Vol 22 – Issue 29 – Page 2

LG to Close Chinese Facility?

by Tom Allen

LG Electronics ‘may’ close down its Shanghai-based production facilities (called LGESH), according to Korean media. Declining profits and increased labour costs in China are behind the move, said the source. LG set up the …

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BOE to Take Third Place in LCD Capacity

by Tom Allen

Media reports from Taiwan claim that BOE will become the world’s third-largest panel maker, in terms of LCD capacity, by 2018. The prediction will come into effect when BOE’s G10.5 facility comes online in …

Microsoft Closes Chinese Plants, Looks to OEMs

by Milos Pavlovic

‘Industry sources’ say that Microsoft has closed its handset manufacturing plants in Beijing and Dongguang. The company is preparing to outsource more work to Taiwanese ODMs, sources said. Production is also expected to be …

Telesystem Has HEVC STB

by Tom Allen

A new STB has been launched in Italy, with the HEVC codec. The TS6800T2, from Telesystem, uses the DVB-T2 platform – as all receivers sold in the country after 1st July next year must …

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Hispasat Promotes 4k With Festival

by Tom Allen

Spanish satellite broadcaster Hispasat is running a film festival for UltraHD content. All films must be 20 minutes or less and be filmed in UltraHD resolution – any genre, and any filming location, are …

Netflix’s Share to Fall to 50%

by Tom Allen

A study by research firm MTM, sponsored by Ooyala and Vindicia, claims that Netflix’s share of the US OTT market will fall from 85% in 2014, to 50% in 2018. A range of new …

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Nadella Responds to ‘Death of Windows Phone’ Claims

by Tom Allen

Following the announcement of job losses in Microsoft’s phone business (Microsoft to Cut 7,500 Jobs), ZDNet‘s Mary Jo Foley sat down with CEO Satya Nadella at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference. Nadella’s comments about …

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DTG Reveals Short-Listed Innovation Finalists

by Tom Allen

10 media technology start-ups in the UK have been short-listed for the DTG’s Television Innovation Awards (DTG Holds Third TV Innovation Awards). The finalists include goHDR (promoting an end-to-end HDR solution), Motive Television (live …

Digital Projection Signs European Rental Partner

by Helen Vince

Digital Projection has signed FilmGEAR as its official rental partner in Denmark. The company recently purchased 20 3-chip DLP Titan Super Quads to add to its 16 single-chip DLP M-Vision 930 projectors. The deal …

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Eizo: DisplayPort Might Cause 6-Bit Image Display

by Tom Allen

A fault has been found in several Radiforce monitors from Eizo. These products could mistakenly show 6-bit (64 gradations), rather than 8- or 10-bit (256 or 1,024 gradations, respeectively), when connected to particular graphics …

Canon Shows 4k Workflow

by Tom Allen

Canon (11.E50) will show its end-to-end professional UltraHD workflow at IBC 2015. It will be the first time that the company shows the entire product range in Europe – including references displays, lenses and …

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BOE Reaches Out to Korea for OLED JV

by Tom Allen

Sources have told the Korea Times that BOE has proposed the establishment of an OLED joint venture with LG Display and Samsung Display. One source said that “an affiliate” of BOE had reached out …