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Chinese Smartphone Makers Look to Mini LED Backlit Handsets

by Andrew Fenn

Manufacturers in China are reportedly planning to launch Mini LED-backlit smartphones, in response to the growing shortage of OLED panels, according to unnamed supply chain sources. Huawei and Xiaomi have been named as two …

Tags:Huawei| LCD Backlights| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 03| Xiaomi

tvOS 11.3 Fixes Dolby Vision, Brings Match Frame Rate to Apple TV 4

by Andrew Fenn

tvOS 11.3 brings the Match Frame Rate feature, previously only available on Apple TV 4K, to the device’s previous iteration, Apple TV 4. (Automatic Frame Rate and Dynamic Range Switching for tvOS 11.2) It …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| sony| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 03

Qualcomm Smartphone AP Shipments Predicted to Decline in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Qualcomm’s smartphone application processor (AP) shipments will decline slightly in 2018, according to Digitimes Research. The decline is attributed to the increased adoption of smartphone vendors’ own in-house developed APs. These chips are expected …

Tags:Application Processors| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 03

Comcast Video Dropped 151,000 Subscribers in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Comcast has reported its results for the quarter and year ending December 31st, 2017. Having seen a relatively healthy uptick in subscriber count in 2016, the platform has seen almost as big a drop …

Samsung Points to 2018 TV Direction, but Short on Detail

by Chris Chinnock

Key Messages One of the key messages from the Samsung CES 2018 press conference was basically all in on AI and IoT. H.S. Kim explained that there are three elements of Samsung’s IoT strategy. …

UBI: Supply Capacity of AMOLED Expected to Grow 48% by 2020

by Andrew Fenn

According to investment trend data from UBI Research, the net area capacity of AMOLED production worldwide is expected to grow at a CAGR of 48% from 2018 to 2020. As a result its analysis, …

Tags:AMOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 25 - Issue 03

France SVoD Users Grew by 400,000 in the Past Four Months

by Andrew Fenn

France has seen its number of SVoD users jump up by over 400,000 in the past four months, according to new data released by NPA Conseil and Harris Interactive. The firm surveyed 38,000 respondents …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 03

Evolution Digital Rolls Out Upgraded eVue-TV Experience

by Andrew Fenn

Evolution Digital announces the deployment of software upgrades for its eVue-TV IP video service experience, with upgraded features and functionalities for both operators and their customers across the US. eVue-TV, now deployed by operators …

Tags:Cloud TV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 03

Verimatrix Integrates OTT Multi-DRM with Amazon Web Services

by Andrew Fenn

Verimatrix has announced the API integration between its MultiRights OTT multi-DRM security solution and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Media Services through AWS Elemental MediaConvert and MediaPackage. AWS Media Services are cloud-based services with pay-as-you-go …

Tags:Cloud TV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Security| Vol 25 - Issue 03

Panasonic North America Chairman CEO Tom Gebhardt

Panasonic Keeps OLED for Studios in the US

by Chris Chinnock

Key Messages Panasonic used its CES 2018 press conference to announce four new OLED TVs and to reinforce its support for the dynamic metadata HDR10+ standard. Panasonic is part of the HDR10+ consortium formed …

TCL Looking to Upgrade Brand

by Chris Chinnock

Key Messages At TCL’s CES press conference, the company first highlighted their sales success in 2017. They are a top three global brand having sold 23M TVs, up 16% globally and 131% in North …

TV Projectors at CES

by Chris Chinnock

See Projection Round up from CES 2018 for details of other projectors at the show. ChangHong was showing two different ultrashort throw projection TVs. The first is a new prototype of a RGB laser …