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Innolux Sees 15% Decline in 2015

Innolux’s sales grew by 3.8$ to NT$26.4 billion ($792m) in December, but were still down 30.8% on the year ago period. ...

Low Mobile Result Causes Samsung Cancellation

The development of a new range of smartphones has been postponed or cancelled by Samsung. According to internal sources, the ‘U ...

EC Appoints Ziggo Monitor

Following the final approval last month by the European Commission of Liberty Global’s acquisition of Dutch cable operator Ziggo, the Commission ...

2015 Ushers in the Smart Panel

Panel makers are adopting different strategies towards low-cost UltraHD units, depending on their location. Deborah Yang, an NPD DisplaySearch analyst, examines ...

B&O Suffers From 90-Year Itch With Love Affair

Bang & Olufsen is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year with a special ‘Love Affair Collection’ of products, all produced in ...

Automatic Frame Rate and Dynamic Range Switching for tvOS 11.2

The next update for tvOS (11.2) will add support for automatic frame rate and dynamic range switching to the Apple TV ...

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innolux

Innolux to Produce Flexible Sensors

by Tom Allen

Innolux and Next Biometrics (of Norway) have announced that they are investing in establishing mass-production capacity for a new flexible fingerprint sensor technology. Next already uses Innolux’s factories to produce rigid sensors. It now …

Tags:biometrics| Fingerprint Recognition| Innolux| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Sony

Sony Cuts US Jobs

by Tom Allen

According to the New York Post, Sony Corporation of America (SCA) (which includes Sony Pictures, Sony Music and Sony Electronics) has cut 100 people from its 700-strong workforce. The decision was made by the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Germany’s Advertising Market Records Growth

by Isaac Oburu

Germany’s overall advertising market was up 5.7% YoY in 2015, according to Nielsen. OOH advertising grew 6%, led by DOOH. OOH advertising represents 16% of the overall German advertising market. Mobile advertising recorded a …

Tags:Digital Signage Data| DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Emirates’ Passengers Enjoy AR Entertainment

by Isaac Oburu

Economy class passengers on Emirates will get augmented reality in their flight package starting from August. Passengers can scan a a QR code using an app from Blippar that can be downloaded and used …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Aviation| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Audi Uses VR in New Showroom

by Isaac Oburu

Audi has opened a new showroom at Munich airport dubbed “myAudi Sphere”. Visitors to the Customer Private Lounge can configure their dream Audi, thanks to a VR application called “Audi Walking VR experience”.

Tags:Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Apple Decline Constrains Whole Smartwatch Market

by Tom Allen

Q2’16 was the first time that the global smartwatch market contracted YoY, with shipments falling 32%, says IDC. Shipments reached 3.5 million units: significantly down from the 5.1 million shipped in Q2’15. Apple, shipping …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 29

sharp

MediaTek 10-core Chip to be Used in Sharp’s New Smartphone

by Isaac Oburu

Asian sources have reported that Sharp is developing a new smartphone using ing MediaTek’s 10-core Helio X20 chip (MT6797). The new Sharp smartphone, carrying a model number of FS8002, is apparently being designed and …

Tags:Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Fewer Subscribers for Dish in Q2

by Isaac Oburu

DISH Network has recorded a decline of 281,000 net pay TV subscribers in Q2’16, compared to approximately 81,000 in Q2’15. Gross subscribers rose 527,000 in Q2, compared to a rise of approximately 638,000 last …

Tags:Dish Network| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Developments in Wireless Power Transfer Between Mobile Devices

by Arthur Berman

A team within the Bristol Interaction Group at the University of Bristol (Bristol, UK) led by Paul Worgan is developing a novel means to address the issue of limited battery life in mobile devices. …

Tags:Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 29| Wireless Charging

Christie

Universal Parks & Resorts and Christie sign Corporate Partnership Agreement

by Isaac Oburu

Universal Parks & Resorts has entered into a corporate partnership agreement with Christie®, which will see Christie delivering the latest projection technologies to Universal Parks & Resortsas the Official Projection System Provider. The agreement …

Tags:Christie| Mergers & Acquisitions| Projectors