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Planar to be Acquired by Leyard

China’s Leyard Optoelectronic and Planar Systems have entered into a definitive merger agreement, which will see Leyard acquire all of Planar’s ...

John Lewis to Sell Vodafone Phones

John Lewis has signed a partnership agreement with Vodafone in the UK to start selling mobile phones through some of its ...

Arrow Electronics Result 28/10/2015

Arrow Electronics reported Q3 net profit of $109.2 million, down 26% YoY from $146.9 million. Turnover increased 2% YoY to $5.7 ...

Samsung Electronics Launches Quantum Dot Curved Gaming Monitor

Samsung Electronics today announced the global launch of its newest industry-leading gaming monitor. The CFG70 curved monitor, designed specifically for professional ...

Will Turkey Day à la Amazon Trump Retail Sales?

Technology in the palm of your hand has hit an inflection point in retail with high quality displays, faster processing and ...

Latest Research Suggests 3D can Enhance the Learning Process

The amount of knowledge is growing at an ever increasing rate. It follows that the amount of information and understanding that ...

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Universal Details UltraHD Releases

by Tom Allen

Universal Pictures has joined other studios in announcing the release of UltraHD content. Its first UltraHD films, available as Blu-ray and digital release, will include Jason Bourne; The Huntsman: Winter’s War; Warcraft, Everest; Lucy; …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Movies & Content| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Nokia’s Ozo to be Used for Disney VR

by Isaac Oburu

Disney has announced it will Nokia’s Ozo camera to create virtual reality content. Disney plans to use the Ozo 360º camera to create immersive videos, which will debut alongside its movie feature releases.

Tags:Back Panel| Cameras| Disney| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Philips

Philips Suggests IPO Likely for Lighting

by Tom Allen

Philips is likely to divest its lighting business in an IPO, rather than selling it to an external buyer. The move is part of Philips’ intent to consolidate its wide-ranging business to fewer areas, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Lighting| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Philips| Vol 23 - Issue 16

UltraHD STB Market to be Worth $3.65 Billion

by Isaac Oburu

Grand View Research has predicted that the global UltraHD set top box (STB) market will reach $3.65 billion by 2024. Increasing demand for UHD video content, as well as rising sales of compatible UltraHD …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 16| Worldwide

Harmonic Shows SDR-to-HDR Upconvert Demo

by Chris Chinnock

Harmonic had a very nice demo running in its booth at NAB, but it could also let visitors come to the wrong conclusion. There were supposed to be four different demos running, but the …

Tags:Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 16

V-Nova Impresses at NAB

by Chris Chinnock

It seems as though every quarter a new company emerges with a codec that offers advancement that the industry ‘must adopt’. Some get adopted but many do not. V-Nova and their Perseus video codec …

Tags:Broadcast| Codecs| Encoders| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| UltraHD & 4K| V-Nova| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Meizu Addresses Entry-Level

by Tom Allen

Meizu has unveiled a new smartphone in China, called the M3. It will feature 16GB or 32GB of storage and has a 5″ display, with 1280 x 720 resolution. A Mediatek octa-core processor (four …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Parade Teams with Samsung to Develop First eDP Tcon for AMOLED Panels

by Isaac Oburu

Parade Technologies, Ltd., a leading video display, touch controller, and high-speed interface IC supplier, today announced a collaboration with Samsung Display to deliver AMOLED panels for the tablet and PC notebook markets. Parade, the …

Tags:AMOLED| Parade Technologies Inc| Samsung Display

UDC Works on Hybrid OLED Approach

by Bob Raikes

Up to now, OLED makers have been making OLEDs using technologies that are effectively limited by the barrier in fine metal mask patterning that Kodak (and its Sanyo Kodak subsidiary) hit several years ago. …

Tags:OLEDs| Sub-pixel Rendering| UDC| Vol 23 - Issue 18

AIMS Debuts to Help Video over IP Transition

by Chris Chinnock

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) had its coming out party at NAB 2016. Thence is composed of key industry organizations such as SMPTE, EBU, VSF and AMWA, plus many companies. The mission …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Video over IP (VIP)| Vol 23 - Issue 16