Vol 23 - Issue 30

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Kyocera Result 27/02/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Kyocera reported Q1 2017 net profit of 17.4 billion yen ($170 million), down 44.7% YoY from 31.5 billion yen ($284 million). Turnover was 319 billion yen ($3.1 billion), down 5.7% YoY from 339 billion …

Tags:Financial Data| Kyocera| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 30

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Pixelworks Result 28/07/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Pixelworks reported Q2 2016 net loss of $16 million, down 43% YoY from a net loss of $2.8 million. Turnover was $12.6 million, down 17% YoY from $15.1 million. For the six month period, …

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Xiaomi Turns to China for OLED

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi’s latest flagship smartphone boasts an OLED screen – which may not have come from Samsung Display. According to Xiaomi, the suppliers for the Redmi Pro’s 5.5″ (1920 x 1080) screen are two Chinese …

Tags:AMOLED| BOE| Everdisplay| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 30| Xiaomi

DACH Signage Expectations Rise

by Tom Allen

OVAB Europe’s Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) tracks sentiment in the signage industry. Sentiment was up in the latest results (July/August) from the DACH region; the professional displays segment performed especially well in …

Tags:Austria| DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Switzerland| Vol 23 - Issue 30

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 30

by Tom Allen

The Superbook (LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 19) by Andromium, a laptop ‘shell’ for a smartphone, reached Kickstarter last month. It has now passed several goals, one of which means that users …

Tags:BenQ| Blu-ray Players| Collaboration| Colour Critical Monitors| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Dolby Vision| Europe| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IWBs| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LFD - Large Format Display| Notebooks| Philips| Pricing| Promethean| Resolution| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Smartphones| Software| USA| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 30

Marvell Result 27/07/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Marvell reported Q1 2017 net loss of $23 million, compared to a net profit of $14 million in the previous year period. Turnover was $541 million, down 25% YoY from $724 million.

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Shih Names Successor at Asus

by Tom Allen

Asus’ chairman Jonney Shih has announced that CSO, Ted Hsu, will succeed him within the next two years. Hsu was a founder of Asus and a former VP of Pegatron, who rejoined Asus in …

Tags:Asus| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 30

Comcast has Best Q2 in 10 Years

by Isaac Oburu

Comcast lost 4,000 net video customers in Q2’16: its best Q2 result for a decade.

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US Cable Operators Trials UHD With SES

by Isaac Oburu

Cable operators in the US are testing the UltraHD platform and receiving HEVC IP set top boxes from SES. The cable operators are Cable America in Missouri, Golden West Telecommunications in South Dakota, MTC …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| SES| UltraHD (4KTV)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 30

Tricolor Uses Eutelsat’s SmartBeam

by Tom Allen

Eutelsat and Tricolor TV are working together to deploy a network in Russia using SmartBeam, Eutelsat’s new multi-screen video delivery tool. SmartBeam uses a small satellite receiver, acting as a local CDN, to receive …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Russia| SAT>IP| Satellite| Vol 23 - Issue 30

Chinese Firms Filling Smartphone Top Five

by Tom Allen

343.3 million smartphones were shipped worldwide in Q2’16: a relatively flat result, up 0.3% from Q2’15 (342.4 million units), says IDC. Quarterly growth was higher, up 3.1% from 331.3 million. Ryan Reith, IDC’s mobile …

Tags:Apple| Huawei| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 30| Worldwide

APG | SGA Adds New DOOH in Switzerland

by Isaac Oburu

APG | SGA is set to roll out 8 new 72″ LCD displays in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. The screens will be used for advertising and will start broadcasting on the 31st October. APG | SGA …

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