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CRT Firms Agree Antitrust Settlement

by Helen Vince

Several Asian CRT manufacturers have reached a settlement with a US court to pay approximately $528 million to resolve a class action lawsuit alleging that they conspired to fix prices. The companies named in …

Markus Eisemann Moves to Sharp

by Tom Allen

It would appear that Markus Eisemann, who was senior manager of solution sales at Samsung in Germany, has joined Sharp as visual solutions sales manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Nanosys Receives Follow-On Investment

by Helen Vince

Nanosys has received a follow-on investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, the venture capital arm of Samsung Group. The additional funds are a follow-on to a 2010 investment and will be used to expand …

Merck VP “Pretty Confident” on Samsung OLED TVs

by Tom Allen

Merck’s OLED unit VP, Udo Heider, is “pretty confident” that Samsung will begin to produce OLED TVs again. Samsung denied rumours that it will take up OLEDs again earlier this year (Samsung Denies OLED …

Samsung Chooses Ateme

by Tom Allen

Ateme has said that Samsung is using the Titan transcoding solution, with HDR support, in its UltraHD HDR TVs. The products are part of Samsung’s SUHD line.

Rumour: Project Valley is Samsung’s Foldable Phone

by Tom Allen

A dual-screen Samsung smartphone codenamed Project Valley has been ‘revealed’ by SamMobile. According to the website, multiple gestures will be supported that facilitate switching between the screens. The device may feature a foldable display.

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Emerging Markets Drive Smartphone Shipments in Q1

by Tom Allen

Smartphone sales in Q1’15 rose 19.3% YoY, to 336 million units, says Gartner. Emerging markets – excluding China – led growth, with the fastest-rising regions named as emerging APAC, Eastern Europe, the Middle East …

Flexible, Plastic and High-Res Displays Honoured by SID

by Tom Allen

The winners of the 20th annual Display Industry Awards have been announced. The winners will be recognised during a special event on 3rd June, as part of SID 2015. Each product was chosen for …

Samsung Commits to Chinese Polariser Plant

by Tom Allen

The CEO of Samsung SDI, Namseong Cho, has signed an MOU to set up a polariser plant in Wuxi, China. Samsung will invest more than KRW200 billion ($180.3 million) in the project, which will …

Samsung’s Hero Phone Flies in to Asia

by Tom Allen

Samsung has finally shared images of the Galaxy S6 Edge Iron Man edition (Samsung’s Hero Phone Becomes A Little More Heroic). The phone was launched in Korea at the end of May, and will …

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Global Smartphone Shipment Volume to Top 1.5 Billion Units in 2015

by Helen Vince

Shipment value of the Taiwanese communications industry, comprising of wireless and network communications, is estimated at around NT$3.3 trillion (US$108.2 billion) in 2015, up 17.2% compared to 2014, according to MIC (Market Intelligence & …

Hollywood’s UltraHD Service Becomes Vidity

by Tom Allen

Several studios and companies have collaborated to develop an UltraHD download service for Hollywood films, which has been named Vidity. The service was originally known as the Secure Content Storage Association, which we heard …