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Sharp & Foxconn Tie the Knot

by Bob Raikes

So, Sharp & Foxconn have finally tied the knot. There is some logic to the deal as Sharp gets access to a vertical customer for its small panel business in particular and Foxconn gets …

Foxconn Signs Sharp Deal At Last

by Tom Allen

Foxconn and Sharp have agreed a deal, which will see the Taiwanese firm acquire 66% of the Japanese company. The deal has been valued at ¥389 billion ($3.5 billion) – ¥100 billion ($889 million) …

Foxconn-Sharp Deal Falls by $2 Billion

by Tom Allen

Foxconn is trying to reduce its offer to Sharp by 10% – 20%, we heard last week (Foxconn Seeks to Lower Sharp Value), and sources have now named a figure. The Taiwanese company wants …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp

Sharp will use Rovi’s G-Guide for entertainment discovery on its newest Aquos TVs (LC-40W35), which will be launched in Japan this month. The G-Guide enables features such as tagging and search capabilities.

Foxconn Seeks to Lower Sharp Value

by Tom Allen

Concerns about potential liabilities (Foxconn Delays Sharp Acquisition) have led to Foxconn seeking to reduce the amount it will pay for Sharp in an acquisition. The news comes from Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun which also …

Flexible Will be Fastest-Growing OLED Segment to 2018

by Tom Allen

The OLED Association (OLED-A) expects the OLED market to grow at a 22% CAGR between 2014 and 2018 – with capacity growth from 1 million m² in 2009 to 6.8 million m² by the …

UltraFlix 4K Streaming Video Network Now a Featured Video App on all Hisense and Sharp TVs

by Isaac Oburu

NanoTech Entertainment announced today that UltraFlix, home of more than 1,000 hours of Hollywood movies, top sports and nature documentaries, award-winning TV series and concerts, is now available on Hisense and Sharp Smart TVs. …

Tags:Hisense| sharp| Stream TV| UltraHD & 4K

Sharp and Intel Debut Mini OPS at DSE 2016

by Tom Allen

At Digital Signage Expo 2016, Sharp quietly introduced a Mini OPS solution that it has developed in collaboration with Intel. The Open Pluggable Specification (OPS) was originally introduced by Intel in 2010 (Display Monitor …

Sharp To Preview New 8K Display And Showcase Its “Relationships@Work” During Digital Signage Expo 2016

by Isaac Oburu

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, is proud to participate in the 2016 Digital Signage Expo (DSE) in Las Vegas, March 16-17, 2016. At the event, …

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Sharp Deal Unlikely in March

by Tom Allen

The Taipei Times says that Foxconn and Sharp are (again) delaying finalisation of the takeover (Sharp Accepts Foxconn Bid), as Foxconn looks into Sharp’s financial performance in the current quarter. Sources say that Foxconn …

Sharp Has Plans for Colour

by Tom Allen

Sharp has pushed two of its large-format products, introduced at ISE (Sharp Enjoying the Big Pad), to market: the 70″ Big Pad PN-70TW3 and 80″ PN-H801. The Big Pad is Sharp’s first interactive (10-point …

Sharp Due Diligence “Mostly Done”

by Tom Allen

Reuters says that Sharp and Foxconn are now moving forwards with the acquisition deal (Sharp Accepts Foxconn Bid), which was delayed last week due to clarifications required on Sharp liabilities (Foxconn Delays Sharp Acquisition). …