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Zytronic Brings Multi-touch to the Smaller Screen

Zytronic, a leader in advanced, rugged Projected Capacitive Technology (PCT™ and MPCT™) touch sensors is unveiling a new multi-touch controller with ...

Ingram Micro Returns to Nordics

We hear that Ingram Micro is planning to open new sales offices in Denmark, Finland and Norway after dropping back to ...

OLEDs, the Good News and the Bad News

A lot of British jokes start with the introduction “I’ve got some good news, and some bad news”. Many of them ...

Horizon Cannot Save Liberty From Losses

Liberty Global lost 169,000 video subscribers in Q1, due to the under-performance of the Ziggo service. However, Horizon performed well. Liberty’s ...

Political turmoil in the UK and Prosumers

A British prime minister of the 1960s, Harold Wilson, is famous for saying once that “A week is a long time ...

Virgin Media Offers Ultrafast Broadband

The cable operator, Virgin Media in the UK which is owned by Liberty Global, is now offering broadband speeds of 100 ...

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DTG and DTVP Schedule UHD Plugfest

by Tom Allen

The Digital Television Group (DTG), of the UK, and German TV Platform (DTVP) are to hold the second joint Plugfest on the 12th and 13th April, at the DTG’s headquarters in London. The event …

Tags:4k| DTG| Large Display Monitor| Testing| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Unitymedia Will End Analogue in 2017

by Tom Allen

Unitymedia, the German cable operator, has announced that it will end analogue distribution to its network on the 30th June 2017. By then, the firm aims to have moved 95% of its customers to …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Cable| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Canatu Gains New CNB Customer

by Tom Allen

Canatu is celebrating another customer win for its carbon nanotube (CNB) Flex Film. The film, which detects touch signals, is used on the flexible OLED display of a customer’s curved wearable device. (However, Canatu …

Tags:Back Panel| Canatu| Film materials| ITO Replacement| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13| Wearables

LG Enables VR Through SlimPort

by Tom Allen

Analogix Semiconductor has announced LG’s G5 smartphone and LG 360 VR headset both feature SlimPort connectivity. The technology provides DisplayPort over USB-C, and is used to enable VR in the headset. The phone uses …

Tags:Analogix| Back Panel| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Interfaces| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USB| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Ingram Changes in France

by Tom Allen

According to France’s Distributique, Ingram Micro France has dismissed new head Pierre-Yvon Méchali, just nine months after his appointment. He will be replaced in July by Sophie Deleval, currently leader of the company’s Belgian …

Tags:France| Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 23 - Issue 13

iPhone SE is Amalgam of Three Generations

by Tom Allen

In a teardown, IHS has revealed its early estimate of the production cost of Apple’s iPhone SE. The firm estimates that the handset costs about $160 to build; the entry-level US version, with 16GB …

Tags:Components| IHS Markit| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Vol 23 - Issue 13

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‘Barco CEC’ Addresses China

by Tom Allen

Barco has formed a joint venture with CEC Panda to address the Chinese control rooms market. The new company – Barco China Electronic Corporation (Nanjing) Visualization Co., Ltd – will give Barco direct access …

Tags:Barco| China| Control Rooms| Large Display Monitor| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Kramer Switch Reaches 17.82Gbps

by Tom Allen

Kramer has released a switcher that can handle DCI-4k 60Hz content with 4:4:4 colourimetry. The VS-211H2 has a maximum data rate of 17.82Gbps, includes actual video output connection and supports HDCP 2.2. It is …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Switchers| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Optoma Keeps Attention Focused

by Tom Allen

Optoma’s newest DLP projector, the WU416, is a compact model designed for mid-size spaces such as meeting rooms, retail and churches. It has a high (20,000:1) contrast ratio, a 1.6x zoom, vertical lens shift …

Tags:AMX| Crestron| DLP Projectors| Extron| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Pay-TV Rising Worldwide, Says Informitv

by Tom Allen

Informitv’s quarterly Multiscreen Index shows that most pay-TV operators are gaining subscribers. The 100 pay-TV services that Informitv tracks gained 8.16 million total subscribers in Q4’15, rising just over 2% QoQ. Subscribers rose by …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 13| Worldwide