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A consortium of Audi, BMW and Daimler has agreed to buy the HERE digital mapping and location services business from Nokia. Nokia completes next stage of transformation with agreement to sell HERE to automotive industry consortium at an enterprise value of EUR 2.8 billion Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced an agreement to sell its … Read more
A consortium of car companies – Audi, BMW and Daimler – have agreed to buy Nokia’s Here digital mapping and location services. The deal has been valued at €2.8 billion. Nokia and the consortium expect the deal to close in Q1’16, subject to conditions and regulatory approvals. When this happens, Nokia estimates that it will … Read more
Smartphone growth continues to slow worldwide – but demand for LTPS TFT-LCD screens for these products is on the rise. According to IHS, LTPS TFT-LCD smartphone display shipments grew 31% YoY in the first half of 2015, to reach 251 million units. Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus drove this growth, representing 52% of shipments. … Read more
The Wall Street Journal says that Google is quietly relaunching Google Glass – but only for business users. According to the source, Google has redesigned the headset; instead of a frame, it is supplied with a ‘button-and-hinge’ system to be attached to existing glasses. The screen has been improved, to make it longer, thinner and … Read more
Microsoft said in a blog that it already had 14 million devices with Windows 10, just 24 hours after launch. You can see the blog here.
The finalists for the DTG’s Television Innovation Awards (DTG Holds Third TV Innovation Awards) have been announced. Having made it through the finals on the 21st July, goHDR, Motive Television, Parabola, Smartzer, TV App Agency and Twocashew will exhibit in room G.001 at IBC in September. Here, gold, silver and bronze winners will be selected.
Amidst falling TFT-LCD revenues, OLED is the only display technology with an expected revenue increase, says IHS. Revenues for the overall flat panel display (FPD) industry are expected to fall 2% YoY in 2015, from $131.4 billion to $129 billion. As well as falling TFT-LCD revenues, the industry is also being affected by declining PC … Read more
We saw a very interesting article in the SMPTE Newswatch newsletter on the challenges for live TV broadcasters that are created by the move to UltraHD. The article, by Michael Goldman, highlights how productions will probably use a mixture of FullHD and UltraHD cameras.
MMD/Philips has shared some of the desktop monitor products that it will bring to IFA 2015. A curved 34″ display will be one of the highlights. The display will feature edge-to-edge glass and ultra-narrow bezels, with 3440 x 1440 resolution and wide viewing angles. Focusing on colour, a new 27″ monitor with Color IQ quantum … Read more
Shipments of LCD TVs made in Taiwan fell more than 8% YoY in Q2’15, say sources in Asia, as China’s Haier cut orders to Taiwanese makers. Shipments gained some momentum with sales to LG Electronics and Xiaomi, however. 7.97 million units were shipped in Q2. Growth could increase in Q3, by 22.1% QoQ (to 9.71 … Read more
IDTechEx has revised its forecast for the global OLED displays market. The firm says that glass-based OLEDs are not growing as fast as expected (mostly due to Samsung’s ‘disappointing’ mobile phone sales). The market for products is expected to be worth $22.7 billion by 2022, down from an earlier forecast of $28.2 billion. However, optimism … Read more
First, Sharp began licensing its low-end TVs in the USA; next, it licensed its entire European TV business to UMC (Sharp ‘Leaves’ TVs in Europe). This move was followed by a complete withdrawal from Australia (Sharp Quits Another TV Market), and now yet another step in the process of getting out of TV: Sharp is … Read more
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