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LG Agrees OLED TV Promotion Deal With Google

by Tom Allen

LG has signed a marketing agreement with Google, which will see the search giant help to promote LG’s OLED TVs on its various platforms, such as YouTube. LG’s Kim Ki-wan (centre left), head of …

Lightspeed Renews LC-Tec Agreement

by Tom Allen

Lightspeed Design has renewed its multi-year agreement with LC-Tec Displays. The agreement states that LC-Tec’s Polarspeed technology will continue to be used exclusively in DepthQ 3D passive polarisation products for digital cinema, manufactured by …

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Sony Selects Quantel for 8k Post-Production

by Tom Allen

Quantel is providing a ‘Pablo Rio’ 8k system to Sony PCL, in Tokyo. The system enables high-resolution editing, colour-correction and finishing for the post-production pipeline. This is the world’s first Pablo Rio 8k installation …

Five Distributors Fined for Illegal Cartel

by Helen Vince

Five Slovakian distributors have been fined €4.28 million for taking part in an illegal cartel. ABC Data, Asbis, AT Computers, eD’system and SWS Distribution were accused of conspiring to agree to the levy of …

Second Apple Watch to House Video Camera

by Tom Allen

‘Sources familiar with the matter’ have said that Apple Watch 2 will be launched in 2016, with a video camera supporting Face Time. Rumours also say that Apple will integrate a new chipset that …

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Medion Reaches Online Retailers

by Tom Allen

Germany’s Medion (owned by Lenovo) has said that it wants to extend distribution of its smartphone line, with online retailers such as Amazon and Cyberport. Retailers can now take and sell smartphones from the …

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Apple Could Eliminate Home Button With New Chip

by Tom Allen

Apple is developing a touch and display driver integration (TDDI) single-chip solution for its iPhones, say Asian sources. The solution, being developed inside Apple, will be used in future iPhone designs, with ultra-thin bezels. …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 26

by Tom Allen

Apple has discontinued the original iPad Mini – the last iOS device that the company made without a retina display. Densitron Displays and ‘Papirus’ have created an electrophoretic display for the Raspberry Pi, called …

Vodafone Lowers Cost of Premium Features

by Tom Allen

UK mobile operator Vodafone has released an own-brand Android smartphone, which competes with rivals with an ultra-low price point for its size. The Smart Ultra 6 is a 5.5″ smartphone with 1920 x 1080 …

Rumour: HTC’s M9+ Coming to Europe

by Tom Allen

An HTC developer, known as LlabTooFeR, sent a tweet this month claiming that a larger version of HTC’s One M9 would go on sale in Europe in Q3. The One M9+ will be sold …

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Set Makers Request Panel Concessions

by Tom Allen

IHS DisplaySearch has released panel data for June, when prices continued to fall. Market demand for notebooks is still weak. Consumers are deferring purchases, preferring to wait for Windows 10 and Intel’s Skylake chips. …

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CPT’s G6 Fab to Focus on ‘Niche’ Products

by Milos Pavlovic

A CPT subsidiary, CPT Technology, expects to begin construction of new G6 facilities in Fujian, China in Q3’15. Mass-production will begin in the second half of 2017. The factory will produce small-to-medium-size panels, as …