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Top-Selling Projectors in January According to PMA Research

PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has posted their most recent Projector Tracking Service results to the “Top-Selling Projectors” area of their website. For more than 16 years now, PMA Research has collected monthly sell-through data from leading North American projector dealers, retailers, web resellers and distributors. Their Tracking Service family … Read more

15 NLT Can Support Touch with Gloves on Wet Screens

NLT (the NEC/Tianma venture) told us that it is seeing a lot of interest in widescreen formats, now. It has had many years of supplying 4:3 and 5:4 displays with a constant fit/form/function for long term industrial supply. The company plans to bring the same strategy to its widescreen formats. The firm has also developed … Read more

13 Litemax Has Lots to Show in Special Displays

Litemax of Taiwan is a speciality monitor supplier that had plenty to show. It had ATM displays with up to 2,500 cd/m² of brightness and supporting -20° C to +60° operation. There was a new 42″ digital signage monitor that is said to get colour coverage up to 97% of NTSC. Staff told us that … Read more

12 Data Modul Highlights Touch and Updates on Arrow

Data Modul was, of course, at the show with a strong presence. We asked about the Arrow acquisition and it seems that “the deal is not yet done” although it looks likely that it will go through. Arrow is said to have expressed serious interest in the ability of the Data Modul Weikersheim facility to … Read more

11 Beneq Brings Transparency to EL Displays

Beneq is the name of the business that runs the facilities that make EL displays in Espoo, Finland. The company spun out of Planar in 2012 and continues to make EL displays for customers that appreciate the very rugged and functional mono displays. At the show, the main focus was on the Lumineq transparent displays. … Read more

TV and Smartphones to Drive 3D

Allied Market Research (AMR) has predicted that the global 3D display market will be worth $112.9 billion by 2020, with a CAGR of 26.8% from 2014. More than 65% of revenue will be contributed by TVs and smartphones; AMR predicts that half of all TVs will have 3D by 2018. Stereoscopic and auto-stereoscopic will remain … Read more

CCO to Split Management of US and International Units

Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) is to separate the management of its US and international businesses, just three years since the two units were brought under the control of a single CEO. William Eccleshare, who has served as group CEO since 2012, will relinquish responsibility for the US and will become CEO of Clear Channel International … Read more

Microsoft to Close Two China Phone Plants

Microsoft is reported to be planning to close two mobile phone manufacturing factories in Dongguan and Beijing, China by the end of this month. The two plants were previously operated by Nokia and came to Microsoft when it acquired the Finnish phone company last year. The closure was anticipated when Microsoft announced last summer a … Read more