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OLEDWorks on the Move in OLED Lighting

April 30, 2015 by Chris Chinnock

The prospects for OLED lighting is getting some serious attention from a company called OLEDWorks (Rochester, NY). They have just announced deals with Corning, Philips and Universal Display to provide new momentum to the category. Founded in 2010, OLEDWorks has built its production methodology on a novel system that delivers competitive and cost-effective OLED solid … Read more

Humax Streams UltraHD from Korea

April 30, 2015 by Bob Raikes

Humax showed its “Whitney” and “Rocky” FullHD & UltraHD STBsHumax was showing its range of STBs and gateways. As a demonstration of the quality of its UltraHD solution, the firm was streaming UltraHD content from Korea. Humax has developed “headless” gateways that are being sold in the US at the moment, and it also has … Read more

Ericsson Arranges Special Event And Updates on HDR

April 30, 2015 by Bob Raikes

Away from the show floor, Ericsson held an event for clients and press in Canary Wharf, the docklands area of London. Simon Frost, global Head of Media Marketing and Communications, said that Ericsson has been investing in TV for over 20 years with significant merger and acquisition activity. The company has 18 m subscribers using … Read more

Philips’ High-Res Monitors Reach New Size

April 30, 2015 by Tom Allen

32″ is a new size for MMD/Philips’ 2560 x 1440 LCD monitors, which it now has a presence in with the BDM3270QP. The display can show 10-bit colour and features 12-bit internal processing. Multiview technology splits the screen in half to display content from two separate sources. These can be connected through DisplayPort, MHL-HDMI, dual-link … Read more

Sharp Explains B2B Display Push

April 30, 2015 by Bob Raikes

Sharp held an open day in London for its dealers and distributors and we went along to hear what the firm had to say. Sid Stanley is Sharp’s European Sales Director, a position he has held for a year or so. He has been in the display business for some time, having worked at Barco, … Read more

WSJ Confirms Taptic Engine Limiting Watch Supply

December 21, 2022April 30, 2015 by Tom Allen

Image credit: WSJSources have told the Wall Street Journal that one of the issues limiting supply of the Apple Watch is a defective taptic engine (a new component providing haptic feedback) as rumoured in April (Apple Watch Supply Issues Caused by Display and Motor). The engines produced by China’s AAC Technologies were found to break … Read more

C3nano Seals Acquisition of Asia’s Largest Manufacturer of Silver Nanowire

April 30, 2015 by Bob Raikes

C3nano Seals Acquisition of Asia’s Largest Manufacturer of Silver Nanowire—Aiden Co. Ltd. Korea. Deal enables rapid production at scale of new era technologies for the touch sensor and display industry. Hayward, Calif., — April 28, 2015. C3nano, Inc., the performance leader in transparent conductive films (TCFs) for the touch sensor and display industry announced that … Read more

3D TV: Not All That New

April 30, 2015 by Tom Allen

The first 3D TV broadcast in the USA was aired 62 years ago, on 29th April, 1953, by ABC. The operator was granted permission by the FCC and undertook the work with its affiliate station KECA-TV. The experiment was used to show a sci-fi series called Space Patrol, at the National Association of Radio and … Read more

Tablets Will Fall Due to Phablet Popularity

April 30, 2015 by Tom Allen

There were 18.3 million connected tablets in the USA at the end of 2014, says The NPD Group – up 90% YoY. More than 8.7 million new customers joined cellular tablet contracts last year, due to aggressive promotions, carrier subsidies and simplified service plans. NPD expects this growth to slow in the coming years, however. … Read more

Forrest Continues to Spread Roots in Scotland

April 30, 2015 by Tom Allen

Forrest Media has continued to roll out its Cityscreen digital screen network in Scotland. The company’s latest installation is a 50m² LED screen called the Glasgow City Gateway, positioned on the A77 Southern approach to the city. It uses 12mm-pitch LED modules from D3, running Scala software.

Hannstar Display Result 30/04/2015

April 30, 2015 by Helen Vince

Hannstar Display Corporation reported a first quarter net profit of NT$705 million ($23 million) on turnover of NT$5.3 billion ($173.1 million), which compares with a net profit of NT$1 billion ($32.6 million) on turnover of NT$5.6 billion ($182.9 million) in Q1 2014. The company’s small and medium sized panel shipments reached 79.5 million units in … Read more

STMicroelectronics Result 29/04/2015

April 30, 2015 by Helen Vince

STMicroelectronics narrowed its first quarter net loss to $22 million from $24 million a year earlier, though turnover was down 5.5% to $1.7 billion from $1.8 billion in Q1 2014.