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Digital TV Up in Hungary

by Tom Allen

Hungarian regulator NMHH has said that digital TV is growing quickly in the country. In March, 72.5% of pay-TV subscribers were using digital services. Cable and IPTV customers stood at 2.2 million, or which …

DisplayLink Now Works With Chrome

by Tom Allen

DisplayLink’s USB docking stations and adapters now work with Google’s Chrome OS (Release 51 and onwards). No driver is required. This means that an external DisplayLink-compatible display or adaptor/docking station with single or multple …

Orbotech: OLED Penetration is Rising

by Tom Allen

Orbotech has received new optical system orders for two OLED fabs in two different countries, it announced during a quarterly finance results call. The company has also delivered a system to a third fab …

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LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 18

by Tom Allen

DisplayLite will show a new 55″ UltraHD procap touch table at the NEC Showcase 2016 (18th – 19th May, London). It will be based on an NEC display. Touch screen specialist Distec can now …

Nokia Begins Job Cuts

by Tom Allen

Nokia has already begun downsizing in Germany (Job Cuts Rumoured at Nokia). 1,400 jobs are planned to be eliminated by 2018, according to CRN, and 1,022 employees will be let go this year. Most …

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RTP Promises Euro 2016 in 4k

by Tom Allen

Portuguese broadcaster RTP has announced that it will launch an UltraHD channel this year, in preparation for the Euro 2016 football tournament. Eight matches will be shown live, including the opening and closing games …

IDTechEx Show Roundup

by Tom Allen

DuPont Teijin Films makes the organic films behind the flexible displays from, for instance, FlexEnable. Currently these require conventional (rigid) transistors, as DuPont’s are not ‘smart’ enough to do more than a very basic …

OLED Lighting is a Growth Market

by Tom Allen

Marek Ramsi is with LG Display’s lighting division, and discussed OLEDs for lighting. He began by showing a video from LG’s stand at the recent Light & Building conference in Frankfurt, where the firm …

Technology and Marketing – Not Quite Identical Twins

by Norbert Hildebrand

In recent years I have seen an increasing trend using powerful technical terms in the general marketing activities of companies. This is combined with an increase in the number of press releases for new …

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IDTEchEx Predicts Huge Investments in Flexible Displays

by Tom Allen

Research firm IDTechEx holds printed electronics events twice a year: once in Berlin, and once in Santa Clara. We attended the European event at the end of April. In the past, IDTechEx held other …

UDC Works on Hybrid OLED Approach

by Bob Raikes

Up to now, OLED makers have been making OLEDs using technologies that are effectively limited by the barrier in fine metal mask patterning that Kodak (and its Sanyo Kodak subsidiary) hit several years ago. …

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