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LeapFrog Recognised for Children’s Entertainment

by Raverstead

The LeapTV console and LeapPad tablet, from Leapfrog, have won Oppenheim Toy Portfolio awards. Both were honoured with the Gold Seal and Special Needs Adaptable Product (SNAP) awards; the LeapTV also won a Platinum …

Liberty Global Result 06/11/2014

by Raverstead

Liberty Global plc has reported its third quarter and nine month results and also announced the completion of its tender offer to acquire Dutch cable operator, Ziggo. The company’s net profit in Q3 reached …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Monitor Trends Picked Out in CRN Interviews

by Raverstead

CRN.de has conducted a series of interviews with members of the monitor industry, from key companies in Germany. They include: Sebastian in het Panhuis of Asus (http://tinyurl.com/od8ckdw); Markus Korn of Samsung (http://tinyurl.com/noa7mv5); Michael Vorgberger …

PMA Research Moves Into FPD Reporting

by Raverstead

PMA Research is to begin a flat-panel display tracking service, in addition to its projector tracking. The FPD Tracking reports will be compiled from monthly sell-through data provided by a panel of pro-AV dealers …

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PMA Research| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Rovi Acquires Fanhattan

by Raverstead

Rovi has acquired venture-backed start-up Fanhattan, inventor of cloud-based Fan TV branded products, in an all-cash transaction. Fanhattan pioneers ways to discover media and entertainment on any screen, from any source, through Fan TV. …

Tags:Cloud TV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Rovi| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Samsung Display to Review Management

by Raverstead

Samsung Group’s Future Strategy Office is expected to conduct a managerial review of Samsung Display, which will cover the company’s business plan, strategies and portfolio, to try to establish what can be improved. In …

Tags:Display Industry| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Sony to Rethink Smartphone Strategy

by Raverstead

In an interview with The Nikkei newspaper (http://tinyurl.com/o5vybsm), Sony CFO Kenichiro Yoshida said that the company plans to rethink its smartphone strategy. While the recent finance results (see elsewhere in this issue) showed poor …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Thoughts on Black Friday

by Bob Raikes

One of our lead stories this week is about Black Friday. We first used the phrase “Black Friday” in the newsletter in 1997 in the context of a sales day after Thanksgiving. Interestingly, our …

Tags:Black Friday| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48

uBeam Secures $10 Million Funding

by Raverstead

Los Angeles-based start-up uBeam, has secured $10 million in Series A funding to take its wireless charging system to market. The technology has been in development for three years by company founder, Meredith Perry, …

CastAR Shows New Augmented Reality Headset Prototype

by Raverstead

We have reported before on the CastAR headset from Technical Illusions and its successful Kickstarter campaign. Now Venture Beat reports on an interview with Jeri Ellsworth on the status of the CastAR headset prototype. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Intel Collaborates with Luxottica Group on Wearable Tech

by Raverstead

Just after we reported on the use of Intel processors for the second generation Google Glass device, Intel announced that it has entered into a multi-year collaboration on wearable tech with the Luxottica Group. …

Tags:Eyewear| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Tablet TV Arrives in UK

by Raverstead

Motive Television’s Tablet TV product (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 46) is now available for pre-order in the UK. Pre-orders can be placed at www.tablettv.co.uk. The Tablet TV mains tuner costs £55 ($85) and …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 49