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IDTEchEx Predicts Huge Investments in Flexible Displays

Research firm IDTechEx holds printed electronics events twice a year: once in Berlin, and once in Santa Clara. We attended the ...

April Fool’s DOOH Campaign Run by Hotels.Com

As part of an April Fool’s Day campaign, Hotels.com used Clear Channel’s entire UK digital estate last Saturday, and launched a ...

Samsung Selects Peerless-AV as the Preferred Mount Supplier for its European Display Showroom

AV technology pioneer Peerless-AV announced that Samsung Electronics Europe has installed its Universal LED Mounting System to support a range of ...

CastAR Shows Projection-based AR Headset at CES

TechnicaI Illusions (Woodlinville, WA) used a suite at CES 2015 to offer private demos of it CastAR headset. The company opened ...

And Finally…. Some Bizarre Market Data…

We often see market research reports from unknown companies. Few are as bizarre as the one from ‘Persistence Market Research”. According ...

Americas Lead Worldwide Semiconductor Growth

Worldwide semiconductor sales rose almost 5% YoY in April, the Semiconductor Industry Association has said. Although a 0.4% fall MoM, sales ...

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Holst Can Make Washable LED Clothing

by Raverstead

Paul Breddels spoke for the Holst Centre in Eindhoven which is a research centre working on the integration of electronics in and on flexible foils. Applications are in lighting, display, solar, medical and automotive …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Holst Centre| Large Display Monitor| Latin Display 2014| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Christie Breaks DLP Brightness Record

by Raverstead

Introduced recently at Live Design International, Christie’s Roadie 4K45 marks a new 3DLP brightness level. As well as DCI-4k resolution at 60Hz (with optional 120Hz), the 4K45 outputs up to 43,000 lumens of brightness. …

Tags:4K DCI| Christie| DLP Projectors| Installation Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47

LED Screens Vie for Position at Brandenburg

by Raverstead

Earlier this month Germany celebrated 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, with six massive LED screens, on rails, moving around Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate. Each screen was 11m x 4.8m, with a …

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Samsung Reaches New UK TV Milestone

by Raverstead

Samsung has boasted that it has hit a new TV milestone; its Smart TV platform now has more than 1.5 million users in the UK every week. The figure represents a 50% increase over …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Best Buy Licenses Sharp Brand

by Raverstead

Best Buy and Sharp have signed a licensing agreement (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 43) which allows the US chain to use Sharp’s brand on three recently released HDTVs. The new line comprises 32″, …

Tags:Best Buy| Large Display Monitor| sharp| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Telefonica, Canal Plus Face Antitrust Probe

by Raverstead

The proposed acquisition by Spain’s Telefonica of pay-TV company Digital+ (known as Canal+ in Spain) is to be investigated by the Spanish competition authority, the CNMC. In a statement, the CNMC was quoted as …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Pay TV| Spain| Vol 21 - Issue 46

TPK Sales Half YoY

by Raverstead

TPK said sales in October fell 50% from October 2013 to NT$11.2 billion ($372.2 million), though this was 4.9% higher than September. Sales to date increased almost 4% to NT$128.3 billion ($4.2 billion).

Tags:Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| TPK| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Colegrove Updates on Touch

by Raverstead

Jennifer Colegrove is from Touch Display Research and talked about touch and touchless input. She started by talking about “what’s hot” in the market, including non-touch areas. Colegrove said that she was one of …

Tags:Automotive| Cima Nanotech| Large Display Monitor| Latin Display 2014| Metal Mesh| Mobile Display Monitor| Silver Nanowire| Touch Display Research (TDR)| Touch Market| Touchless Touch| Vol 21 - Issue 46

CNNgo App Powered by Elemental’s Delta Platform

by Raverstead

You may have noticed that some networks are offering their own apps to access content on their network. Some worry about this trend as it can create a sea of individual apps that are …

Tags:CCW 2014 (Content & Communications World)| Elemental Technologies| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 21 - Issue 46

LEDs on Silicon Gaining Traction

by Raverstead

Plessey has achieved 120 lumens/Watt light output with its MAGIC GaN-on-Silicon LED technology. Light output efficiency was said to be greater than 50%. Engineering samples are shipping now, as well as blue die with …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Samsung to Cut Smartphone Portfolio

by Raverstead

Robert Yi, head of investor relations at Samsung, has said that the company will cut the number of smartphone models it offers by 25% – 30% next year. Speaking at the company’s Investor Forum …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 46

DVB-T2 Plans Outlined in Germany

by Raverstead

At a Media Broadcast event in Germany regarding DVB-T2, it was said that private broadcasters in the country plan to launch services using the platform in mid-2016. DVB-T broadcasts could be turned off in …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 21 - Issue 46