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Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) reported a net loss of NT$3.6 billion ($115.2 million) on turnover of NT$56.4 billion ($1.8 billion) for last year. The company shipped 455 million small and medium sized panels, of which 160 million were for smartphone-use, a year on year improvement of almost 40%. Tablet-use panels accounted for 43 million units, … Read more
Toshiba is reported to be in talks with Egyptian home electronics company El Araby about selling 40% of its 51% stake in TV manufacturing facilities in Egypt. The two companies set up their joint venture in 2011, with El Araby taking a 49% stake to Toshiba’s 51%. The report in Digitimes claims that Toshiba wants … Read more
Quanta Computer posted a net profit in the fourth quarter of NT$5.4 billion ($172.6 million) on turnover of NT$251.6 billion ($8 billion), bringing the company’s net profit for the year to NT$18.8 billion ($600.9 million) and turnover to NT$926.3 billion ($29.6 billion).
Sony Mobile plans to ship as many as 38 million smartphones in the 2015 fiscal year (April 2015 – March 2016), according to sources in the handset supply chain. The new figure is slightly down from the 39.2 million units shipped in fiscal 2014, as Sony has shifted its focus to the mid-range and high-end … Read more
Germany’s Bundeskartellamt, an anti-monopoly regulator, has approved Media Broadcast’s business model for use with its DVB-T2 network. The company will offer pay services from commercial broadcasters in HD.
Pete Putman of HDTV Expert has predicted that the production of ‘ordinary’ (1920 x 1080) TV screens will cease by the end of 2016/2017. Quoted in the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers’ (SMPTE) Newswatch publication, Putman says that we are approaching price parity between 1920 x 1080 and UltraHD sets, with a “relatively … Read more
Pay-TV revenues in Eastern Europe will climb 45% from 2010 ($5 million) to 2020 ($7.3 million), according to a forecast by Digital TV Research. However, most of that increase has already taken place and revenues will only climb 17% from 2014 to 2020 (although that is still more than $1 billion). Digital pay-TV revenues will … Read more
360-degree videos are becoming more popular as content for virtual reality headsets, but they can also be viewed on a smartphone or tablet. Just swivel your head or mobile device side-to-side or up/down to see a changing window inside the 360-degree video. You can also use your mouse to navigate the 360-degree video on a … Read more
Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS), a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, today announced it has been awarded with a Red Dot Award for product design for two of its products, the Toshiba Chromebook 2and the Portégé® Z20t. As one of the world’s largest and most distinguished design competitions, this annual and international award recognizes an … Read more
According to a new report published by ApacMarket.com, the APAC Touch Panel Market (Technology, Application and Country) – Market Size, Asia-Pacific Trends, Company Profiles, Analysis, Opportunities, Segmentation and Forecast, 2013 – 2020, the Asia-Pacific touch panel market is expected to reach $13.48 billion by 2020, registering a CAGR of 12.8% during 2014 – 2020. With … Read more
This week, we’ve seen rumours from Korea that Samsung may be getting back into the OLED TV business by adopting the “White OLED with colour filter” approach that was developed by Kodak and is being used by LG in its OLED TVs. Up to now, in making OLEDs for TVs Samsung has been trying using … Read more
Industrial LCD manufacturer, KOE have announced the introduction of a new high performance 3.5″ TFT display. The Rugged+ TX09D200VM0BAA features a 3:4 aspect ratio, QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) resolution and IPS (in-plane switching) technology to provide highly consistent colour and image performance from all viewing angles. KOE’s Rugged+ modules provide reliable and consistent operation … Read more
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