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Time Warner Cable Begins IPTV Trial

by Tom Allen

Time Warner Cable has begun a Roku trial in New York – its first IP-only video trial. Participants will be able to access TWC’s video service, through its own network, using a Roku Streaming …

RIP CEA! Long Live CTA!

by Norbert Hildebrand

The biggest news at CES Unveiled in New York was the new name the CEA is using from now on. Gone is the ‘Consumer Electronic Association’ with the new name being CTA (Consumer Technology …

Lumii Wins Grant for Light Field Technology

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Lumii Inc. (http://www.lumiidisplay.com/), a start-up spin-out from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was one of 26 winners of seed money from the MassChallenge (http://masschallenge.org/). The MassChallenge organization’s goal is to encourage startups and …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Large Display Monitor| MIT| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Luxury Watch Maker Does Digital

by Tom Allen

Tag Heur, working with Intel and Google, has released a smartwatch running Android Wear. The Tag Heur Connected Watch has a 46mm diameter face, with a titanium case, back and lugs. The watch will …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 45

TCL Module Sales Fell in October

by Tom Allen

TCL Display sold 11% fewer LCD modules in October 2015 than October 2015 (5.7 million). Sales volume of feature phone-sized modules (sub-3.5″) fell 48% to around 1.2 million units, while smartphone-size (3.5″ – 6″) …

Tags:LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| TCL| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Roku Leads Streaming Media Players

by Tom Allen

More data on streaming devices has been released by Parks Associates, in addition to the prediction that the company made last month (Parks: Streaming Devices Will Rise 186%). ‘An increasing number’ of US broadband …

Japan Display Would Not Ignore Sharp Deal

by Tom Allen

Mitsuru Homma, head of Japan Display (JDI), has said that the company would not ignore the possibility of a partnership with rival Sharp. The news comes shortly after the announcement that JDI’s top shareholder, …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 45

JCDecaux Shakes in Shanghai

by Tom Allen

JCDecaux ran an advertising campaign in China last month, using iBeacon technology to promote the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament. Passers-by could shake their smartphone to interact with media, access prize draws and more.

Actions Looks to 64-bit for STB Market

by Tom Allen

China’s Actions Semiconductor has launched the GT7 chipset: a 64-bit octa-core device (quad-core CPU and GPU) for OTT set-top boxes (STBs). Featuring HEVC decoding, the GT7 enables UltraHD playback from online sources. RJ45 and …

Smart Toy Revenues Driven by ‘Connected Toys’

by Tom Allen

Skylanders toys are imported to a game through an NFC code.‘Smart toys’ will generate revenues of $2.8 billion this year, says Juniper Research – driven by those that connect to mobile apps and game …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Toys| Vol 22 - Issue 45

UDC Result 09/11/15

by Yvette Raikes

OLED producer Universal Display Corp. (UDC) recorded Q3 net profits of $7 million, up from $4.3 million in the same period last time, on revenue which rose to $39.4 million from $32.9 million. For …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UDC| Vol 22 - Issue 45

CPT Requires Unpaid Leave to Avoid Layoffs

by Tom Allen

‘To overcome [the] economic recession and improve financial performance’, Chungwha Picture Tubes has asked its employees to take unpaid leave. From now until the end of 2016, an unspecified number of workers will be …

Tags:CPT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 45