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Luton Airport Chooses Absen for New Terminal

All eyes are on London Luton Airport in the aviation world, following the December 2018 opening of its upgraded terminal which has benefited from a £160 million re-development investment – the biggest in the airport’s 80-year history. With annual capacity expanded by 50 percent, London Luton Airport expects to welcome 18 million passengers a year … Read more

Capture, Connect and Conquer with the New Samsung Galaxy A70

Samsung Electronics unveiled the Galaxy A70, the newest smartphone in the popular Galaxy A range. Built with Samsung’s latest innovations and upgraded essential features, the Galaxy A70 showcases a stylish design, large infinity display, enhanced triple camera, powerful battery and seamless connectivity. This smartphone is designed for digital natives who want to capture, connect and … Read more

Strategy Analytics: Samsung’s Tizen OS Leads Global Smart TV Market despite Challenge of Non-Proprietary Alternatives

According to a recent report from Strategy Analytics, worldwide sales of smart TVs reached 157 million units in 2018, representing 67% of all TVs sold during the year. The latest research found that more than one than one in five Smart TVs sold today run on the Samsung developed Tizen platform while one in ten … Read more

Ikegami Announces HDR Support Option for HLM-60 Monitors

Ikegami, a leader in HD and UHD cameras and production equipment for television content creators and broadcasters, announces that high dynamic range (HDR) support is now available as an option for its HLM-60 monitor series. The new option includes EOTF tables for Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) and S-Log3 in addition to conventional gamma. Existing monitors in … Read more

Smartphone Assembly Volumes Drop 6.2% in the Fourth Quarter Hot Season, According to IDC

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According to the latest results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Smartphone Qview, due to weakening channel demand, worldwide smartphone ODM/EMS assembly shipment volumes dropped 6.2% year over year during the fourth quarter of 2018 (4Q18) with total shipments of 356.7 million. “Longer duration of smartphone usage has led to slow demand in the … Read more

Barco Officially Opens Healthcare Hub in Suzhou to Better Serve the Chinese Healthcare Market

Barco officially opened its new healthcare R&D center and production plant in Suzhou, China. This investment is part of Barco’s ambition to further penetrate the high growth Chinese healthcare market, and to implement its ‘In China for China’ strategy. A hotspot for medical technology (medtech) in China, Suzhou is already home to many local and … Read more

Foldable Displays Present Challenges Galore To Manufacturing

At the recent MWC 2019, a conference dedicated to mobile technologies, attendees had a chance to glimpse foldable displays in a number of exhibits. According to analysis from the AMOLED & Flexible Display Intelligence Service, the foldable display could well rejuvenate the display industry—thanks to its revolutionary form factor and a superior picture performance delivered … Read more

The Highest Resolution AR Display in the World?

Last week, I was in Madrid for the WorldATM Congress (Air Traffic Management) and I saw a replica of what might be the highest resolution augmented reality system in the world (unless you know different – in which case, contact me!). The display was a replica of a system that has been built at London’s … Read more

After a Period of Stagnation, STB Shipments on the Rise Again

The worldwide media box market, comprising set-top boxes (STBs) and media streamers, is forecast to achieve shipment growth of 1% in 2019, according to a new industry report from Futuresource Consulting. “After a period of market stagnation, shipments are on the rise again,” says Matthew Rubin, Senior Market Analyst at Futuresource Consulting. “Media boxes are … Read more

DSCC Automotive Display Market Focus Conference During SID Display Week 2019 Features Leading Innovators in Automotive Displays

Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) is pleased to announce the agenda for the Automotive Display Market Focus Conference. Organized by DSCC for the third year, the conference brings together the leading minds in displays and human machine interaction (HMI) bringing display innovations to the automotive interior. The Automotive Display Market Focus Conference is part of … Read more

Branded User Interface On Smart TVs HbbTV Operator App Deployed In First Market

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, welcomes the world’s first commercial deployment of the HbbTV Operator App (HbbTV OpApp) by Panasonic. The specification enables end users to access the … Read more