Haier Chooses Foxxum
Haier has signed an agreement to put the Foxxum smart TV platform on its TVs. The deal will cover units sold in CEE, LATAM, Russia and the Middle East.
Planar Debuts Large-Format Transparent OLED
Planar Displays has announced that it will show a 55″ transparent OLED prototype at ISE. The company has built part of its business proposition around transparent displays, but until this point all units have been LCD. OLED technology will be used to improve the transparency of see-through displays – mainly due to the lack of … Read more
Sensio’s Routhier Discusses 3D 4K Format Technology
In my Display Daily on January 28th, (See LDM for January 30, 2015) I discussed Sensio’s introduction of its new 3D/4K format. I had a chance to talk directly to Nicholas Routhier, president of Sensio, about the technology behind the 3D/4K format, which turns out to be quite simple. The Sensio 3D/4K format is essentially a … Read more
Did Google Goof?
For the first time ever, Motorola Mobility shipped more than 10 million smartphones in the October-December quarter – the first quarter under Lenovo ownership. That’s an increase of 188%. So, did Google goof? Did Google sell a winner? Not exactly. Lenovo’s mobile business group – which includes Moto, Lenovo-branded smartphones, Android tablets and TV sets, … Read more
Innolux Secures Loans to Repay Debts
Innolux has secured a syndicated loan for approximately NT$60-70 billion ($1.9-2.2 billion) from credit banks, which the company will use to repay debts. Innolux had originally planned to offer new shares worth NT$9.3 billion ($295 million) in the form of global depositary receipts but has now cancelled the offering.
MaxLinear to Acquire Entropic
MaxLinear, Inc.,a leading provider of integrated radio frequency (“RF”) and mixed-signal integrated circuits (“ICs”), and Entropic Communications, Inc., a world leader in semiconductor solutions for the connected home, announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for MaxLinear to acquire Entropic. The boards of directors of both MaxLinear and Entropic have unanimously approved the transaction. Entropic … Read more
MaxLinear to Acquire Entropic
Maxlinear has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Entropic Communications for approximately $287 million. The company said that the acquisition will broaden MaxLinear’s analogue/mixed-signal business, including bringing new customer relationships in MaxLinear’s most recent growth area, the satellite pay-TV market. Entropic also holds a portfolio of approximately 1,500 issued and pending patents. The transaction is expected … Read more
South Africa Dominates African Pay-TV
Sub-Saharan African pay-TV revenues will climb from $3.54 billion last year to $6.22 billion in 2020, says Digital TV Research (DTVR). Revenues will be $4.12 billion, up from $1.73 billion, excluding South Africa. Satellite TV is the most common reception method, with a 92% market share last year. Of 12.92 million pay-TV subscribers, 9.65 million … Read more
TV Brands Sign Up to Digitaleurope Logo
Five companies have signed up to use Digitaleurope’s UltraHD TV logo, unveiled at IFA 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 35). LG, Panasonic, Sony, Philips and Samsung will begin to use the logo, which shows that a TV has 3840 x 1260 resolution, meets the Rec.709 standard and supports refresh rates between 24fps and 60fps, … Read more
Mobile Devices May Interfere with Children’s Development
Since the introduction of mobile devices, their use has been spreading from adults to the younger generation. In the US and many other countries this development has on the one hand created an increase in device sales, especially for smartphones, but at the same time increased accessibility of such devices to small children. The use … Read more
Eyevis DLP Cube is Slim
Eyevis always has lots to show us and this year’s ISE was no exception. We started by looking at the new DLP-based “Slim-cubes” which are 50″ 1920 x 1080 FullHD sets which are just 422mm deep, said to be the thinnest in the world. Brightness is 370 cd/m². The cubes are designed to allow access … Read more
ARM Sets New Standard for the Premium Mobile Experience
ARM announced a suite of IP that will enable a new standard for premium experiences on 2016 mobile devices. At the heart of this suite is the ARM Cortex-A72 processor, which is the highest performing CPU technology available for developing mobile SoCs today. In target configurations, the Cortex-A72 processor will deliver CPU performance that is … Read more
