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Display Vendors Recognised at Red Dot Awards

by Tom Allen

The annual Red Dot design awards have taken place, with display companies taking multiple wins. 10 Lenovo products won awards, including AIO PCs, laptops, monitors, workstations, tablets and convertibles. Philips went further, with 49 …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Philips| sony| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Microvision Receives $8 Million License Fee

by Tom Allen

Microvision has received an $8 million license fee payment from its Fortune Global 100 partner – commonly assumed to be Sony (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 15). The firm said that it has received …

Tags:Licensing| Microvision| Mobile Display Monitor| Pico Projectors| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Analyst Calls Playstation Vue “Dead on Arrival”

by Tom Allen

TDG analyst Joel Espelien has called Sony’s Playstation Vue streaming service, launched in the USA recently, “dead on arrival”. According to Espelien, the service was “well-intentioned” in development, but is out of touch with …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sony| Streaming Video| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Foxconn Debates Indian TV Plant

by Tom Allen

Foxconn is considering establishing LCD TV production lines in India, to cope with demand from Sony, say industry sources. Production will begin in the second half of the year, at the earliest.

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| India| Large Display Monitor| sony| TV Production| Vol 22 - Issue 13

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Sony Names New Head of AV Marketing

by Helen Vince

Sony Professional Europe has appointed Michael Harrit as its new head of marketing for AV & Media Solutions. Harrit takes over the position from Oliver Bovis who will be moving to a new role …

Tags:Broadcast| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Sony to Reach Shipment Target

by Tom Allen

Taiwanese sources say that Sony Mobile Communications’ smartphones shipments rose more than 20% QoQ in Q4’14, to 11.9 million units. Combined shipments for Q1-Q3 in Sony’s fiscal year were 31.2 million units. More than …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Lower Partner Orders Expected From Sony

by Tom Allen

Industry sources in Taiwan expect Sony to lower its TV and smartphone orders to production partners in Taiwan. The prediction comes following continued low sales of these products. According to the sources, Sony has …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Smartphones| sony| Taiwan| TV Production| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Sony’s Vue Service Now Live

by Tom Allen

Sony Computer Entertainment president, Andrew House, said recently (Playstation Vue Coming to East Coast) that Sony’s Playstation Vue TV service would be rolled out to the East Coast of the USA soon. The service …

Tags:Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| sony| Streaming Video| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Sony Result 19/03/2015

by Helen Vince

Sony Corporation recorded a net profit of ¥90 billion ($746.3 million) in the third quarter of the year on turnover of ¥2.5 trillion ($20.7 billion), which compares with a net profit in Q3 of …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 12

MicroVision Receives $14.5 Million in Orders

by Tom Allen

Microvision has said that it has received orders totalling $14.5 million for its Fortune Global 100 customer – revealed, last week, to be Sony (Sony Agrees Licensing With Microvision). The company plans to ship …

Tags:Back Panel| Embedded Pico Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Microvision| Mobile Display Monitor| Pico Projectors| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Sony Denies Sell-Off, Focuses on Premium

by Tom Allen

At a recent press event, Sony North America officials denied rumours that parent company Sony Electronics would spin off its audio and video businesses. Mike Fasulo, president of Sony North America, said, “We are …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sony| TV Set Market| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 12