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End-of-Year DBCI Falls in DACH

The Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) for the DACH region has fallen slightly for the November-December period, compared to September-October. The Index, produced by OVAB Europe, was down from 54.55 to 54.15. However, this is such a small change that the current business situation is still seen as positive by respondents. OVAB’s DBCI covers … Read more

End-of-Year Sales Will be “Critical” For UltraHD

The UltraHD format is driving flat-panel TV sales this year, with revenue in the USA rising 7% YoY, to $668 million, as of the 25th October. Stephen Baker of the NPD Group, which shared the data, said “4K/UHD was still very new to the market during the 2013 holiday shopping season, but we believe it … Read more

Estimote Turns Objects Into ‘Nearables’

Estimote is a beacon company that has taken the technology to a new form factor: stickers. These ‘tiny super beacons’ were announced in August but have just begun to be shipped. The Estimote Stickers have a battery life of around a year and are backwards-compatible with the company’s SDKs, apps and cloud service. Beacons add … Read more

FCC Delays TV Spectrum Auction until 2016

The FCC has now announced a delay of its auction of UHF spectrum until 2016. Through an announcement in late October, the Commission is apparently reacting to a move by broadcasters to block or delay the planned 2015 auction proceedings. Earlier this year, the FCC released a Report and Order (“RO”) adopting rules to implement … Read more

Flexible Displays Will Grow 900% in 2015

The flexible display market (those that can be bent and folded when active, and are manufactured on flexible substrates and/or using flexible processes) will grow 900% next year, compared to 2014. Charles Annis of DisplaySearch writes that this rise is being enabled by growth in flexible manufacturing capacity, as both LG Display and Samsung increase … Read more

Flextronics Result 31/10/2014

Flextronics has reported its second quarter results, posting a net profit of $138.9 million on turnover of $6.5 billion. In Q2 of the previous year the company’s net profit was $118.2 million and turnover reached $6.4 billion. In the first six months of the year, the company’s net profit was $312.9 million on turnover of … Read more

Fraunhofer Investigates Flexible Lighting

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding an OLED project at Fraunhofer FEP. The R2D2 project will investigate production processes and technologies for manufacturing flexible OLEDs. R2D2 is primarily focused on lighting applications. These types of OLEDs have been fabricated on rigid glass substrates in the past. Fraunhofer believes that OLED lights … Read more

Freesync to Arrive in 2014

There have been conflicting reports over when the first Freesync monitors (AMD’s answer to Nvidia’s G-Sync) will be launched. We have heard both Q1’15 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37) and Q4’14 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42). AMD has now revealed that the first UltraHD units equipped with the technology will be launched by … Read more

Gefen Extends UltraHD to 100m

Gefen’s new extenders use HDBaseT to deliver UltraHD (30fps) and power signals over a distance of up to 100m over a single cable. They both carry 7.1 channels of lossless audio, as well as control signals (RS232 and IR). The 4k Ultra HD ELR-POL Extender w/RS-232, Ethernet and IR (EXT-UHD-CAT5-ELRPOL) carries ethernet signals as well … Read more