Vol 23 – Issue 18 – Page 3

Sony and The Void Call on The Ghostbusters

by Tom Allen

Ahead of the release of the new Ghostbusters film in July, Sony Pictures has worked with Madame Tussauds New York, Ghost Corps and The Void (The Void Creates VR War Games…And Dragons) to create …

Amimon’s Latency-Free HDMI Replaces Analogue for Drone Racing

by Tom Allen

Image: The IndependentAmimon is a company specialising in latency-free wireless HD video transmission (the technology is called Connex), and has now unveiled an HDMI product. The Connex ProSight HD Vision Kit is intended for …

IAdea Stitches Video in China’s ‘New Manhattan’

by Tom Allen

IAdea’s AnyTiles video wall engine is being used in a 10m-wide installation in the Shanghai Hongqiao Commercial Business District, in China. 36 narrow-bezel LCD displays are being used in a 4 x 9 configuration …

HTC Trusts in New Phones and VR

by Tom Allen

HTC expects a rise in its Q2 smartphone sales, following the launch of the HTC 10 (HTC Claims “Best Smartphone Camera”). CFO Chang Chia-lin said that the company has seen a sequential improvement, adding, …

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Mediatek Only Rising Chip Firm

by Tom Allen

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) reported consolidated April revenues of NT$20.2 billion ($621 million) in April, down 14.1% MoM and 8.2% YoY. The firm has predicted an increase in its IC ATM (assembly test and …

AUO Aims at 30% Thin Bezel and Curved Market Share

by Tom Allen

AUO has begun production of flat, ‘bezel-less’ TV panels, and is aiming to take a global market share of 30%. Shipments are expected to pass 1.5 million units this year. The company has also …

Polar OLED Has Solved Printing Problem

by Tom Allen

Research firm IDTechEx holds a printed electronics event twice a year: once in Berlin, and once in Santa Clara. We attended the European event at the end of April, which had lots of coverage …

TVs Rebound From Three-Month Decline

by Tom Allen

After three months of declines, LCD TV shipments returned to growth in March, says IHS. Largely thanks to the aggressive pursuit of export growth by Chinese brands, shipments rose 4.8% to 16.2 million units. …

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TP Vision Adopts GameFly on Philips TVs

by Tom Allen

TP Vision’s new partnership with GameFly is now live in 14 countries across Europe. Through this partnership, owners of select 2015 and 2016 Philips Android-based smart TVs will be able to stream games from …

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Visionect Educates About ePaper Signage

by Tom Allen

Colour matching is difficult on electronic paperVisionect, which specialises in electronic paper signage, has published a white paper dealing with the challenges of deploying the technology in different scenarios. It examines the technology behind …

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Salt Lake City Invests in Expansion

by Tom Allen

Salt Lake City International Airport, in the USA, plans to build a new $740 million concourse to the north of its existing terminal. The North Concourse will add 30 gates in two phases. First …

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Mueller Lands at ViewSonic

by Bob Raikes

We reported last week that display industry veteran, Thomas Mueller, was moving on from his position with BenQ in Germany (BenQ Display Head Moves to Product Management). We hear that he will be starting …