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Patent Details New OLED Screen Technology for Apple Watch

by Andrew Fenn

A patent filed by Apple back during the second quarter of 2018 has surfaced, lending credence to recent reports that the Apple Watch Series 4 will feature a curved edge-to-edge OLED display. An additional …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 35

Eutelsat Launches Cirrus Satellite-OTT Hybrid Solution

by Andrew Fenn

Eutelsat is launching Eutelsat Cirrus, a hybrid satellite-OTT delivery solution, which the company says will enable broadcasters to offer a flexible, seamless content experience across multiple screens. It will provide a turnkey content delivery …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Satellite| Vol 25 - Issue 35

KPN’s Digitenne Starts DVB-T2 transition

by Bob Raikes

KPN in the Netherlands has said that it has started the transition of its DTT service to support DVB-T2 which will maintain the number of channels, but will move from SD to HD by …

Free Plans New Box

by Bob Raikes

TV service provider, Free, in France, which has been an innovator in the market, has been having a hard time recently, losing 70,000 subscribers and revenue in the first half of the year. To …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Samsung Display Has a Task Force for Foldables

by Bob Raikes

There is more and more noise around the possibility of Samsung making a folding smartphone, although there were reports of some damping down of speculation by Samsung last month, and Samsung Display has set …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Apple “Secretly?” Visits AUO and Epistar

by Bob Raikes

We loved a story that was in the press in Asia that said that Apple has ‘secretly’ visited AUO and Epistar in Taiwan to talk about and check on the progress of the development …

Hisense Expands TV Range to Include Laser TV

by Bob Raikes

Hisense mainly focuses on the largest European markets in Germany, France, the UK and Italy and also claims to be the top brand in Russia in the first half of 2018. Hisense had a …

Switzerland Abandons DTT Transmission

by Bob Raikes

SRG in Switzerland, which has been operating DTT in the country, has been granted a new broadcasting concession that allows it to switch off its 200+ DVB-T terrestrial transmitters and discontinue the DTT service …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Switzerland| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Grundig TV Updates from IFA

by Chris Chinnock

Grundig (owned by Beko/Arçelik) did not highlight any TVs in its press materials at IFA, but there have been some updates. According to booth personnel, Dolby Vision has been implemented on some models. Also …

Changhong Focus on OLED TVs: Upgrades with Android

by Chris Chinnock

As is typical of Changhong, they showed many TVs and a projection solution but did not have a spokesperson who could provide more than just the basic information. After reviewing what we wrote about …

Sony Focuses on New Master Series TVs

by Chris Chinnock

At the Sony press conference, President and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida said Sony is focused on three main areas: electronics (to capture, record, watch and listen), entertainment (music, movies, anime, TV and games), and financial …

Sharp Highlights Gen 2 8K Displays and Ecosystem

by Chris Chinnock

Sharp held a press conference at IFA and we attended. Clearly, one of the highlights was the introduction of Generation 2 8K displays. (the first generation barely shipped in Europe, despite a lot of …