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Panasonic Will Sell Sanyo TV Business, Says Nikkei

Reports from Japan’s Nikkei newspaper claim that Panasonic will sell its Sanyo subsidiary’s TV business in North America to Funai, which licenses the Philips TV brand in that market. An agreement on the deal’s value is expected by the end of the year, with the sale completed by the end of March. Panasonic is trying … Read more

ARM’s Mali Media IP Brings Single-Core HEVC Support

ARM has announced a suite of new media IP, which can be used to develop media SoCs for smartphone and tablet products. The suite is comprised of the Mali-V550 video accelerator (supporting HEVC), the Mali-DP550 display processor and the Mali-T800 GPU family (including the Mali-T820, Mali-T830 and Mali-T860 GPUs). Power savings across the line are … Read more

Cologne/Bonn Refreshes With Retro Content, New Screens

Two new 65″ flight-information displays have been installed in Cologne/Bonn airport. Invidis Consulting expects as many as 10 displays to be installed around the airport as part of the work, some of which may be 75″ units. They are NEC screens with 1920 x 1080 resolution and use a retro black-and-white appearance designed by the … Read more

LG UltraHD Rises in September While Innolux Falls

674,000 UltraHD TV panels were shipped by LG Display in September, says the Yonhap News Agency. The figure is a 24.8% MoM increase, as LG aims to raise its presence in the UltraHD panel market through low-cost solutions. Innolux, meanwhile, experienced a 10% fall in its UltraHD panel shipments, to 785,000.

Panel Shipments to Rise in Coming Years

Reports from Asia, quoting ‘market observers’, claim that TV panel shipments will rise 2.7% YoY this year, to 217 million units, and 3.5% next year. The market will be bolstered by recovering growth in North America and Europe and rising demand in emerging economies. As well as improving economic conditions worldwide, new features such as … Read more