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Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. has reported its first quarter results, posting a net profit of ¥5.1 billion ($42.8 million) on turnover of ¥325.6 billion ($2.7 billion), which compares with a net profit of ¥8.1 billion ($67.9 million) on turnover of ¥329.1 billion ($2.7 billion) in Q1 of last year. Shipments of LCD glass substrates increased … Read more
TCL has said that its smart TV sales volume in April was 50.6% higher than a year before, at 494,000 sets. Overall LCD TV sales, however, fell 12.6%, to under 1.4 million sets. Sales were down 10.2% in China (754,400 sets) and 15.3% outside of China (619,900 sets). Sales in emerging markets fell 47.6%, due … Read more
BOE has begun construction on its G6 LTPS LCD/AMOLED fab in Chengdu, China. The total investment is estimated at $3.54 billion and production is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2017. Small-sized high-end mobile displays will be produced, with a capacity of 45,000 substrates per month.
The 2014 Out of Home Awards marked the first year that the event hosted a ‘Digital Media’ category. The winners have now been announced, with Hutchison 3G Austria taking the overall second place award for its digital ‘For the Fish’ campaign. The Digital Media category was topped by Swatch Group Austria, followed by Sony Mobile … Read more
Pegatron Corp. reported a net profit in the first quarter of the year of NT$6.3 billion ($204.8 million), which represented a year on year increase of 130%. Turnover in Q1 was 25% higher YoY at NT$274.2 billion ($8.9 billion). The company’s strong start to the year was largely due to an order from Apple to … Read more
Japan’s Nikkei says that Funai will launch a line of new low-cost UltraHD TVs in North America in the autumn. The TVs will be sold in Walmart under the Emerson brand, and will cost around $700. The TVs will be made in China and Thailand to keep costs down.
The T2435MSC-B2 is a new Iiyama Prolite monitor: a large multi-touch model with procap technology. The 24″ display supports up to 10 touch points. An edge-to-edge design is used, with the front glass flush with bezels. The monitor features a built-in webcam, microphone and stereo speakers. It also has a low blue light function, to … Read more
Creative Technology has used the Hoover Dam as the USA’s largest-ever projection screen. To mark the launch of Freightliner’s new truck, CT Group was contacted for the project by OSK Communications. The dam’s surface area is 39,000m², with many angles. It was also located more than 750m away from the projection tower. This tower was … Read more
A new 5m² projection room has been installed in the Hastings Academy in the UK. The 270° space uses three projectors, with content driven by a Onelan Net-Top-Box 6000 media player and Datapath multi-screen controllers. A video wall has also been installed in the school, and a further 12 screens around the campus – all … Read more
A story from Gizmo China claims that Huawei is building Google’s next Nexus phone. According to the rumour, the Nexus 7 (probably) will feature a 5.7″ OLED display from Samsung, with 2560 x 1440 resolution. The device will run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, rather than Huawei’s own Kirin chip. It is assumed – … Read more
88 million smart TVs will be shipped worldwide this year, representing around 41.2% of the worldwide LCD TV market, according to Taiwan’s MIC. Smart TV penetration has exceeded 50% in Japan, thanks to consumers’ adoption of high-end products, says MIC analyst Cindy Gu. Meanwhile, penetration is just below 40% in Western Europe, where broadcasters have … Read more
Asustek’s April sales were at the lowest monthly level that the company has experienced since May 2013. Last month’s result was down 21.6% sequentially and 4% year on year at NT$33 billion ($1.1 billion), taking the total for the year to date to NT$144.9 billion ($4.7 billion), broadly unchanged from a year earlier. The company … Read more
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