Nanotech Licenses Hollywood Film
Nanotech continues to expand the content in its Ultraflix library, having recently signed a licensing agreement with Paramount Pictures. Paramount has given Nanotech permission to host the 2014 film Interstellar.
Microvision Receives $8 Million License Fee
Microvision has received an $8 million license fee payment from its Fortune Global 100 partner – commonly assumed to be Sony (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 15). The firm said that it has received $18 million in orders, shipped since December 2014, as well as its licence fee.
Mediatek Offers Money to Name Chip Family
Mediatek is running a competition to name the models in its new premium mobile processor family, Helio. The winner will be given CNY1 million ($161,200). The competition opens on 15th April; submissions can be sent in at http://tinyurl.com/pspvptj. Winners will be chosen in June.
Samsung Will Triple Edge Production
ET News of Korea claims that, following successful pre-orders (Samsung Reaches Pre-Order Record), Samsung wants to as much as triple planned production of the Galaxy S6 Edge. Samsung Display is currently capable of producing around 1 million 5″ panels per month, on a G5.5 line, at a 100% yield rate (although of course actual yields … Read more
Samsung Will Use WRGB in OLED TV Return, Says ET News
Samsung Display is resuming its efforts in the OLED TV market – according to Korea’s ET News. The source says that SDC is taking up OLED TV panel production once more, using a different structure to its OLED smartphone panels. New OLED TV panels from Samsung Display will, apparently, use a WRGB design like LG … Read more
MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 14
Blackberry‘s Leap smartphone (Blackberry Shows new Smartphone and Prototype with Curved AMOLED Display) can now be pre-ordered in the UK, USA, France and Germany; residents of Canada have been told to ‘stay tuned’, so pre-orders are also likely to be available there soon. The phone will be released on the 27th April for $275. The … Read more
LCD Media Chooses Broadsign for Danish Stores
Scandinavian provider of digital in-store solutions, LCD Media, has chosen Broadsign’s digital signage software platform for retail initiatives in 300 of Denmark’s top retail stores. Installations consist of video walls and LCD displays ranging from 10” to 86” placed in strategic locations.
Eastern Zone Keeps CEE PCs Negative
Central and Eastern Europe PC shipments exceeded 18.5 million units last year, falling 14% YoY, says IDC. 2014 was the second year of contraction, as the region’s market was limited by currency fluctuations and economic slowdown in the East. Portable shipments were down 14.5% (to 11.92 million), while desktops fell 12.9% (to 6.63 million). 42.6% … Read more
LG Opens New Vietnam Facility
LG Electronics has completed construction of its latest production facility in Vietnam which will be used to manufacture TVs, mobile phones and car infotainment systems for both its domestic and overseas markets. The new facility is located at LG’s Haiphong Campus and has been constructed as part of of $1.5 billion investment earmarked by LG … Read more
Intel, Samsung Rumoured to Be on Acquisition Trail
At the end of last week, there were murmurings that both Intel and Samsung were mulling options for acquiring rival chip firms, with Intel linked to Altera and Samsung linked with AMD. Both Intel and Samsung are believed to be looking to diversify their customer base and improve competitiveness. Intel is reported to be in … Read more
Blackberry Result 01/04/2015
Blackberry Limited has released its fourth quarter and full year results, posting a net profit in Q4 of $28 million on turnover of $660 million, which compares with a net loss in the final quarter of last year of $423 million on turnover of $976 million. For the year, Blackberry narrowed its net loss to … Read more
BBC Looks to HDR UltraHD
The BBC’s head of innovation and standards, Richard Salmon, has said that he hopes to have ITU standards for UltraHD HDR “by [the] middle of this year”. Salmon made the comment at a recent UltraHD event in London, organised by SES.
