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China Ends LED Subsidies

The Chinese government has stopped offering subsidies and tax incentives to LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers. According to reports from ...

Apple Watch Delayed

Shipments of the Apple Watch have been delayed from late April to the summer. Originally set to be launched on 24th ...

45% of WE Broadband Homes Have a Smart TV

Parks Associates said that 45% of Western European broadband households own a smart TV, with the highest percentage in Germany, where ...

QMC Agrees Joint Venture in China

Quantum Materials Corp. (QMC) has launched a joint venture with China’s Guanghui Technology Group (GTG). GTG will invest $20 million to ...

Volvo/Microsoft Enable Knight Rider!

Volvo and Microsoft have expanded their partnership, several months after first announcing it using Hololens (Volvo Works With Microsoft’s Hololens). Owners ...

Digital Cinematography at Canon Hollywood

David Stump will present an overview from his book, Digital Cinematography — Fundamentals, Tools, Techniques, and Workflows at the Canon Hollywood ...

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Fujitsu Seeks Partner For Mobile Phones

by Yvette Raikes

Fujitsu has said again that it is considering several possibilities for its mobile phone operation. The company made the business a separate unit in February 2016 and has sought a partner since then to …

Tags:Fujitsu| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Samsung Adds HD+ to its Smart TVs

by Yvette Raikes

Samsung is launching TV Plus, a new HD channel, in Germany and elsewhere in Europe on its Smart TVs. There will be content in UHD and HDR and the service gives access to video-on-demand …

Tags:HD+ (Germany)| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 31

BOE Formalises JV Plan

by Bob Raikes

The ET News in Korea reports that the deal between BOE, Kopin and Olightek Opto-Electronic Technology to build a production line to be dedicated to OLED-based microdisplays has been approved by the board of …

Tags:BOE| Investment| Kopin| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 31

QMC Claims no Detioration in 1000 Hrs in QD LED Design

by Bob Raikes

Quantum Materials Corp (QMC) of the US said that its cadmium-free quantum dots have surpassed a 1000-hour continuous durability test in a remote LED application. The testing has been conducted with red and green …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 31

HTC Confirmed as Pixel 2 Maker

by Bob Raikes

Filings with the FCC have confirmed that HTC will be making the smaller version of the Google Pixel 2 smartphone. The phone is also expected to have a feature called “Active Edge” which is …

Tags:Google| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Digital Signage Set for Global Growth

by Bob Raikes

A hat tip to Sixteen:Nine.net for publishing the latest data from IHS Markit on the global public display market. A report is available to members of the Digital Signage Federation as part of their …

Tags:Digital Signage| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Foxconn Plans Three More Lines on Wisconsin LCD Campus

by Yvette Raikes

Foxconn is to build three ancillary facilities in Wisconsin, USA, on a campus where a $10 billion LCD factory is due for completion in 2020. The company will add a back-end packaging line, a …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Vudu Comes to Apple TV

by Yvette Raikes

Film streaming service Vudu is now available on Apple TV. There has been some disappointment that you cannot rent or buy films this way, since Vudu owner Walmart will not share the revenue with …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Sony & Panasonic Differ in Strategy

by Bob Raikes

An article in Handelsblatt (in German, but Google Translate does a good job!) contrasts the different strategies of Panasonic (the sixth largest electronics company globally) and Sony (the fifth largest). (The top four are …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Friedrich and Poynton Hold Colour Correction Workshop

by Yvette Raikes

Colour scientist Charles Poynton and calibration specialist Florian Friedrich are holding a 2-day workshop for Up.grade 2017 at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie in Berlin on 25th and 26th September. The workshop will be …

Tags:Back Panel| Colour Management & Processing| Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Users Positive about AR/VR in Store

by Bob Raikes

We have previously reported on the test project being run by Saturn in Germany (“HoloTour” at PoS – Saturn is based on Augmented Reality). Now the company has released the results of a survey …

Tags:AR/VR| MediaMarkt (Saturn)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 31