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TV Production Down at Samsung

by Tom Allen

Korea’s Money Today claims that Samsung Electronics has lowered its TV production capacity by more than 11 million units this year, due to weakening TV demand. Capacity at the end of September was under …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Production Capacity| Samsung| TV Production| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Chinese Sales Save TCL From Major TV Fall

by Tom Allen

TCL has announced its LCD TV sales for October, which fell 1.3% YoY to 1.3 million sets – although sales of smart TVs rose 72.7% YoY, to 533,000 sets. Sales rose 11.7% in China, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TCL| TV Production| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Sling to Support Chromecast

by Isaac Oburu

Starting today, Sling TV’s live and on-demand Internet TV app for Android and iOS devices supports Google’s Chromecast. As part of the launch, new customers who prepay for three months of Sling TV’s “Best …

Tags:Google| TV Production

Semtech Displays UHDTV Hybrid SDI/IP Interoperability of Its 12Gb/s UHD-SDI Portfolio at the SMPTE® 2015 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (SMPTE 2015)

by Isaac Oburu

Semtech Corporation, a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, will demonstrate the interoperability of its 12Gb/s UHD-SDI product portfolio by transporting ultra-high definition video over a next-generation UHDTV hybrid SDI/IP infrastructure featuring advanced …

Tags:Broadcast| TV Production

Amazon Planning 6 UltraHD Pilots

by Bob Raikes

Amazon has told Forbes magazine (http://tinyurl.com/nrzlvpo) that it will make six pilot TV shows in UltraHD. Three are half hour and three are an hour long, with a family comedy, a post US Civil …

Taiwanese TV Shipments Shrink as China Turns Away

by Tom Allen

Shipments of LCD TVs made in Taiwan fell more than 8% YoY in Q2’15, say sources in Asia, as China’s Haier cut orders to Taiwanese makers. Shipments gained some momentum with sales to LG …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Taiwan| TV Production| Vol 22 - Issue 31

TV Makers Choose China

by Tom Allen

TV outsourcing will reach a record high this year, says IHS DisplaySearch. TV sets made by outsourcing specialists will represent 43% of LCD TVs shipped worldwide in 2015. Outsourcing is now one of the …

Samsung Stops Making TVs in Thailand

by Helen Vince

Samsung is reported to have halted television production at its plant in Thailand, though it is not known if the company has transferred production to another overseas site. Last year, Samsung announced a $560 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TV Production| Vol 22 - Issue 22

LGD Cuts OLED Production Target

by Tom Allen

‘Drastic’ adjustments have been made to LG Display’s OLED TV plans for this year, according to Korea’s ET News. Slow sales (LG Has OLED TV Inventory Concerns) and low yield have apparently led to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| TV Production| Vol 22 - Issue 17

ACES Debuts at NAB 2015

by Chris Chinnock

NAB 2015 was the official “coming out party” for ACES. The Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) is becoming the industry standard for managing color throughout the life cycle of a motion picture or television …

Tags:ACES| NAB 2015| Post Production| TV Production

LG Cannot Meet OLED TV Demand

by Tom Allen

An offical at LG has told CNet that the company is struggling to meet the demand for OLED TVs. “There’s enough demand right now that we can’t build OLED TVs quickly enough”, said David …

Leader Chosen for North America’s First UltraHD MPU

by Tom Allen

Leader Instruments’ LV5490 UltraHD waveform monitor has been chosen by the Mobile TV Group, to be used in the first UltraHD mobile production unit in North America. The Mobile TV Group created the MPU, …