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MaxLinear to Acquire Entropic

by Helen Vince

Maxlinear has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Entropic Communications for approximately $287 million. The company said that the acquisition will broaden MaxLinear’s analogue/mixed-signal business, including bringing new customer relationships in MaxLinear’s most recent …

South Africa Dominates African Pay-TV

by Tom Allen

Sub-Saharan African pay-TV revenues will climb from $3.54 billion last year to $6.22 billion in 2020, says Digital TV Research (DTVR). Revenues will be $4.12 billion, up from $1.73 billion, excluding South Africa. Satellite …

TV Brands Sign Up to Digitaleurope Logo

by Tom Allen

Five companies have signed up to use Digitaleurope’s UltraHD TV logo, unveiled at IFA 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 35). LG, Panasonic, Sony, Philips and Samsung will begin to use the logo, which …

Eyevis DLP Cube is Slim

by Vanessa Browning

Eyevis always has lots to show us and this year’s ISE was no exception. We started by looking at the new DLP-based “Slim-cubes” which are 50″ 1920 x 1080 FullHD sets which are just …

Plastic Logic Spin-Off Creates Flexible Circuit for OLEDs

by Tom Allen

FlexEnable’s OLED display reaches a 60Hz refresh rate and has a 0.25mm bend radiusFlexEnable, the new Cambridge-based company spun off of Plastic Logic (Plastic Logic Divides into Two Companies), claims that its work will …

NEC Display Hires New Sales Director

by Helen Vince

NEC Display Solutions has appointed Russell Davis as the company’s new corporate sales director for the UK and Benelux region. Davis joins the company from Samsung where he most recently held the position of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NEC| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 22 - Issue 06

BenQ Adds New Distributor in Europe

by Helen Vince

BenQ has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Colour Confidence for its PG2401PT colour critical monitor. The company will offer the monitor in the UK, Poland, France, the Nordics and Spain.

Mitsubishi Names Distec as Best Distributor

by Vanessa Browning

Mitsubishi has named Germany’s Distec as its best TFT-LCD distributor, for its ‘outstanding’ sales performance.

Sony Cuts Loss Forecast but Also Cuts More Jobs

by Vanessa Browning

Sony says it expects to record an annual net loss this year of ¥170 billion ($1.4 billion), a considerable improvement on the company’s previous forecast of a net loss of ¥230 billion ($1.9 billion). Sony cited …

Truly Looks to OGS and TOL Technologies

by Tom Allen

Truly Optoelectronics will increase production of OGS products for use in non-smartphone applications this year, say sources in the Asian supply chain. The company is looking at OGS and touch-on-lens (TOL) technologies for the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Touch Market| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Printed OLED Trials Begin This Year, Says DuPont

by Tom Allen

DuPont’s 4.3″ printed OLED prototype DuPont’s David Flattery, director of operations at the OLED unit, has spoken to OLED-Info about the company’s work on materials and techniques. The full interview can be found at http://tinyurl.com/llplpod, but we …

LG Works With Signagelive

by Tom Allen

LG and Signagelive are working together to develop a version of WebOS that is compatible with Signagelive’s own SoC software. The move will expand the choice of solutions available to Signagelive’s customers. More details …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Vol 22 - Issue 06