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Apple’s 13-Year Growth Grinds to a Halt

Apple reported Q2’16 net profit of $10.5 billion, down 23% YoY from $13.6 billion. Turnover was $50.6 billion, down 13% YoY ...

From Food to OLEDs?

We have seen reports that a Chinese food company called Blackcow Food is planning to raise a large amount of money ...

Associations Call for ITA Agreement

IT associations from around the world have called for an early conclusion to talks on the Information Technology Agreement (ITA). It ...

Userful Adds Low Cost Controller

Userful, which has a network-based video wall software solution, is making its latest software available for $565 for the controller software. ...

LED Waterfall Illusion at Medical Facility in the Mojave Desert

The illusion of a waterfall has been created in the middle of the Mojave Desert, more specifically in the lobby area ...

HBO Announces OTT Service for 2015

TV – The discussion about the future of TV in the US is not only a consequence of weaker TV set ...

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UDC Result 09/11/15

by Yvette Raikes

OLED producer Universal Display Corp. (UDC) recorded Q3 net profits of $7 million, up from $4.3 million in the same period last time, on revenue which rose to $39.4 million from $32.9 million. For …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UDC| Vol 22 - Issue 45

CPT

CPT Requires Unpaid Leave to Avoid Layoffs

by Tom Allen

‘To overcome [the] economic recession and improve financial performance’, Chungwha Picture Tubes has asked its employees to take unpaid leave. From now until the end of 2016, an unspecified number of workers will be …

Tags:CPT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Philips Puts SoftBlue in Smartphones

by Tom Allen

Philips has differentiated its newest smartphones – the Sapphire S616 and Sapphire Life V787 – by incorporating its SoftBlue technology in the displays. SoftBlue lowers the blue light output of a screen – by …

Tags:Blue Light| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Philips| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Wiko Signs With Ingram

by Tom Allen

French smartphone vendor Wiko has taken on Ingram Micro as a new distribution partner in Italy.

Tags:Distribution| Ingram Micro| Italy| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Planar Shows Off Transparent OLED Variants

by Milos Pavlovic

Earlier this year, Planar showed a 55″ transparent OLED display at ISE (Planar Talks 100% UltraHD), although little information was available (it was also shown by others including NEC and Eyevis as well as …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| OLEDs| Planar| Vol 22 - Issue 45

TechniSat Brings UltraHD to the Home

by Tom Allen

TechniSat is now selling an UltraHD STB in Germany, which can decode HEVC signals. The Digit Isio STC+ is also able to play UltraHD content at 60fps through HDMI, and supports HDCP 2.2. It …

Tags:HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Acer Monitor Families go UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Two new monitor families have been developed by Acer, for professional users such as graphic designers and photographers. The BX0 and CB1 monitors have several resolution options, up to UltraHD, and picture-in- and picture-by-picture …

Tags:Acer| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Tablet Adoption Slowing, but Hybrids are ‘Opportunity’

by Tom Allen

A survey by Gartner has found that 17% of consumers in mature markets intend to buy a tablet in the next 12 months. 19,000 consumers were surveyed in early summer, across the UK, USA, …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 45| Worldwide

Blu-ray Popularity to Rise

by Tom Allen

The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) says that consumer spending on home entertainment remained stable in Q3 this year. Spending was driven by gains in electronic sell-through and streaming. Although a ‘resurgence of interest’ in …

Tags:Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Packaged Media| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Q3 ‘Cord Cutting’ Decline Anticipated by TDG Research

by Isaac Oburu

According to research conducted by TDG in the first half of 2015, the percentage of adult broadband users moderately to highly likely to cancel their pay-TV service declined 20% between early 2014 and 2015. …

Tags:Market Data| Pay TV

Q3 Cord-Cutting Forecast by TDG Research

by Tom Allen

US-based TDG Research has found that adult broadband users are now less likely to cancel their pay-TV service. Research conducted in the first half of 2015 found that the percentage of these users ‘moderately …

Tags:Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 45