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Weak 2014 Boosts Chinese New Year TV Comparison

by Tom Allen

TV sales ‘recovered’ during the Chinese New Year period, according to DisplaySearch’s Bing Zhang in a new blog post (http://tinyurl.com/pj8xam2). Unlike 2014, the three-week period in 2015 showed no signs of weakness. DisplaySearch’s initial …

Module Competition Drives Down Smartphone Costs

by Tom Allen

Global shipments of mobile phone display modules will rise just 4% YoY in 2015, says IHS, to 2 billion units. The result will be stronger competition among manufacturers of these units. Chinese makers are …

Microsoft Looks to China From Taiwan

by Tom Allen

Microsoft is increasing its orders to Chinese smartphone makers, as it switches away from Taiwanese manufacturers, say supply chain sources. The company has apparently made the shift to reduce its costs. Truly Optoelectronics is …

LG Will Supply OLEDs to China and Japan

by Tom Allen

According to Reuters, LG has grown tired of waiting for its OLED TVs to be adopted, and will work with Chinese and Japanese companies to make OLED TVs more mainstream. The news is not …

Inventec Forecasts 50% Shipment Rise

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s Inventec expects to raise its smart handheld device shipments from 51 million in 2014 to 75 million this year. These will include 50 million smartphones, produced for Xiaomi, and 5 million tablets for …

Chinese Panel Share Rising at Korean Expense

by Tom Allen

Sources speaking to Business Korea have said that the Korean panel industry is increasingly being threatened by that of China, due to the Chinese government’s support. The sources said that the combined market share …

The China Smartphone Market Picks Up Slightly in 2014Q4, IDC Reports

by Helen Vince

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), 107.5 million smartphones were shipped to China in 2014Q4, representing a 2% Quarter-on-Quarter (QoQ) growth. This culminates to 420.7 million smartphones being shipped to China in 2014. …

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Apple Tops $700B Value on China Phone Play

by Steve Sechrist

Apple recently exceeded $710 billion in market capitalization when its share price rose almost 2% (1.9%) to $122.02 creating a company with an overall market value of $710.7 billion. That number nearly doubles the …

New Chinese Subsidies Incoming

by Tom Allen

According to sources in Asia, the Chinese government is preparing new subsidies aimed at energy-efficient electrical appliances, including LCD TVs. Subsidies could begin in March, the sources said. They will total about CNY5 billion …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Power Consumption| TV Production| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Sinowealth Wins Everydisplay Orders

by Tom Allen

Chinese IC developer Sinowealth has reported a design win, having supplied AMOLED drivers to Everdisplay last year. The drivers are being used in Everdisplay’s first OLED panels. Sinowealth also says that it has received …

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalyptic TV – Will TV live past China?

by Bob Raikes

Will TV live past China? by Dr Jon Peddie Philo T. Farnsworth invented Electronic TV in the US and demonstrated it on September 7, 1927, in Los Angeles. In Scotland in 1926, John Logie …

Tags:China| Forecasts| TV (Television)| Vol 22 - Issue 07

Touch Makers Plan Lower In-Cell Pricing

by Tom Allen

Touch panel makers in China plan to lower in-cell pricing by 15% – 20% this year, to increase their competitiveness and retain a leading market share, say supply chain sources. More handset vendors in …