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LG Electronics Joins Phoenix ATSC 3.0 ‘Model Market’ Project

by Bob Raikes

LG Electronics in the US will be a ‘cornerstone technology partner’ for the ATSC 3.0 “Model Market” project in Phoenix, said to be the first collaborative single-market effort to plan for and implement a …

Tags:ATSC| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Apple Looks to VR for Reducing Motion-Sickness in Autonomous Vehicles

by Andrew Fenn

Last month, we reported on a patent filed by Uber regarding the use of virtual reality technology in self-driving vehicles. (Uber Patents VR Experience for Self-Driving Car Passengers) Now it appears that Apple are …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Sanyo Joins Roku TV Licensing Programme

by Andrew Fenn

Roku has announced that the Sanyo brand is now part of the Roku TV licensing program. Funai Corporation, which holds the brand licence for Sanyo TVs in North America, expects to start shipping Sanyo …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Roku| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 13

IT Panel Volume to Grow

by Bob Raikes

Data from Witsview, quoted in the Taiwanese press, puts the total of IT panels (notebooks + monitors) at 314.94 in 2017 and the company is forecasting 326.37 – a 3.6% increase – in 2018. …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 25 - Issue 13

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SES Now Reaches 351 Million Homes Worldwide

by Andrew Fenn

The number of video households served by SES has continued to increase, reaching 351 million homes in 2017 compared with 325 million in 2016, according to the company’s annual market research. This means that …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Samsung Receives Environmental Product Declaration for Galaxy S8 Panel

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung Display has announced that the OLED display featuring in its Galaxy S8 smartphone recently obtained an Environmental Product Declaration for the use of carbon, water, acidification and eutrophication. The declaration is part of …

Tags:Environment| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 13

JCD Promotes Beauty in CDG Paris

by Bob Raikes

JCDecaux Airport Paris has a new retail area called the New Age Buy Paris Duty Free in T2E of Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport. It is operated by Société de Distribution Aéroportuaire, a Groupe ADP …

Tags:Aviation| DOOH| France| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 25 - Issue 13

LG Display Expands Module Capacity in China

by Bob Raikes

Business Korea reports that LG Display has finished converting a factory used, at one time for the manufacture of PDP modules, and subsequently by LG Chem, for the production of LCD modules. The factory, …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| LCD Module Assembly| LG Displays (LGD)| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Apple Working with TSMC on Micro LED Panels for Wearables

by Andrew Fenn

Apple is receiving support from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company in its development of small-sized micro LED panels, according to Digitimes Research analyst Luke Lin. Citing “upstream sources”, Lin says that Apple are developing a …

Tags:Apple| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 13| Wearables

TDDI Chips To Reach 5 Million in 2018

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes Research has forecast that shipments of TDDI (touch and display driver integrated) chips will hit five million in 2018 with Novatek Microelectronics and Himax Technologies expected start shipping in volume. Synaptics and FocalTech …

Tags:Display Drivers| Mobile Display Monitor| Synaptics| Touch Controllers| Vol 25 - Issue 13

MiniLED Better for Niche Applications

by Bob Raikes

Trendforce of Taiwan has said that the easing of supply in the OLED market will make life difficult for LCDs based on miniLED to flourish in the short term. The analyst said that some …

Tags:Automotive| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 13