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Huawei Announces Global Launch of Four New AMOLED Devices

Huawei has launched two new smartphones and two wearables, all with AMOLED displays. First, the Mate 20 X smartphone features a 7.2″ display with a small notch and HDR10, a resolution of 1080 × 2244, 346 ppi, an aspect ratio of 18.7:9 and an 88% screen-to-body ratio. It runs Android 9, powered by a Kirin … Read more

South Korean Government Announces OLED R&D Plan

The South Korean government will invest a total of 528 billion Korean won (about $468 million) in a seven-year project to launch an OLED research and development centre and a four-story OLED manufacturing facility in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. There are 66 projects already in the pipeline for the R&D centre, with a focus on … Read more

Gartner: Global IT Device Spending to Grow 2.4% in 2019

Worldwide IT spending for devices — PCs, tablets and mobile phones — is forecast to grow 2.4% in 2019, reaching $706 billion, up from $689 billion in 2018, according to Gartner. Demand for PCs in the corporate sector has been strong, driven by Windows 10 PC hardware upgrades that should continue until 2020. However, the … Read more

Digitimes: MiniLED Pixel Pitch to be Reduced Even Further in 2019

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Digitimes Research has predicted that miniLED pixel pitch could be reduced to between 0.4 and 0.5mm in 2019. The smallest miniLED pixel pitch achieved so far in 2018 is 0.75mm. Several panel-makers in Japan, Korea and Taiwan are now using miniLED backlighting in their high-end products, including Samsung and Sony.

Chrome-Based Digital Signage Grew 15.9% Year-on-Year in 2018 Q2

As reported by Digitimes, new data from IDC indicates that digital signage demand is growing, after shipments in the second quarter of 2018 reached 871,300 units, 10% more than the first quarter and a year-on-year growth of 15.9%. IDC predicts shipments of 3.5 million units in 2018. Meanwhile, AOpen has predicted that shipments of Chrome-based … Read more

Netflix Adds Nearly 7 Million New Subscribers

Netflix added 6.96 million new subscribers during the third quarter of 2018, bringing its global total to 137 million. 1.09 million of these new subscribers were added in the US alone. The company predicts a further increase of 9.4 million subscribers for the fourth quarter, an increase of 13% year-on-year. Netflix also announced third-quarter profits … Read more

80% of U.S. Cable Subscribers Also Stream Digital Video

Telaria, Inc., (NYSE:TLRA), the complete software platform for publishers to manage premium video advertising, and Adobe Advertising Cloud, the industry’s first end-to-end, independent platform for managing advertising across traditional TV and digital formats, have released their ‘Inside The Minds of Cord-Cutters and Cable-Keepers’ study. The findings illustrate the experiences, behaviors, and television usage among a … Read more

Study: 80% of US Cable Subscribers Also Stream Digital Video

Telaria, a software platform for the management of video advertising, and Adobe Advertising Cloud, an independent platform for managing advertising across traditional TV and digital formats, have released a new study which finds that nearly 80% of cable users also use streaming video platforms and almost a quarter of their viewing time is spent there. … Read more

E-Waste Day – You Just Missed it

Vacation! The time for relaxation and forgetting about the daily news for a while. Nevertheless it is kind of funny how our daily routine still kicks in when we see something unexpected and how unrelated experiences trigger some reflection of our daily thinking. This happened to me when I was spending some time in Greece … Read more

New Study Finds That Four Of Five Consumers Surveyed Have Very High Level Of Interest In Next-Gen Television Concept

In an update to a breakthrough 2017 national research study, consumers continue to show exceptionally strong interest in the Next-Gen Television service (also known as ATSC 3.0) that will offer the programming of free live over-the-air TV (such as local news, live sports, programming from ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and other broadcast networks) and adds … Read more