Vol 22 – Issue 36 – Page 4

LGD Moves Forward With OLED Alliance

by Tom Allen

LG Display CEO Han Sang-beomBack in March, we reported that LG Display was building an ‘OLED alliance’, with companies from Japan, China and the USA (LG Display Plans OLED Alliance). Now, new reports from …

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Flagship HTC Models Will be Launched in Japan

by Tom Allen

We have heard that HTC has plans for two new flagship smartphones, to be launched in Japan at the end of the month. They will be updated versions of the One M9+ (with laser …

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V-Nova Signs New Codec Partners

by Tom Allen

Alcatel-Lucent plans to integrate V-Nova’s Perseus compression technology (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements) with its Cloud DVR platform, and Oregan Networks’ Multiscreen Cloud Video Client. Alcatel-Lucent hopes to gain ‘significant’ improvements in its …

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DTV Labs and Testronics Combine as Eurofins

by Tom Allen

Digital TV Labs (UK and Hong Kong) and Testronic (Belgium) have merged into Eurofins Digital Testing (EDT). As part of the Eurofins Scientific Group, the new body will provide QA services and end-to-end testing …

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Epson Challenges DLP – Again

by Tom Allen

Epson revived its ‘colour brightness shootout’ area for IFA 2015 – a demonstration that was particularly unpopular, and caused a lot of bad feeling, with other projector makers at ISE in February. We were …

Alcatel Has Rugged Devices

by Tom Allen

Near to the TCL stand was the Alcatel Onetouch area. This is a subsidiary of the Chinese company, focusing on mobile devices. Two products intended to be used together are the Go Watch smartwatch …

LG Displays Gives Impressive Keynote

by Bob Raikes

The main IFA keynote was given by Sang Beom Han, President and CEO of LG Display whose talk was entitled “How Displays Will Change Your Life”. We were pleased to see displays as a …

HbbTV & DTG Presents HbbTV Symposium

by Helen Vince

The HbbTV and DTG have announced the dates for the 2015 HbbTV Symposium, which will take place at 30 Euston Square, London on 8th and 9th December 2015.

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Toshiba’s Vision for the Business Market

by Tom Allen

Toshiba has launched its Business Vision software, which was first shown at ISE 2015 (Toshiba to Compete in Signage Software). Specifically designed for digital signage, Business Vision comes in two different versions: ‘Business Vision …

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Connected Device Penetration Will Explode Worldwide

by Tom Allen

There will be at least five connected media devices in every household in the world by 2019, according to Merrick Kingston – principal analyst at IHS. The world’s mature hardware market will still be …

Merck: Samsung Will Return to OLED TVs in 2017

by Tom Allen

Brian Daniels, senior VP at Merck, says that Samsung is still committed to OLED panels – and will return to the OLED TV market by 2017. Quoted in an interview with The Korea Times, …

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Mediatek to Acquire Richtek

by Helen Vince

Mediatek has signed a letter of intent with Richtek Technology and plans to launch a tender offer for 35-51% of Richtek’s outstanding shares, valued at $310-$450 million. Having completed the tender offer, Mediatek plans …

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