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Uldage Calls for Patents Essential to 4K/8K for IPTV and CATV

by Alan Spencer

Earlier this month, Uldage called for patents essential to the standards of 4K/8K TV broadcasting, applicable to IPTV and CATV, in order to setup a license programme. Uldage (United License for the Digital Age), …

Japan On Track for 50% of Homes to Have 4K TV by 2020

by Alan Spencer

According to Broadband TV News, Japan is likely to meet its target of UHD TV subscriptions by 2020, according to Suga Masayuki, the deputy director of Japan’s ministry of internal affairs and communications. Japan …

Tags:4k| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 13

8K Display Used for Cancer Treatment Research

by Bob Raikes

We didn’t spot it at the time, but it looked as though readers might still be interested in a project being undertaken by the National Cancer Center Hospital in Japan to use 8K displays …

BBC World News Available OTT with Hulu Japan

by Alan Spencer

BBC World News, the 24-hour international news channel, has launched a live stream of its news on SVoD service Hulu Japan. This is the first time the BBC has made the linear channel available …

Konica Minolta and Pioneer Establish Automotive OLED J/V

by Milos Pavlovic

Konica Minolta and Pioneer are planning to merge their OLED businesses and they will set up a 50/50 joint venture to make automotive OLEDs under the imaginative name of Konica Minolta Pioneer OLED from …

New Materials Developed with Potential for Multi-Color OLEDs

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers headed by Professor Youhei Takeda of the Department of Applied Chemistry within the Graduate School of Engineering at Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) have created multi-color MechanoChromic Luminescent (MCL) materials that …

Wipro’s In-car DTV Middleware Adapted for Japan

by Bob Raikes

WiPro of Bangalore, India, said that its Digital-TV (DTV) Middleware Solution, which facilitates In-Car TV reception systems, has been customized for the Japanese automotive market and is being offered as a turnkey solution for …

Tags:Automotive| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Sharp on the Mend – Posting First Profits Since 2014

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it the storied yet beleaguered LCD pioneer, Sharp Corp. (Osaka, Japan) was finally in the black, with net income of $37.5M for fiscal Q3 (Oct – Dec 2016). This is …

Shooting Stars For Olympics

by Yvette Raikes

Project Sky Canvas plans to have shooting stars in the sky for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. A micro-satellite will be launched which will fire up to 1000 tiny particles into the atmosphere. As …

Tohoku University Works on Flexible LCDs

by Norbert Hildebrand

Researchers from the Tohoku University announced results from their work on LCD based flexible displays. Up to now, the term flexible display has been strongly related with the OLED display technology. Now the research …

E Ink and Japan Display Form the Strategic Alliance

by Isaac Oburu

E Ink® Holdings, “E Ink”, the leading innovator of electronic ink technology today announced E Ink has agreed to enter a long-term strategic alliance with Japan Display Inc. for electronic paper (ePaper) business. JDI …

Tags:ePaper| Japan| Mergers & Acquisitions

Nichia Takes Action Against HTC

by Bob Raikes

Nichia has taken legal action against HTC Nippon and its distributor in Japan over the use of white LEDs in the HTC smartphone Desire 626 which are said to have infringed Nichia’s patents, JP5177317 …