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Kent Display Defends its Patent Position

by Norbert Hildebrand

Kent Display which is making its cholesteric LCD displays in a R2R process in the USA has successfully defended its IP with a case brought to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and is …

Tags:Cholesteric| LCD| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Small and Medium Panel Makers Have Poor May

by Yvette Raikes

Suppliers of panels of under 10″ saw a disappointing May, with shipments down 2% MoM and 7% YoY. Compared with April, CPT was down almost 7%, while the other three saw little change. However, …

Tags:Market Shares - Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Imagination Technologies Up for Sale

by Bob Raikes

Imagination Technologies, which is in dispute with its biggest client, Apple, has put itself up for sale. (Imagination Hit by Apple Decision). The company said that it had received several expressions of interest in …

Tags:Financial Data| Imagination Tech| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

LGD Picks OLED (Probably!)

by Bob Raikes

LG Display has told Business Korea that the reported plan to split production at the P10 plant in Paju is likely to be changed to mean that only OLEDs will be made there. A …

Vudu App for Apple TV Shown

by Bob Raikes

Vudu has released in a blog post some screen shots of its AppleTV app that is due to launch in the autumn. Vudu already has content (which is free, with ads) that is in …

Google Glass Updated

by Bob Raikes

Google has surprised a lot of people, including owners (are there still any users?) by updating the Google Glass software for the first time in three years and adding support for bluetooth connectivity which …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Wearables to See Strong Growth in Middle East & Africa

by Bob Raikes

IDC has released data on market shares of wearables in the Middle East and Africa. Shipments of Q1 were up 30.2% year on year. While shipments of basic wearables (devices that do not support …

Tags:IDC| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23| Wearable Market

Worldwide Wearables Market to Nearly Double by 2021

by Bob Raikes

IDC has forecast that the global Wearables market will hit 125.5 million devices this year, up 20.4% from the 104.3 million units shipped in 2016. From there, the wearables market will nearly double before …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23| Wearable Market

HPA VR TR-x Preview Discusses VR Standards

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA – formerly the Hollywood Post Alliance and now a part of SMPTE) has scheduled its second annual HPA Tech Retreat UK for 11 – 13 July 2017 at the …

BBC Looks to WCG & HFR for UHD Success

by Bob Raikes

The BBC’s Andy Quested has said that he believes that Wide Colour Gamut (WCG) and High Frame Rates (HFR) will be critical in making a success of UltraHD at the SES UltraHD conference. He …

Jabil Result 14/06/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Jabil announced its FY17 Q3 results with net sales of $4.5 billion and GAAP net loss of $25.0 million. The net sales increased by 4% on a yearly basis while the net profit of …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Preferred Bidder Chosen for Toshiba Memory

by Alan Spencer

Toshiba has announced that its board of directors has agreed to select the consortium of Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, Bain Capital Private Equity and the Development Bank of Japan as the preferred bidder …