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Flagship HTC Models Will be Launched in Japan

by Tom Allen

We have heard that HTC has plans for two new flagship smartphones, to be launched in Japan at the end of the month. They will be updated versions of the One M9+ (with laser …

Tags:HTC| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Epson Challenges DLP – Again

by Tom Allen

Epson revived its ‘colour brightness shootout’ area for IFA 2015 – a demonstration that was particularly unpopular, and caused a lot of bad feeling, with other projector makers at ISE in February. We were …

Alcatel Has Rugged Devices

by Tom Allen

Near to the TCL stand was the Alcatel Onetouch area. This is a subsidiary of the Chinese company, focusing on mobile devices. Two products intended to be used together are the Go Watch smartwatch …

LG Displays Gives Impressive Keynote

by Bob Raikes

The main IFA keynote was given by Sang Beom Han, President and CEO of LG Display whose talk was entitled “How Displays Will Change Your Life”. We were pleased to see displays as a …

Connected Device Penetration Will Explode Worldwide

by Tom Allen

There will be at least five connected media devices in every household in the world by 2019, according to Merrick Kingston – principal analyst at IHS. The world’s mature hardware market will still be …

Mediatek to Acquire Richtek

by Helen Vince

Mediatek has signed a letter of intent with Richtek Technology and plans to launch a tender offer for 35-51% of Richtek’s outstanding shares, valued at $310-$450 million. Having completed the tender offer, Mediatek plans …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Toshiba Result 09/09/2015

by Helen Vince

As forecast, Toshiba Corp. reported a net loss for last year of ¥37.8 billion ($311.9 million) on turnover of ¥6.6 trillion ($54.5 billion) and has re-stated its earnings for the last six years. Write …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Radiant Opto’s Sales 33% Higher YoY

by Helen Vince

Radiant Opto-Electronic saw sales in August rise 48.3% sequentially and 33% year on year to NT$5.1 billion ($157.4 million), bringing sales to date to NT$27.3 billion ($842.8 million), down 13.6% compared with the same …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Radiant| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Mediatek Has Ups and Downs

by Helen Vince

Mediatek’s August performance was better than July, with sales rising 6.1% to NT$19 billion ($586.5 million), though this was down 3.3% year on year. Sales for January to August were down 5.4% from the …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 36

ADB Pivots to Software

by Bob Raikes

ADB is a company we like to visit at IBC as it is often a pioneer in technologies. The company has performed something of a pivot, by moving away from making STBs and hardware …

TCL Invests in Colour and Contrast

by Tom Allen

With Toshiba moving to Hall 12, TCL had more room at this year’s show – its stand had been doubled in size, to 1,700m². With the size of the TVs the company was showing, …

JVC Steals Show With Automotive Entry

by Tom Allen

JVC Kenwood does not normally have new display products at IFA, instead focusing on audio, so we were pleasantly surprised to find enough interesting topics to take an hour of our time! The flagship …