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Barco Lights up Nanjing YOG Opening Ceremony

Barco was chosen as the exclusive projection and video processing provider for the opening ceremony of the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, held in Nanjing, China last month. The designer for the lighting and video at the ceremony, Sha Xiaolan, used 112 Barco HDF-series high-brightness projectors and 56 High End Axon HD Pro media servers … Read more

Christie 4K Technology Chosen for TIFF

Christie’s Solaria Series 4K and 2K DLP Cinema projectors were chosen for the 39th Annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) which opened at the beginning of September. 2014 marks the 14th consecutive year that Christie projectors have featured at the festival. In addition to the Solaria Series of projectors, Christie provided its HD10K-M projector with … Read more

Ruige Monitors Chosen for United Nations HQ

The United Nations has taken delivery of 52 Ruige TL-S1850HD 18.5″ professional picture monitors for use at its international headquarters in New York. This latest order follows the UN’s purchase of 73 TL-S1850HD monitors in December 2012. The monitors are primarily being used for videoconferencing which, for an organisation such as the United Nations, is … Read more

Wi-Fi Alliance Celebrates 15 Years of Wi-Fi

This year, the Wi-Fi Alliance is celebrating 15 years of connecting people and improving everyday lives with Wi-Fi. The Alliance was founded by six companies to develop and validate multi-vendor interoperability and over the last 15 years it has grown into an organisation of nearly 650 companies. Greg Ennis, VP of technology for the Wi-Fi … Read more

AUO Sees Dip in Monthly Sales

AU Optronics (AUO) reported sales in August of NT$35.5 billion ($1.2 billion), slightly down month on month and 5.5% lower than August 2014. Sales from January to August reached NT$267.1 billion ($8.9 billion), 3.5% lower than the same period of last year. Shipments of large panels reached 9.98 million units, 3.6% higher than July but … Read more

Canada Hands Out Fines in LCD Price Fixing Suit

Courts in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia in Canada have secured agreement from five of the major consumer electronics companies involved in the alleged LCD price fixing cartel which took place between 1998 and 2006. While acknowledging that the companies have not admitted taking part, the Canadian authorities said that they have agreed to pay … Read more

CPT’s August Result Disappoints

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) reported a 15.5% drop in sales last month from July, at NT$4.5 billion ($149.8 million), bringing sales from January to August to NT$37.8 billion ($1.2 billion), 1% lower than the corresponding period of 2013. CPT’s large panel shipments of 131,000 units represented a 13.8% sequential decline and was 26.4% lower than … Read more

Hannstar’s Sales & Shipments Down In August

Hannstar Display said that sales and shipments both declined last month, with revenue for the month 1.7% lower than July and 32.8% down year on year at NT$1.8 billion ($60 million). Sales for the eight month period since the beginning of the year were 30.6% lower at NT$15.4 billion ($513 million). The company’s small and … Read more