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Foxconn July Sales Rise 20% YoY

by Helen Vince

Strong sales of consumer electronics helped Foxconn Electronics to record a 20% year on year increase in sales in July, reaching NT$312.2 billion ($9.7 billion), 2% down on June. Sales in the first seven …

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South Africa Prepares for Digital Switch

by Tom Allen

The switch to digital broadcasting is on track in South Africa. The Minister of Communications has planned a consultation with the Cabinet, about the planned date to launch the country’s DTT platform. Orders for …

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French Consortium Looks to Africa

by Milos Pavlovic

Thomson Broadcast, Sagemcom and Canal+ are seeking to build and manage DTT platforms in several African countries. These countries include the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Benin and Cameroon. The companies have already received …

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UHD Arrives in Canada

by Tom Allen

Source: 4k.comQuebec-based Videotron has announced an UltraHD set-top box – which it says is Canada’s first that is commercially available. The box, made by Samsung, will have eight tuners and storage for 115 hours …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 33

by Tom Allen

The Roku TVs from Haier America, which we saw at CES, have been launched in the USA. These models, in 32″, 43″, 49″ and 55″ sizes, integrate the Roku smart TV system directly. They …

IHS: Key Profit Margins Will Fall

by Tom Allen

The long-standing display industry trend, where commodity displays – led by 32″ HD units – were a key revenue generator is changing, says IHS. While profits generated by 32″ panels rose 24% YoY in …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Pricing| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Mobiles and Monitors

by Tom Allen

We here at Meko publish two periodicals: Large Display Monitor, for anything larger than a notebook, and Mobile Display Monitor, for notebooks and anything smaller. Aside from these devices, there is little product crossover …

Skylake Makes First Appearance With Lenovo

by Tom Allen

Lenovo’s mobile workstation range is being expanded with rugged and reliable units: the Thinkpad P50 and P70. These models are the first in the world using Intel’s new Skylake platform. They are designed to …

Asus ‘Wins’ TUV Certification

by Tom Allen

TUV Rheinland has certified 26 Asus monitors – the most of any monitor brand – for low blue light output. In addition, 28 monitors have been certified as flicker-free.

400,000 Customers Leave US Pay-TV

by Tom Allen

Image: Reuters The top 10 pay-TV providers in the USA lost 400,000 subscribers in Q2’15, according to Informitiv’s Multiscreen Index. This wipes out a small gain earlier in the year, although still represents less …

Germans Enjoy Paid VoD

by Tom Allen

Emnid, a market research institute, has found that 28% of German internet users subscribe to paid VoD services, such as Netflix. The number rises amongst 16-24 and 25-34 year-olds, to 42% and 47%, respectively. …

AUO Sells Off 3.5G LCD Plant

by Helen Vince

AU Optronics (AUO) has sold one of its 3.5G production lines to networking/communication device maker, Wistron NeWeb. The facility, which AUO said uses out of date technology, was sold for NT$810 million ($25.6 million) …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 32