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Samsung has predicted a rise in its Q1’16 financial results, which are due to be released this month. The company has said that, driven by sales of the Galaxy S7, operating profit will be as much as KRW1 trillion ($872 million) higher than originally forecast. Operating profit for Q1’16 will be up 7.5% YoY, to … Read more
Last week we reported on investments in a new company spun off from Kyushu University of Japan, called Kyulux (LG Display Invests in TADF). It now turns out that Samsung’s investment arm, the Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, is also interested and is leading the $13.5 million Series A funding round. Japan Display, JOLED, LG Display … Read more
Sharp has developed a 3.4″ flexible OLED panel, Japan’s Nikkei reports. The device can be freely bent, both during manufacturing and afterwards, by consumers. The prototype was developed at Sharp’s facility in Tenri, Nara Prefecture. It uses Sharp’s IGZO transistor and has 960 x 540 resolution. Aperture ratio is 57% and thickness is 70µm. The … Read more
UK Premiere League football team, West Ham United, are soon to move to their new home in London’s Olympic Stadium – accompanied by the installation of what the club says will be Europe’s largest digital screen. The LED display will be mounted on the front of the structure and measure 83m x 12m – or … Read more
Adam Fry is the new new VP of Sony’s Professional Solutions Europe business. Having worked at the company for 25 years, Fry will now be responsible for the continued growth of Sony’s B2B business in Europe. He joined the company in 1990 and has held several European director-level roles, including head of North and Central … Read more
Foxconn has been implicated in tax evasion as part of the ‘Panama Papers’ scandal, which broke this month. It is said that the company has evaded taxes valued up to NT$741.2 billion ($22.9 billion). Responding to the allegations, Foxconn said that it is an honest company and paid more than NT$48 billion in taxes in … Read more
DirecTV in the US has launched its first dedicated UltraHD TV channel, which will be used to show the Master’s gold tournament (DirecTV Brings UltraHD Straight From Amen Corner). Content will be shot by CBS, using Sony cameras. AT&T’s (owner of DirecTV) Phil Goswitz has said that HDR, wide colour gamut and 60fps frame rates … Read more
The HbbTV Association is to create a specification for operator applications, based on HbbTV 2.0. These are apps offered by a TV service provider, and running on a smart TV or STB. They deliver the ‘key elements’ of the user experience, such as a TV guide. Going forward, service providers will be able to develop … Read more
Today at an exclusive launch event at London’s Battersea Evolution, Huawei Consumer Business Group unveiled the much anticipated Huawei P9 and P9 Plus. Created in collaboration with Leica, the dual-lens P9 sets a new standard in smartphone photography. The Huawei P9 is the first smartphone co-engineered with the global iconic brand, Leica Camera AG. The … Read more
NAB Show, the world’s largest annual conference and expo for professionals who create, manage, and distribute entertainment across all platforms, will feature a broad slate of sessions at the Creative Master Series. The conference will provide attendees with an exclusive look into how content creators are exploring new ways of storytelling and of using cutting-edge … Read more
TVOne has developed a new UltraHD multiviewer called the 1T-MV-8474. 16 different fixed layouts can be used to show up to four separate sources in windows, at the same time. Seven inputs are featured on the product: DisplayPort (x2), HDMI (x4) and VGA. The DisplayPort interfaces support UltraHD up to 60fps, while the HDMI caps … Read more
Gerry Remers, president and COO of Christie Canada, has announced that he will step down from his current role on the 8th July. Remers will continue to assist Jack Kline, Christie’s chairman, president and CEO, for an undetermined period. Remers joined Christie in 1999, and before that spent five years as president of Electrohome Projection … Read more
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