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Ericsson Receives 6th Emmy for Remote Statistical Multiplexing

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced it will receive a Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its work in enabling closed-loop statistical multiplexing of geographically distributed encoders. This will be Ericsson’s sixth Emmy® Award, which will be formally presented to the company at a ceremony on January … Read more

Innolux’s August Sales Down 27% YoY

Innolux reported a 6.2% month on month and 27.2% year on year decrease in sales in August, to NT$27.8 billion ($857.6 million). Sales in the first eight months of the year reached NT$151.2 billion ($4.6 billion). The company’s large panel shipments last month fell 2.3% MoM to 9.5 million units and small and medium panel … Read more

Rising Flexible Display Technology Patents Herald Future Market Growth

With a recent sharp rise in the number of patent applications for flexible display technologies, the market for various types of flexible displays is expected to broaden. According to IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight, 312 patents for flexible displays were filed with the United States Patent and … Read more

IHS Predicts 50% Market Share for Foldable Displays

More than half (51%) of total display shipments will be foldable units in 2020, says IHS. Global shipments of these devices are expected to rise at a 58% CAGR between 2016 and 2020, ending the forecast period at 180 million units. The first foldable tablets and smartphones are expected to be launched next year. Benefits … Read more

Shell Uses Brightsign Across Turkey

Brightsign media players are being used to deliver content to 390 screens at Shell garage forecourts throughout Turkey. According to the company, this is the first part of a 1,000-location rollout across the country. The network was designed, and is being installed and managed, by Linova Digital Medya Teknolojileri A.S. The Shell TV Network connects … Read more

LGD Moves Forward With OLED Alliance

LG Display CEO Han Sang-beomBack in March, we reported that LG Display was building an ‘OLED alliance’, with companies from Japan, China and the USA (LG Display Plans OLED Alliance). Now, new reports from Asian media have added weight to previous coverage. MOU signings with Skyworth, Konka, Changhong, TCL and Hisense are expected this month. … Read more

V-Nova Signs New Codec Partners

Alcatel-Lucent plans to integrate V-Nova’s Perseus compression technology (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements) with its Cloud DVR platform, and Oregan Networks’ Multiscreen Cloud Video Client. Alcatel-Lucent hopes to gain ‘significant’ improvements in its IP video delivery to greenfield customer deployments and existing infrastructures. By integrating the technology into Oregan’s cloud video client (which can … Read more

DTV Labs and Testronics Combine as Eurofins

Digital TV Labs (UK and Hong Kong) and Testronic (Belgium) have merged into Eurofins Digital Testing (EDT). As part of the Eurofins Scientific Group, the new body will provide QA services and end-to-end testing for the media content delivery market. EDT can provide automation tools and scripting; test tools for DVB, CI+, HbbTV and DASH; … Read more

Cinépolis First to Bring Barco Escape Immersive Movie Format to Latin America

Digital cinema market share leader Barco, and Cinépolis, one of the world’s largest exhibitors, announce the installation of Latin America’s first Barco Escape theater at Cinépolis’ Paseo Acoxpa Mexico City location. 20th Century Fox’s Maze Runner 2: The Scorch Trials will be the first film released in Latin America in Barco’s multi-screen, fully immersive movie … Read more