Vol 24 – Issue 08 – Page 8

E Ink Used for Smart Packaging

by Bob Raikes

E Ink is working with Texen to develop smart packaging solutions and customisable packing for make-up compacts, perfume bottles and other cosmetic packaging. The labels use NFC to update and power the E Ink …

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Targus Docks Support up to Dual 4K Displays

by Isaac Oburu

Targus has introduced two new Universal USB 3.0 Docks. The new docks support charging up to 90W and include tips for popular notebook brands. The DOCK171USZ has one graphic output up to 2560 x …

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HTC Looks to Tourism in China for VR

by Bob Raikes

HTC Vive has partnered with the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) and Renwoyou (Xiamen) Technology Development Co., Ltd. to develop tourism apps using VR. Vive has identified tourism as an industry that will be …

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Elemental Reveals UltraHD Pitfalls

by Isaac Oburu

Elemental has released a white paper on optimising quality for UltraHD quality that is available to download freely. The company said that ensuring quality needs new measurement and processing technology and also points out …

LG Talks About Black Level, Calibration and Color Volume

by Chris Chinnock

LG Electronics is implementing a number of improvements and features in their 2017 OLED HDR TVs. To learn more, we initiated a conversation with Neil Robinson, Director of Technology Partnerships at LG Electronics in …

EBU DG to Leave in the Summer

by Alan Spencer

Ingrid Deltenre, the EBU director general, is leaving her post to focus on other board responsibilities. She has spent eight years in her role at the EBU and will be leaving in the summer. …

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SES Result 23/02/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

SES S.A. announced its FY16 result with consolidated revenue of €2.07 billion ($2.17 billion) and net profit of €962.7 million ($1.01 billion), resulting in a healthy net margin of 46%. The revenue had increased …

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HP Is Positive about PCs

by Milos Pavlovic

In its earnings call, HP Inc’s CEO, Dion Weisler, said that HP’s product portfolio is the strongest it has had and that the PC business is good at the moment, the best since the …

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Prices for LG Super UHD Sets in US

by Bob Raikes

LG’s US pricing for some of the Super UHD LCD-based TVs that it showed at CES this year (LG Wows with New OLED and LCD TVs). The prices are: Model Size Price SJ8500 55″ …

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LG Moves European HQ to Germany

by Alan Spencer

In April last year, LG Electronics announced that it would move its existing European Headquarters from London to Germany (LG Relocates from UK to Germany). This was based on LG’s belief that Germany offered …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Google Planning UltraHD Wireless STBs

by Bob Raikes

Based on filings with the FCC, Google is planning a new wireless UltraHD STB using Wi-fi 802.11ac using the part number A4R-GFHD254. Details of the FCC filing, including photos, are confidential until early August …

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Dish Network Adds 694,00 New Pay-TV Subscribers in 4Q 2016

by Alan Spencer

Dish Network added 694,000 new pay-TV subscribers in the last quarter of 2016 compared to 661,000 in the same quarter a year earlier. Taking churn into account, Dish Networks increased its pay-TV subscriber numbers …

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