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Microsoft Germany Names New CEO

Microsoft has named Alastair Bruce as the new CEO of Microsoft Germany. Bruce replaces Thomas Schroder, who is leaving the company ...

Samsung Finds Some Products to Launch

Samsung held its annual MWC Press Conference to a full house at the event. Normally, it uses the event to launch ...

Light Polymers Develops On-Glass LCD Compensation Coatings

Light Polymers releases LCD and OLED compensation nano-materials coatable directly on on-cell glass which provides flat panel makers with another option ...

Samsung Keeps Professional Monitor Supply Tight

We saw Samsung’s UD970 LCD monitor at CES, and again at InfoComm (Display Monitor Vol 21 Nos 3 & 25). Now, ...

Planar Talks 100% UltraHD

Planar was clearly positioning itself at the show as the specialist in UltraHD and told us that all the displays that ...

Samsung Returns to CEDIA

For the first time in five years, Samsung was back at CEDIA where it showed off its latest UHD 4K TVs ...

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Vodafone Spain to Introduce UHD

by Alan Spencer

Vodafone Spain’s is to offer an additional service based on the latest version of the TiVo platform and will include five UltraHD channels plus UltraHD coverage of La Liga football and Netflix content. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Spain| UltraHD| Vodafone| Vol 24 - Issue 07

CrucialTec Introduces On-Screen Fingerprint Scanner

by Alan Spencer

According to the Korea Herald, on-screen fingerprint scanners are now being introduced by fingerprint module maker CrucialTec and will be available to global smartphone manufacturers this year. The “Display Fingerprint Solution” is claimed to …

Tags:Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Mitsubishi Modules Vibration Resistant to 6.8Gs

by Bob Raikes

Mitsubishi Electric has said that it is about to launch 7.0″ and 8.0″ versions of its Tough Series of LCD modules that are for use in construction, agricultural vehicles and factories as they are …

Tags:Electronic Displays & Embedded World 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mitsubishi| Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Google Cardboard VR has 69% VR Share in 2016

by Alan Spencer

VR headset shipments for 2016 show that Google’s Cardboard platform dominated with 69% of volume shipments and installed base according to Strategy Analytics. Samsung Gear had an impressive volume shipment of 17% of the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Fire TV Stick Now in UK, Germany, Japan

by Alan Spencer

Amazon is introducing voice control to its new Fire TV Stick. The new Fire Stick will be sold in UK, Germany and Japan and will feature Alexa voice control. Alexa voice control is currently …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Unitymedia To Switch-Off Analogue TV

by Alan Spencer

The analogue TV channels will be switched off in stages in five regions of Germany by cable operator, Unitymedia. The switch off will occur starting 1st June 2017 and running through until the end …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Cable| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Samsung Will Have Three non-QD UHD TV Ranges

by Bob Raikes

Samsung in Europe will have three series of LCD TVs that will be below the QLED sets that were promoted at CES. The MU9000 range is curved and will be available in 49″, 55″ …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 07

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Sharp Completes UMC Deal

by Bob Raikes

Sharp has completed its acquisition of 56.7% of Skytec UMC Ltd (Sharp Buys UMC Stake to Control TV in Europe), to take control of the sales of Sharp-branded TVs in Europe, which were licensed …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sharp| TVs (TV Sets)| UMC| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Ströer Result 23/02/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Ströer SE & Co. KGaA announced preliminary FY16 financial result with group sales of €1.12 billion ($1.18 billion) and adjusted net profit of €157 million ($165 million), resulting in a net profit margin of …

Tags:Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Stroer| Vol 24 - Issue 08

PC Market Declines Further in India

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, the PC market in India fell 15.2% year-on-year for 2016 with shipments of 8.58 million units. If special projects are discounted, the overall India PC market dropped 7.5% in 2016. The …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Elan Expects Looks for Fingerprint Growth

by Alan Spencer

Elan Microelectronics, the IC design house that specialises in touchscreen controller chips, is expecting its new fingerprint sensor product line to produce revenue growth in 2017. The company believes that this new product has …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch Controllers| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Taiwan to ship 1.2 Million VR HMD Devices in 2017

by Alan Spencer

According to Digitimes Research, the forecast shipments for 2017 of VR head-mounted displays from Taiwan, including ODM models, will be 1.2 million units. The figures were compiled by the Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute. …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07