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Samsung to Invest $3 Billion More in Vietnam

by Raverstead

Samsung has announced plans to invest up to $3 billion in a new smartphone factory in Vietnam, to operate alongside its existing facility in Thai Nguyen, close to the capital Hanoi, which was opened …

RollRR shows Rollable Flexible Display

by Raverstead

The most display oriented development, a rollable flexible display, was shown by RollRR, a USA based start-up company. The shown demonstrator is a rather massive roll that allows the user to unroll a large …

BSkyB Completes Sky Acquisitions

by Raverstead

BSkyB has completed its acquisition of Sky Italia and a majority interest in Sky Deutschland, saying that it has created Europe’s leading entertainment company. To reflect the new international scope of the business, the …

Barco’s X2O Shows Software for Creating Interactive Content

by Raverstead

I had a chance to get a demo of the software for creating interactive content for digital signage and other applications at CEW. This X2O platform is from X2O Media, Inc. (Montreal, Quebec), a …

Chaos and Opportunity in the Entertainment Industry

by Helen Vince

Broadcast & Distribution – The term “Evolve or Die” may have even more meaning today than when uttered to the broadcast industry some years ago by the FCC Chairman. Things are so ripe for …

Tags:Broadcasters| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Best Buy Licenses Sharp Brand

by Raverstead

Best Buy and Sharp have signed a licensing agreement (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 43) which allows the US chain to use Sharp’s brand on three recently released HDTVs. The new line comprises 32″, …

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Massive Billboard Installed in Times Square

by Raverstead

A new digital billboard has been erected in New York’s Times Square – one of the largest and most expensive in the world. Running the length of a full city block, the billboard is …

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AUO Capex Budget for Expanded G8.5 Production

by Raverstead

AUO will expand TV panel production at its G8.5 facilities next year, say Asian news sources. According to reports, capacity will rise by about 10,000 substrates a month in the second half of 2015.

Qisda Enjoys Rising Shipments

by Raverstead

Taiwanese OEM Qisda has raised its monitor and projector shipments by 20% and 40% YoY in Q1-Q3’14, according to company president Peter Chen. The results put shipments at 11.8 million and 1.2 million, respectively …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Qisda| Vol 21 - Issue 47

TV Industry – European Cable Operators Expect Growth

by Raverstead

According to an article in Broadband TV News a recent survey of the largest European Cable operators shows high growth expectations for the cable industry in Europe. Solon Management Consulting asked top managers of …

Tags:Cable| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Ziggo Maintains Market Share

by Raverstead

Dutch cable provider Ziggo had a market share of 62.5% in Q3’13. While the company’s total TV customers dropped by 18,000, to 2.76 million, the total homes passed in the Netherlands also fell. Because …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| Vol 21 - Issue 44

FlightSafety Describes “Largest FOV Collimated Display Ever Built”

by Raverstead

At I/ITSEC 2014, FlightSafety International presented a paper that described what it claims is the collimated display with the largest field of view (FOV) ever built. While this system was not demonstrated on the …