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Avnet to Buy Premier Farnell

by Yvette Raikes

Distributor Avnet has agreed on a cash offer of €2.24 per share, worth €836 million, to buy Leeds, UK-based Premier Farnell, the maker of Raspberry Pi and an established component distributor in the UK. …

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 36

TCL Impresses at IFA 2016

by Chris Chinnock

TCL used IFA to showcase a broad range of display expertise including HDR LCD TV, 8K displays and laser projection TVs. Just prior to IFA, it also announced plans to invest $7 billion to …

LG Highlights OLED Displays – Adds 38″ Monitor

by Bob Raikes

LG announced new 21:9 aspect ratio IPS LCD curved monitors along with a new pico projector at IFA this year. It did not announce any new TV products or deals at IFA, but it …

Sony Highlights Backlight Master Technology at IFA

by Chris Chinnock

There was no talk of display or TVs at the Sony press conference, but they were showing the new ZD9 TV in the booth along with other high-end TVs, plus the Backlight Master demo …

Epson and DJI to Create AR Smart Glasses Solutions

by Isaac Oburu

Epson has announced that it has partnered with DJI, maker of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to create new solutions for the Epson Moverio smart glasses. The Epson Moverio BT-300 AR smart glasses will start …

Tags:3D| Augmented Reality| Epson| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 35

VR Headset Sales Flatline

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to the August 2016 Steam hardware survey, adoption of virtual reality headsets in the US market has slowed dramatically. Instead of a runaway success this market segment looks right now more like a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Steam Consoles| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 35

Ikegami Adds 4K and Promises HDR

by Milos Pavlovic

Ikegami was showing a new 31.1″ DCI 4K 4096 x 2160 broadcast monitor with 350 cd/m² of brightness, 10 bit processing and 1,450:1 contrast. The monitor can support the Rec 2020 gamut (although coverage …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| IBC 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Merck Opens OLED Production Plant

by Yvette Raikes

Germany-based Merck KGaA has invested €30 million in a new OLED production plant, which will give five times the current production volume when used to full capacity. The 3600m² plant has been 14 months …

Fire TV Voice Search Expanded

by Yvette Raikes

Amazon says that its streaming media player Fire TV is being updated to allow a universal voice search for Netflix, HBO Go and, later, HBO Now. The update will also apply to the Fire …

MultiQ Extends Arriva Relationship

by Yvette Raikes

MultiQ is providing Danish bus operator, Arriva, with the IBI digital information system for its buses. Initially the 41 buses on Copenhagen’s busiest route, used by over 20 million passengers a year, are being …

Tags:DOOH| Mobile Display Monitor| MultiQ| Transport| Vol 23 - Issue 35

TSMC Updates its Forecast

by Yvette Raikes

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) forecast earlier this year that its annual revenue would grow between 5% and 10% from NT$843.5 billion ($27 billion) last year. The company now thinks that the increase will …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| TSMC| Vol 23 - Issue 35

MediaTek Sees Record Sales

by Yvette Raikes

MediaTek saw record monthly turnover of NT$25.87 billion ($826.7 million) in August, up 36% YoY. This contributed to Q2 revenue of NT$72.53 billion ($2.3 billion), also a record. The company is expecting September to …