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EET Europarts to Distribute ELO Touch Solutions

by Isaac Oburu

ELO Touch has appointed EET Europarts to sell its touch solutions and interactive signage products in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Nordics| Touch Market| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Android 7 Gets to Shield and (later) Sony

by Bob Raikes

Google is updating the Android TV platform and Sony will update its sets to use that version of the operating system in the future. Version 6 was rolled out relatively recently by Sony (Android …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 02

JCD Develops Business Lounge Network at Heathrow

by Bob Raikes

JC Decaux in the UK said that it has started the roll out of a new digital network, the ‘Business Lounge iVisions’ which use 80″ displays, at London’s Heathrow Airport. Initially, three displays have …

Tags:Aviation| DOOH| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Sharp To Show New 70″ Video Wall Display

by Bob Raikes

Sharp is expected to show a new 70″ video wall display at ISE next month and will be displayed in a 4 x 1 array, aimed at luxury retailers. The model number will be …

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China’s Sunac Invests In LeEco

by Yvette Raikes

Chinese property developer Sunac China Holdings has stated that it has invested a total of 15.04 billion yuan ($2.19 billion) in LeEco. It is buying an 8.61% stake in Leshi Internet Information for 6.04 …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Global Handset Panel Shipments To Reach 2.93 Billion

by Yvette Raikes

Global handset panel shipments were 2.93 billion, up 4.9% YoY, according to a recent report from Shanghai, China-based Cinno Research. Of these 2.11 billion were for smartphones, up 16.4%, while the remaining 820 million …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Small & Medium Displays| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Soniq and Seraphic Join Forces for YouTube

by Yvette Raikes

Australian smart TV maker Soniq is integrating a YouTube TV solution in partnership with browser company Seraphic. Soniq sees YouTube support as essential to gain a higher TV audience but said that gaining certification …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Rumor: Foxconn to Build Display Factory in the USA?

by Norbert Hildebrand

The iTechPost and PhoneArena.com are both reporting on a rumor that Foxconn is planning or at least considering building a LCD factory in the USA. Both articles relate to an informal statement by an …

CES 2017 Round-Up

by Bob Raikes

Analogix was showing how its DisplayPort-based Slimport products could be used for VR applications, especially as it has developed SlimPort to MIPI display controllers that are available in single MIPI, dual Mipi or dual …

ViewSonic Boosting Colour Quality

by Bob Raikes

At Digital Experience, we saw a projector TV demo from Viewsonic. The projector is a short throw model with a 1080p imager and is lamp, not laser phosphor based to save money. Viewsonic says …

TV OS, UI and Delivery News

by Chris Chinnock

The integration of third party Operating Systems (OS) into TV and bundling of content from a wide array of sources, picked up steam at CES 2017. The range of solutions seems to be consolidating …

RealD Updates its Intelilight Technology – and More

by Chris Chinnock

We met with RealD in a meeting room at the back of the South Hall at CES to discuss progress on its Intelilight technology. This is essentially an intelligent backlight that can direct light …