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Technicolor to acquire Cisco connected devices division (STB business) for €550m in stock and cash Combination creates global leader in CPE; Strategic partnership around next generation video, broadband and IoT PARIS, France — Technicolor (Euronext Paris: TCH; OTCQX: TCLRY) has entered into an exclusive agreement with Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) to acquire its customer premises … Read more
A recent publication introduces and discusses the innovative use of an electronically focusable liquid lens as the means to address chromatic aberration problems experienced in prior art, time-sequential holographic display systems. The team undertaking the research is headed by Di Wang of the School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sichuan University (Chengdu, China). The team’s … Read more
At a time when streaming video viewing is upending TV business models, a new GfK study sheds light on the phenomenon, including which Internet-connected devices and services different viewers prefer. The 2015 Ownership and Trend Report, from GfK’s The Home Technology Monitor™, reveals that households with at least one member of Generation X (roughly ages … Read more
OTT TV and video revenues in EEMEA [19 countries] will reach $2,635 million in 2020; up from only $52 million recorded in 2010 and the $616 million expected in 2015, according to Digital TV Research’s Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa OTT TV & Video Forecasts report. From the $2.21 billion in revenues to be … Read more
According to the latest preliminary release from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 337.2 million smartphones worldwide in the second quarter of 2015 (2Q15), up 11.6% from the 302.1 million units in 2Q14. The 2Q15 shipment volume represents the second highest quarterly total on record. Following … Read more
At SID Display Week, in an aisle on the show floor, I had a brief conversation with Candice Brown-Elliott, Nouvoyance CEO and creator of the Pentile Matrix pixel configuration widely used in Samsung OLED displays. She said that micro LED was the only disruptive technology she saw at Display Week. In addition to being a … Read more
IDC released its preliminary data on the smartphone market in Q2 by highlighting that it’s the growth in emerging markets that is driving the market. In total, 337.2 million smartphones were shipped, up 11.6% from 302.1 million in Q2 2014, the second highest quarterly total on record. For all phones, the total was 464.6 million, … Read more
IHS has a new report available on OLED materials. At the moment, the market is dominated by Samsung Display’s purchases, but will be overtaken by LG Display from 2016. Chinese makers are also expected to start to have an influence from the end of this year, or early next. Materials covered include light-emissive layer materials: … Read more
Prysm has appointed more partners to its Global Channel partner Program. AVI-SPL, Impianti, Pentatel, Polymedia, Smart AV and Yorktel will be selling and supporting Prysm’s range of Olympic and Cascade video wall and display solutions in Europe.
CDS of the UK has now added video walls and large format displays to its portfolio of products for hire or rental by installers or VARs. CDS’s new range of professional large format LED monitors have built in media player and HDMI inputs and are now available in three larger sizes; 65″, 70″ and 84″.
Arch of Belgium has developed a custom 70m² discrete custom LED display for the new Brussels Train Museum (Schaerbeek) which is due to open in September. The display is 6cm thick and shows a map of the rail network of Belgium. You can find a video of the installation at https://vimeo.com/134199838
LG Display (LGD) reported a 4% sequential drop in turnover in the second quarter to KRW6.7 trillion ($5.7 billion), though this was 12% higher than last year’s Q2 turnover of KRW5.9 trillion ($5 billion). LGD’s net profit for Q2 of KRW363 billion ($312.7 million) was 24% lower than Q1 but a 42% improvement on Q2 … Read more
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