Vol 23 – Issue 08 – Page 4

Kennington Heads Technical Marketing at AptoVision

by Isaac Oburu

Justin Kennington has been named director of strategic and technical marketing at AptoVision. The Montreal-based company provides advanced chipsets for AV/KVM signal extension, matrix switching, IP-based switching, video-wall and multi-view applications. Kennington was previously …

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VRT Accomplishes Production Over IP

by Tom Allen

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) is supporting the LiveIP Project (a collaboration between the EBU and Belgian public broadcaster VRT) in moving to open protocols for media over IP in TV broadcasting. …

Panasonic Brings Full 2016 TV Line to Europe

by Tom Allen

Panasonic showed its new flagship LCD TV, the DX900, at CES this year (Panasonic uses ‘Honeycomb’ for HDR), but no other finished TVs were present. However, the company has now revealed the its European …

DVIGear Wins at ISE 2016

by Isaac Oburu

DVIGear won an ISE 2016 Best of Show Award from NewBay Media’s AV Technology Magazine, for its AV-Over-10GbE signal distribution platform DisplayNet. DisplayNet is a new concept for AV distribution that leverages 10GbE technology …

Soneira: Always-on Screens Will Hurt Smartwatches

by Tom Allen

Ray Soneira of DisplayMate has postulated that the always-on OLED display on Samsung’s Galaxy S7 (Samsung Chooses VR, Cameras and Gaming) will “significantly” reduce the need and demand for a smartwatch, because the device …

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Chinese Maker Goes Dual Edge

by Tom Allen

Chinese smartphone maker Vivo has surprised market watchers by launching a phone with a display that is curved on both edges; it’s only the second non-Samsung model with this feature, along with the Blackberry …

BOE Confirms Flexible OLED Plans

by Tom Allen

BOE has filed a statement disclosing that its new G6 LTPS fab in Chengdu, China (BOE Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony) will be used to produce flexible OLEDs. The company is working with the Chengdu Municipal …

LG to Produce OLEDs for Phones in 2017

by Isaac Oburu

LG has announced that it plans to start using OLED displays for its flagship phones by the second half of 2017. LG Display is expected to start producing OLEDs for LG’s mobile phones, rather …

Hisense Makes AMOLED Move

by Tom Allen

Hisense was showing several new smartphones, two of which – in the company’s quest to become a premium international brand – featured AMOLED displays: the C1 and A1. The Hisense C1 is the first …

EC Gives Dell the Go-Ahead

by Tom Allen

The European Commission has approved Dell’s proposed acquisition of data storage firm EMC (Dell Pays $67 Billion for EMC), under the EU Merger Regulation. The EC assessed the effects of the deal on the …

Synaptics Developing Integrated Touch & Drivers

by Bob Raikes

It’s a while since we met with Synaptics and as a result we had a lot to catch up on. Historically, the company was known for its touch technology which is widely used in …

BMW Discusses Status and Future of Head Up Display

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recently released video from BMW, the firm discusses its head up display (HUD) offering as well as its future plans. It’s no surprise that BMW, as one of the early supporters of …

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