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Taiwan Panel Makers’ Total Capex to Reach $2.6 Billion

by Helen Vince

Sources in Taiwan have estimated that the four local major panel makers will spend a total of NT$79.5 billion ($2.6 billion) between them this year on capital expenditure. AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux are …

Hon Hai Achieves Record Monthly High

by Helen Vince

Hon Hai Precision (Foxconn Electronics) fared better than many Taiwanese manufacturers in April, reporting a record sales of NT$352.4 billion ($11.5 billion), up 4.2% sequentially and 19.7% higher year on year. For the January …

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Mixed Results in April for Taiwan’s Notebook ODMs

by Helen Vince

There were mixed fortunes for Taiwan’s notebook ODM’s last month. Compal Electronics saw sales fall 17.7% month on month to NT$61.6 billion ($2 billion), though this was 7.8% higher year on year and brought …

Top Pay-TV Providers End Subscriber Losses

by Tom Allen

Informitiv’s Multiscreen Index shows that the top 10 pay-TV providers in the USA gained a total of 54,800 digital subscribers in Q1. Six of the services reported a net increase: Verizon (up 90,000); AT&T …

C3Nano and Nissha Partner on Silver Nanowire Conductive Film

by Norbert Hildebrand

Silver nanowires (AgNW) are one alternative for ITO conductive films, offering low sheet resistance as well as low haze. This makes them a great solution for touch panels. C3Nano has announced that it is …

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Wearable Power Limits Pose Display Challenges

by Bob O'Donnell

One of the many challenges the wearable market faces has to do with battery limitations and physical size. The simple fact is that batteries require a relatively large amount of space and that’s not …

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OTT STBs Overtake IPTV – But Not For Long

by Tom Allen

Retail shipments of OTT set-top boxes (STBs) will overtake IPTV STB shipments from pay-TV operators this year, says IHS. 31 million retail OTT units will be shipped in 2015, compared to 30 million IPTV …

Android Passes Half of Mobile Web Traffic

by Tom Allen

NetMarketShare is a company tracking usage of more than 40,000 websites worldwide. Recently – July 2014 – Android finally passed iOS in terms of web traffic. Since that time, the OS has built up …

Arrow Takes Partner Award

by Tom Allen

EMC Corporation has named Arrow Electronics as its North America Distributor Partner of the Year for 2014. This is the second year in a row that Arrow has received the recognition.

Competitors Need Apple Watch to Succeed – IHS

by Tom Allen

IHS expects the smartwatch market to grow from 3.6 million units in 2014 to 101 million in 2020. The overall success of the smartwatch market will be driven by the Apple Watch, said IHS …

SID Investors’ Conference Highlights Emerging Technologies

by Tom Allen

SID is partnering with IHS and Cowen and Company for its 11th Annual Investors’ Conference, The event will take place during Display Week (31st May – 5th June, San Jose). The conference will last …

Horizon Cannot Save Liberty From Losses

by Tom Allen

Liberty Global lost 169,000 video subscribers in Q1, due to the under-performance of the Ziggo service. However, Horizon performed well. Liberty’s ‘next-generation’ video platforms added a total of 274,000 subscribers, including a record 171,000 …

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