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Richard Ventura, VP of NEC Display Solutions of America, has been named vice chairman of the Digital Signage Federation’s Executive Committee. Ventura will provide strategic direction for the group, which acts as an independent voice of the digital signage industry. He has worked for NEC for 15 years.
ZTE has issued guidance for its full-year 2015 profits. These are expected to climb 43.5% YoY. Net profit attributable to shareholders will be CNY3.78 billion ($574.6 million), compared to CNY2.63 billion ($400 million) in 2014. Full-year revenue is forecast at CNY100.8 billion ($15.3 billion), up 23.8% from 2014 – and the first time that ZTE’s … Read more
Registration is now open for CES Asia, which takes place between the 11th and 13th May in Shanghai. It will be the second edition of the show, which first took place last year. The exhibit space is larger, and the CTA expects more than 30,000 attendees and 300 exhibitors. The 2015 event brought in more … Read more
V-Nova, creator of the Perseus codec, is to be named the first ‘DC Global Media Innovator’ by the Diplomatic Council – a think tank accredited by the UN. The award recognises a media, technology and platform convergence company that will have a significant impact on the future media-driven society. The think tank said, “V-Nova is … Read more
Japanese media sources have said that Foxconn has made an offer of ¥625 billion ($5.3 billion) for Sharp (for previous coverage, see Hon Hai Linked to Sharp Buyout). The Japanese government is concerned about allowing the company to come under foreign control. Sharp is due to review a lower offer from the Innovation Network Corporation … Read more
New Vision Display, in the USA, has acquired OSD Displays: a provider of custom OLED, TFT and STN screens. Going forward, OSD will continue to serve its existing customers as a division of NVD.
Iiyama has entered the market of wide-screen gaming monitors, with the snappily-named XUB3490WQSU-B1: a 34″ display with 3440 x 1440 (21:9) resolution. The main selling point of the display is, of course, its size. The monitor will provide gamers with a wide field of view, as well as providing users with more desktop space for … Read more
AMD reported net loss for Q4 2015 at $102 million, down 72% YoY from $364 million. Turnover for the period was $958 million, also down 23% YoY from $1.24 billion. For the full year 2015, net loss was $660 million, up 36% YoY from $403 million. Turnover for the period was down 28% YoY at … Read more
We have heard of a new TV line from Grundig called ‘Immensa’, which will be the company’s premium models for this year. The flagship is the Vision 9, an UltraHD TV with HDR and a frameless design. Two triple tuners are built in, along with SAT>IP technology; this is capable of distributing a satellite signal … Read more
According to Taiwan’s MIC, large-area LCD panel (defined as those used in notebook PCs, monitors and TVs) shipments rose 1.7% QoQ in Q3’15, to 148.4 million units. LCD TV panels had the highest growth at 3.1%, followed by LCD monitors (0.9%) and notebook PCs (0.1%). As well as enjoying the highest growth rate, LCD TV … Read more
In its recent finance results, Netflix announced that it almost passed 75 million users in 2015. The year ended with 74.76 million customers, representing 17 million net additions. Netflix predicts 6 million new members will join in Q1’16.
Arm of Cambridge in the UK, has announced the Mali DP650 display processor which can support multiple composition layers for graphics and video at 1920 x 1080 resolution, while avoiding a big impact on battery life, according to Mark Dickinson, general manager, media processing group, ARM. The device has been optimised for 2560 x 1440 … Read more
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