SES to Launch UltraHD at IFA
SES’ UltraHD TV channel, Pearl.tv (SES to Carry First FTA UltraHD Channel), will be unveiled at IFA 2015, the company has announced.
Huddle Up! Huddle Spaces and K-20 Education
One of the most pronounced developments appearing at InfoComm 2015 this year involved the stately arrival of the venerated “huddle space” in a featured posture in the exhibit hall. (I stopped counting at 12 huddle station solutions in the cavernous Orlando expo hall.) The solid emergence of this meme met with perfect personal timing. This … Read more
Microsoft to Cut 7,500 Jobs
Microsoft says it will cut 7,500 jobs, around 7% of its workforce, primarily in its phone hardware business, and write down approximately $7.6 billion related to its Nokia phone business. Around one third of the jobs will be lost in Finland, where the company will shut down a product development unit. This is the second … Read more
New 3D Tau Technology Provides 3D Viewing Experience Without Special Glasses
3D Tau today announced 3D Tau Stereo-Step-EclipseTM (SSE), a patent-pending technology that provides the ability to display video in stereoscopic 3D on a screen. Available now for license, 3D Tau SSE technology provides a full 3D viewing experience that is viewable from multiple angles without the need for special glasses or other wearable devices such … Read more
4 in 10 TV Viewers Are “Digital Enthusiasts” – Subscribe to 3+ Online Video Services Plus Cable TV
As consumers embrace and experiment with a host of new ways of watching TV content, a new GfK MRI report has identified six new TV viewing audience groups and how they combine emerging and traditional options for TV use. Click here to download additional information about this report. TV Share of Clock – the first … Read more
RGB Laser Options Expand
The RGB laser projectors pioneered by Christie and Barco are very expensive solutions – rumored to be close to a million dollars for very large venues. With very low volumes for these specialized lasers, the cost has been very high for the lasers themselves. While costs will remain high in the short term, the market … Read more
Flexible Technology Will Drive Display Revenues
The flexible display market is on the rise – not as a niche product, but as an increasingly-important part of the display market’s revenues. IHS DisplaySearch expects these products to represent 15% of total display revenues by 2024. As flexible OLED production continues to improve, IHS has forecast that flexible display revenue will rise at … Read more
Arch Links Two Sides of Dubai Skyscape
Arch, of Belgium, has installed two massive LED displays in Dubai. Located at the top of the Al Hikma Tower, both screens are 50m tall and 250m off the ground – with a combined surface area of 1,000m². The screens use Arch’s Solopix 3 product, with a 100mm pixel pitch. They are designed for night-time … Read more
Hannstar’s June Sales Down 36% YoY
Hannstar Display’s sales in June fell 2.5% sequentially and 35.9% year on year to NT$1.3 billion ($41.9 million), bringing sales for the first six months of the year to NT$9.4 billion ($302.9 million), down 19.9% from the first six months of last year. Hannstar shipped 30.9 million small and medium panels last month, an increase … Read more
CPT Sees Monthly Sales Decline 24%
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) reported a 3.4% month on month and 23.9% year on year drop in sales in June, to NT$3.6 billion ($115.9 million), bringing sales in the first half of the year to NT$24.7 billion ($795.5 million), 14.4% lower than the same period of last year. CPT shipped 84,000 large panels last month, … Read more
AUO’s June Sales Dip 10%
AU Optronics (AUO) reported a 10.4% year on year and 2.1% month on month drop in sales in June to NT$30.5 billion ($982.9 million). Sales in the second quarter of the year were also lower, at NT$92.3 billion ($2.9 billion), 3.1% lower than Q1 and 9.5% down from the second quarter of last year. June’s … Read more
NEC Display Solutions Europe Creates New Division
NEC Display Solutions Europe has appointed Simon Jackson to lead a newly created Strategic and Global Sales Division. The company said the department will “create a centre of excellence to reinforce NEC’s global proposition and expertise in delivering strategic customer projects, showcasing NEC’s scale and ability to holistically support global or cross-market customers. It will … Read more
