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Corning Lotus™ NXT Glass Chosen for Samsung Display’s LTPS-OLED Line

October 28, 2015 by Isaac Oburu

Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced Samsung Display’s selection of Corning Lotus™ NXT Glass for its line of low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS), organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels. Samsung Display, a global leader in display panel technology and products, selected Lotus NXT Glass as its backplane substrate because it enables higher-resolution, more energy-efficient displays. Samsung Display produces LTPS-OLED … Read more

VESA Rolls Out Production-Ready Embedded DisplayPort Standard 1.4 for Mobile Personal Computing Devices

October 28, 2015 by Isaac Oburu

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced it has published the Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) standard version 1.4b. This new release takes the original eDP 1.4 standard to production-ready status, incorporating a number of key protocol refinements and clarifications resulting from VESA member companies’ product development efforts. These enhancements to the eDP standard were specified … Read more

UDC Korea Opens New Headquarters

October 28, 2015 by Isaac Oburu

UDC Korea, a wholly owned subsidiary of Universal Display Corporation, enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED® technology and materials, announced today the opening of its new headquarters in Pangyo Techno Valley. The new facility will serve as the central point of UDC’s South Korean operations and provide space for customer support teams, technology … Read more

Home Retail Group Result 30/10/15

October 28, 2015 by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Home Retail Group, owner of the Argos and Homebase brands, reported its half-yearly financial result indicating an increase in earnings per share of 13% to 3.4p (5.19¢). Benchmark profit increased 10% to £34.1 million ($52 million). The turnover was 2% lower at £2.63 billion ($4 billion). Argos reported weaker sales with 3.9% decline in volume … Read more

UDC Expands in Korea

October 28, 2015 by Tom Allen

Universal Display Corporation subsidiary, UDC Korea, has opened its new headquarters in Pangyo Technology Valley. The facility will be used as the central point for UDC’s operations in South Korea. At the same time, UDC announced that Soo Yung Jung has been appointed VP of UDC Korea. He will oversee all business operations in the … Read more

UBI Predicts OLED Panel Costs to Fall Below LCD

October 28, 2015 by Tom Allen

UBI Research estimates that a 55″ solution-processed OLED panel would be about 43% cheaper to produce than a WRGB type (based on OLED panel prices and yield from Q2’15, when prices were slightly higher than today). Considering the developments in solution processing – whereby the OLED structure will become simplified and backplane yield and encapsulation … Read more

Philips Result 26/10/15

October 28, 2015 by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Philips reported a net profit for Q3 2015 of €324 million, compared to a net loss of €103 million YoY. Turnover was up to €5.8 billion ($6.5 billion) YoY, aided by strong sales in North America, which grew 6%. Consumer Lifestyle revenues increased by 12%, the division responsible for consumer products, including TVs, to €1.25 … Read more

Apple Result 28/10/15

October 28, 2015 by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Apple reported its Q4 and fiscal 2015 full year results indicating a quarterly net profit of $11 billion, up 31% YoY from $8.5 billion. Q4 turnover increased 22% to $51.5 billion from $42.1 billion. For the full year, net profit increased 35% YoY to $53.4 billion from $39.5 billion. Full year turnover increased to $233.7 … Read more

Fourth HbbTV Symposium Discusses v2.0

October 28, 2015 by Tom Allen

The UK’s Digital Television Group (DTG) and the HbbTV Association will hold the fourth annual European HbbTV Symposium on the 8th and 9th December, in London. The title for this year’s event is ‘HbbTV 2.0 and Beyond’. More information can be found at http://tinyurl.com/otlyyaj.

Europe Gains New UltraHD Sources

October 28, 2015 by Tom Allen

The availability of UltraHD content continues to rise in Europe. Eutelsat’s director of commercial development and marketing, Markus Fritz, told Broadband TV News that the company wants to expand its offering of high-resolution content. Test runs are planned with new partners, to gain experience in production and distribution. In addition, a new UltraHD channel by … Read more

Corning Result 27/10/15

October 28, 2015 by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Corning reported net profit of $212 million for Q3 2015, down 79% YoY. Turnover declined 5% to $2.2 billion from $2.5 billion YoY. For the 9 month period, net profit declined 25% YoY to $1.1 billion from $1.5 billion. Turnover for the 9 month period declined 6% to $6.9 billion. The display technology segment’s net … Read more

Motorola Confident in ‘Shatterproof’ Display

December 21, 2022October 28, 2015 by Tom Allen

The stand-out feature of Motorola’s new Droid phone – the brand name for phones produced with Verizon – is its ‘shatterproof’ display. The company is so confident that the display cannot be damaged, in fact, that it is offering a four year warranty against shattering or cracking (although not scratches and other damage). Motorola’s new … Read more