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SKY Perfect JSAT Chooses HLG for HDR

by Isaac Oburu

Japanese satellite operator SKY Perfect JSAT is set to launch the world’s first publicly-available UltraHD HDR broadcast on the 4th October. The channel will be free of charge and accessible to anyone with compatible …

Tags:4k| BBC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Japan| Large Display Monitor| NHK| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 30

JCDecaux Wins Japan’s Largest Bus Shelter Contract

by Tom Allen

The Japanese subsidiary of JCDecaux, MCDecaux (85% owned by JCDecaux and 15% by Mitsubishi) has won a tender for the supply of advertising on bus shelters in Tokyo. The tender, which will run for …

Tags:DOOH| Japan| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 30

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 26

by Tom Allen

AMD has launched its RX 480 graphics card, designed to make VR more affordable (AMD Dramatically Lowers VR Cost). Prices start at $250. Everdisplay’s 1.4″ AMOLED display at CES Asia. Photo: Chris ChinnockThe small …

Tags:AMD| AMOLED| Automotive| Everdisplay| Graphics Cards| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Japan| JVC| Mobile Display Monitor| PlayStation| Pricing| Samsung| sharp| Smartphones| sony| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 26

KDDI Takes Rovi G-Guide

by Tom Allen

KDDI, the Japanese service provider, has chosen to use Rovi’s G-Guide HTML for entertainment discovery on its new Android TV-based IPTV STB. The new box – the first to use G-Guide HTML for IPTV …

Tags:Back Panel| IPTV| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Rovi| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Japanese Pension Fund Sues Toshiba

by Tom Allen

Japan’s public pension fund – the largest in the world, at $1.3 trillion – is suing Toshiba for almost $10 million in damages. The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) brought the action against Toshiba …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 23 - Issue 25

DS10 JBMIA Works on Laser in Japan

by Bob Raikes

Hiroki Masuda and Yuya Kurata are from JBMIA Japan Business Machine and Information System Industries Association, which has a group that looks after projection. One sub-group looks after laser and the JBMIA sees that …

Tags:Display Summit 2016| Infocomm 2016| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 24

IC2 Kyulux Has Great Support and Intriguing Technology

by Bob Raikes

Christopher Savoie is from Kyulux, in Kyushu, Japan, where he is CEO. The company was founded a year ago, and has funding from a range of VCs as well as Samsung Display, LG Display, …

Tags:Japan| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| SID Display Week 2016| TADF| Vol 23 - Issue 21

8k Progress Made in Japan

by Tom Allen

Two of Japan’s three major mobile carriers have announced successful 8k trials. NTT Docomo, with Nokia, transported real-time 8k video over a 5G network. Video was stored on a server, compressed and transmitted to …

Tags:4k| Fibre optics| Japan| Large Display Monitor| NHK| NTT Docomo| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Transport| Vol 23 - Issue 20

DNP to Triple Capacity to Cope With OLED Demand

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Dai Nippon Printing has said that it will invest $4.6 million, in order to triple its evaporation mask production capacity. The firm is doing this in order to meet the demand from the …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Production Capacity| Screen Printing| Vol 23 - Issue 19

UniPixel Wins Programs with New Japanese PC OEM Customer

by Isaac Oburu

UniPixel, Inc., a provider of advanced touch solutions to the touchscreen and flexible electronics markets, today announced the addition of a new customer, a leading Japanese PC manufacturer, with design wins for two new …

Tags:Japan| Touch| Touch Market

Kyocera Ready for Third Manufacturing Line

by Tom Allen

Kyocera is to begin construction of a third manufacturing facility at its Kyoto Ayabe complex in Japan this week, says Evertiq. The line will be used to produce compact organic packages to house microelectronic …

Tags:Japan| Kyocera| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 15