase the share of business which goes through its partners, according to CRN. Currently this is 80% but the company wants this to rise to 87% over the …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Kokkonen Joins Canatu

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Juha Kokkonen has moved from managing phones at Microsoft to CEO of Canatu, which makes flexible and 3D formable films and touch sensors. Kokkonen’s knowledge of mobile technology is very strong, as he has …

Tags:Canatu| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Intertrust Chooses Dolby Vision HDR

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Intertrust Technologies, which specialises in digital rights management, has chosen Dolby’s Vision HDR to speed up global UHD adoption by video service providers. The company says that Dolby’s secure solution for creating, distributing and …

Tags:Back Panel| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Eric Penot Joins Board of Quividi

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As well as moving to his position as COO of Silicon Core which we reported here, Eric Penot has now joined the board of France-based facial-recognition specialist Quividi. The company says that Penot’s proven …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| SiliconCore| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Leading LED Suppliers in 2015

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The IHS Markit Packaged LED Report, published in August, showed that Nichia led with 12.9% of the market in 2015. Osram and Lumileds followed with a combined share of 14.7%. Nichia was the top …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 36

CES Unveiled Paris Almost Sold Out

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The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) says that CES Unveiled Paris is almost sold out, with 37 exhibitors already lined up. The event takes place on 25th October and starts with a press conference and …

Tags:Back Panel| CES 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Renesas Will Buy Intersil

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Semiconductor company Renesas Electronics Corporation will acquire Intersil Corporation, which supplies power management and precision analogue solutions. They have agreed on a share price of $22.50, meaning equity of $3.2 billion. Pending shareholder and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Renesas| Semiconductor Industry| Vol 23 - Issue 36

HP to Buy Samsung’s Printer Business

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HP Inc. has agreed to buy Samsung’s printer business for $1.05 billion. HP will take over the designs, intellectual property (6,500 patents) and 1,300 researchers and engineers as well as a factory in China …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Asustek Records Improvement

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Asustek Computer posted August turnover of NT$39.86 billion ($1.26 billion), up 20% MoM but down 2.4% YoY. This resulted in a rise of 0.04% for year to date revenue to NT$295.8 billion ($9.35 billion). …

Tags:Asus| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 36