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IC07 PixelDisplay Continues to Progress

David Wyatt is from PixelDisplay, a company that we have reported on from SID last year and CES this year. He is an engineer from Nvidia and invented the company’s VividColor technology. Chris did a good job of describing the technology at CES, so have a look here (PixelDisplay Claims Advantages over QDs). Wyatt started … Read more

IC06 FlexEnable Heading for Profitability with Displays and Sensors

FlexEnable was represented by its CEO, Chuck Milligan. He explained how the company had developed a G3.5 fab in Dresden, Germany, because of the scale of its investment (under the name, Plastic Logic). Unfortunately, the company hit up against Amazon’s Kindles and the iPad and could not meet the product requirements using its plastic electronics. … Read more

Volfoni Selected by Cinamon Cinemas as 3D Technology Provider

Volfoni, the leading European provider of 3D technology, announced that Volfoni was selected by Cinamon Cinemas as their 3D technology provider for the provisioning and roll-out of multiple new screens for 3D cinema technology. Cinamon Cinemas is the leading provider of quality entertainment throughout the Baltic region, with 23 screens in five different locations. Volfoni’s … Read more

Report: Average Spend per Passenger Falling at Many Airports

ccording to GlobalData, though worldwide airport spending is predicted to grow to $49 billion by 2021, average spend per passenger is dropping at a number of airports. The report cites information from Fraport Group, headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, whose holdings also include airports in the US, Brazil, China and India. The company reported year-on-year revenue … Read more

Ultra HD LCD Display for LG’s Next Flagship Smartphone?

Twitter leaker, Ice Universe, has revealed that LG may incorporate an Ultra HD LCD screen in its next flagship smartphone, which he referred to as the “LG G8”. It isn’t clear whether Ice Universe is taking an educated guess based on LG’s previous naming conventions or if someone has informed him that the device will … Read more

Samsung Supplying Largest Ever Smartphone Display to Huawei

According to The Bell, Samsung Display will supply a 6.9″ OLED display for a forthcoming smartphone from Huawei, as reported by The Investor. Panel shipments are expected to commence during the third quarter of 2018, which indicates a fourth-quarter or early 2019 release for the device. The report surmises that this much larger display could … Read more

Visionox Signs Long-term Deal with Universal Display

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Following an evaluation agreement signed in February 2018, Chinese OLED manufacturer Visionox has signed a long-term licence and material purchasing agreements with Universal Display, which will supply its phosphorescent OLED materials to Visionox. Last month, Visionox CEO Dr Deqiang Zhang gave a keynote speech regarding OLED technology at Display Week 2018. (Visionox Hails OLED Golden … Read more

Mediaset Focusing on Free-to-Air and On-Demand

The CEO and VP of Italy’s Mediaset, Pier Silvio Berlusconi (son of the former Italian President and Trump-inspirer, Silvio Berlusconi), has gone on record to predict that the future of television lies in FTA and VoD content, and not traditional pay TV. Berlusconi made the comments during a World Cup 2018 presentation — Mediaset holds … Read more

Goldmedia: German VOD Revenues Growing Faster Than Ever

Video-on-Demand (VoD) is turning into a mass market in Germany, according to Goldmedia. At the end of 2017, 18% of all German households were subscribing to at least one paid-for VoD service. The market appears to be on an unabated growth trajectory and the boom in the pay VoD market is seeing revenues soar through … Read more