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OLED – LG Display will ramp up its M2 OLED-TV panel line next month, according to a report in South Korea’s ET News quoted in English on November 11 by Amy Fan and Alex Wolfgram in Digitimes. As previously reported, the new $640 million line is expected to have a monthly capacity of 34,000 units, … Read more
4K – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® announced that the licensing agreement for logos for use by manufacturers to designate 4K Ultra High-Definition TVs (4K Ultra HD or 4K UHD), monitors and projectors for the home is now available. CEA also announced the availability of logo licensing agreements for promotional and educational use by retailers, buying groups, … Read more
3D Displays – CVision 3D (Shenzhen, Taipei, and Los Angeles) has launched a kickstarter campaign to raise $20K to further the development of 3D displays for use in smartphones and tablets. As of November 11, they had raised just $1K of the goal with 15 days to go. The approach features a thin film parallax … Read more
3D – I had the chance to visit Magnetic 3D’s offices in downtown Manhattan and speak to Magnetic’s CEO Tom Zerega. Magnetic 3D is a developer and manufacturer of autostereoscopic displays from 22″ to 55″. The company is busy developing new products for a variety of applications. While Magnetic 3D was mainly known for developing … Read more
Broadcast & Distribution – The term “Evolve or Die” may have even more meaning today than when uttered to the broadcast industry some years ago by the FCC Chairman. Things are so ripe for rapid change now that we are likely to look back on this period someday and gasp at the changes set in … Read more
Asbis has opened a London base to focus on the Prestigio brand and will be shipping Prestigio products, including tablets, smartphones and large touch screen PCs, from its European warehouse in Prague.
John Lewis reported “a solid performance” in the last week of October, though sales in the electrical and home technology sector were down 3.2% from the previous week, which the company attributed to the launch of the new iPad a week earlier.
Informática Megasur, in Spain, in now distributing LG’s smartphones and tablets.
Media-Saturn is to create a portfolio of online pure-play companies and concepts under the name Electronics Online Group (EOG), with its existing online business Redcoon as the core. EOG will be led by Martin Smith, founder of Idealo, Germany’s leading comparison portal, who has been named as CEO. The company said that, in addition to … Read more
Brightstar 20:20 has been chosen by ZTE as the official distributor for its smartphones and tablets in Spain.
Pricing for 32″, 40″ and 42″ TV panels will continue to rise in Q4’14, say Asian sources. The situation is not expected to soften until Q1’15, when demand seasonally falls. Panel makers have lowered production of 32″ units to focus on larger, higher-end products such as 50″ and 60″ UltraHD panels.
Best Buy and Sharp have signed a licensing agreement (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 43) which allows the US chain to use Sharp’s brand on three recently released HDTVs. The new line comprises 32″, 42″ and 50″ models, selling for $200, $330 and $430 respectively.
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