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Idemitsu Expanding Production of OLED Materials

Idemitsu put out a release saying that it will expand its capacity for the production of OLED materials in Korea, from ...

Universal Parks & Resorts and Christie sign Corporate Partnership Agreement

Universal Parks & Resorts has entered into a corporate partnership agreement with Christie®, which will see Christie delivering the latest projection ...

Santa Flies Virgin

Virgin celebrated its partnership with Microsoft before Christmas in a very special way. Passengers on flight VS11 from Heathrow to Boston ...

TIPA Chooses BenQ

TIPA, the Technical Image Press Association, has chosen BenQ’s SW2700PT display as the 2016 Best Photo Monitor. TIPA represents 30 of ...

BOE Signs G10.5 Supply Agreement with Corning

Corning is to establish a production base adjacent to BOE’s under-construction G10.5 fab in Hefei, China, from where it will supply ...

Apple Investigating Swollen Battery Issue on iPhone 8 Plus

Early adopters of Apple’s new iPhone 8 Plus have reported an issue involving the smartphone’s battery. Batteries are apparently swelling, causing ...

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Dolby Cinema Plans 19 Titles in 2017

by Bob Raikes

Dolby has announced 13 new titles that will be shown with full support for Dolby Cinema technology at 75 equipped locations around the world. This brings the total of titles planned for 2017 to …

Tags:Back Panel| Cinema| Dolby| Dolby Atmos| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

A-,M-,V-R; Are We There Yet?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Based on the number of articles written about AR / VR /MR we should all be sure that THE NEXT BIG THING has already hit us. Of course we all hear the underwhelming numbers …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 05

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Apple Hires Amazon’s Former Head of Fire TV

by Alan Spencer

Apple has hired Timothy D. Twerdhal, the former head of Amazon’s Fire TV unit since 2013. His role will be VP in charge of Apple TV product marketing. The change has possibly been brought …

Tags:Amazon| Apple| Large Display Monitor| People| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Tricolor TV Gains 760,000 Subscribers in 2016

by Alan Spencer

Tricolor TV increased the number of new connections to 760,000 in 2016, according to Broadband TV News. The company is the most popular Pay-TV operator in Russia’s and ends the year with 12.14 million …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Russia| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Kyocera DuraForce Pro Wins iF Design Award 2017

by Bob Raikes

Kyocera has own an iF Design Award 2017 for its DuraForce Pro rugged smartphone which has a ‘military-grade’ (Military Standard 810G) rugged and waterproof (IP68 – 30 minutes at 2 metres) design, with a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Intel’s Project Alloy Ready to Go Further

by Bob Raikes

The Road to VR blog has identified some of the changes coming in the next generation of the Intel Project Alloy headset after discussions with headset developers. One of the key developments is an …

Tags:AR/VR| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 05

AMOLED Equipment Market on a High

by Bob Raikes

The flat-panel display (FPD) industry is in the midst of a historic wave of building new factories to manufacture active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) displays according to IHS Markit. This will drive …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Production Equipment| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Samsung Keeps Flexible Concepts Private

by Bob Raikes

The ETNews in Korea reported that Samsung Electronics and Samsung Display will show its foldable smartphone prototypes at MWC 2017, but only to clients and not to the public, analysts or the press. However, …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Samsung Display| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Epix Now Available on Apple TV4

by Alan Spencer

The streaming service Epix is now available on Apple TV4 and comes with a limited free trial for subscribers. Movies including ‘The Hunger Games’, ‘James Bond’ and ‘Star Trek’ are available via the app. …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Geo-blocking of Online Content to be Banned Inside EU

by Alan Spencer

Starting from 2018 streaming providers such as Netflix, Viaplay, Sky, and Spotify will no longer be allowed to use “geo-blocking” to prevent access to EU subscribers that are travelling within the EU. All providers …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 05

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Flex Increases Production Capability in Poland

by Alan Spencer

Flex is to open a new facility later this year. This will add 11,000 square metres of space with 9,000 square metres allocated to manufacturing space. The rest of the building will be allocated …

Tags:Flex| Large Display Monitor| Manufacturing| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 05