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Asustek’s sales fell 17%month on month and 14% year on year in July, to NT$34.5 billion ($1.1 billion). Sales for the first seven months of the year were broadly flat at NT$254.8 billion ($7.9 billion). Despite the decline, Asustek said that July’s result met its expectations but the company was conservative about its third quarter … Read more
China’s Leyard Optoelectronic and Planar Systems have entered into a definitive merger agreement, which will see Leyard acquire all of Planar’s common stock, in a deal which values Planar at around $156.8 million. Planar’s board of directors has unanimously approved the merger and recommended that shareholders approve the deal. The transaction is subject to the … Read more
A professor at Kent State University, in the USA, has received a grant to continue development of a combined LED and organic transistor, which could be used in flexible displays. Bjorn Lussem received $180,000 from the Binational Science Foundation, to use vertical transistors to create power-efficient organic displays, which could also have a high resolution. … Read more
Amscreen has signed a new partnership agreement to sell the media sales and marketing activities of its 3,500 UK digital roadside and healthcare networks to DigiCom Out of Home. Amscreen will continue to provide the hardware and software solutions and will have full responsibility for the operation of the signage networks including monitoring, technical support … Read more
Asus shipped 4.3 million notebooks in Q2’15, down from 4.8 million in Q1’15 and 4.6 million in Q2’14. Desktop shipments were 500,000 units, down 100,000 from Q1. Asus has said that it is aiming to maintain notebook shipments above 20 million units this year, and expects to pass 4.8 million again in Q3. Desktop shipments … Read more
As more smartphone vendors look to Brazil and India, Foxconn will benefit, say sources from Asia. Vendors are seeking local production partners, as Brazilian and Indian governments are imposing high tariff rates on imported mobile devices – and Foxconn already has a presence in these markets.
Everlight Electronics and Lextar Electronics have obtained licensing rights from GE Lighting, for the use of PFS-based phosphor. The phosphor boosts the richness of the red colour in LED backlights. The companies will begin to ship LED backlighting packaging, using PFS-based technology, in Q3’15, according to Taiwanese sources.
A DTT pilot will begin in Bosnia and Herzegovina in October. The Council of Ministers has decided that the necessary transmission equipment should be distributed to the three public broadcasters. As a result, these broadcasters will be able to conduct a pilot in Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Mostar.
Verizon has said that its R&D arm has finished testing a fibre optic broadband system, which could reach speeds of 10Gbps – the intent being distribution of UltraHD video content. Currently, streamed UHD video takes between 20Mbps and 25Mbps, with even raw footage rarely requiring more than 200Mbps. The ‘next generation passive optical network’ (NG-PON2) … Read more
The number of connected TVs worldwide will reach 876 million by 2020 – up from 105 million in 2010 and 415 million at end-2015, says Digital TV Research. In percentage terms, the 876 million sets will represent 29.9% of the total global TV sets, compared to 4.5% in 2010 and 15.5% in 2015. South Korea … Read more
As predicted, the fragmented nature of the HEVC patent pool (HEVC Advance Accepts Patents) has already begun to spawn new market entrants. Meet Thor. Marvel’s lightning-slinging superhero is nowhere to be seen. Thor is Cisco’s new project (and, eventually, a codec), which was released to a small group in late July. The company said that … Read more
In the latest research report of the consumer intelligence series, Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC) took a look at the media consumption habits of kids and teens. The study looked at several aspects of their content preferences, such as how they engage with specific content genres, how much media they consume weekly and on what devices, how … Read more
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