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Sharp Drops Hisense Case in NY

by Bob Raikes

As we reported, Sharp is suing Hisense in the US and had filed complaints in California and New York as well as going to arbitration in Singapore (Sharp Sues Hisense Over ‘Shoddy’ Products). Now, …

Tags:Hisense| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 23

TV Exports from China Down

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell Research of China said that the export volume of TVs from China in Q1 of this year was 12.7 million units, down 3.5% on the first quarter of 2016 and the firm estimates …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Freedeo and Volfoni in 3D Alliance

by Alan Spencer

Freedeo and Volfoni have announced that they have agreed to form a new worldwide strategic alliance. The alliance will focus on research into new breakthrough technologies, product and system development, and manufacturing structures in …

Tags:3D Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Oculus Gets Update for Mixed Reality Capture

by Bob Raikes

The latest version of software for the Oculus Rift is rolling out with support for Mixed Reality capture and a re-designed interface for future updates and a new Home environment. There is also multi-language …

Tags:360 Degree Video| AR/VR| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Samsung Display to Break Ground on OLED Plant

by Bob Raikes

The Korea Economic Daily reports that Samsung is expected to break ground for a new A4 flexible OLED line after July 7th, by when the local authorities are expected to have voted to allow …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Samsung Display| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Esprinet to Work with Philips

by Isaac Oburu

Esprinet will start distributing Philips digital signage and hospitality TV solutions in Spain.

Tags:Channels| Large Display Monitor| Spain| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Online Advertising is Bigger than TV

by Bob Raikes

Magna Global has forecast that global advertising will grow by 3.7% to $505 billion in 2017 and highlighted that digital media are now taking more revenue than TV, the first time this happened. 54% …

Tags:Advertising| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

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AUO Drops Half G10.5 Plan

by Bob Raikes

We reported recently on a decision by Samsung to back away from a half G10.5 fab (Samsung Display Switches Plan from LCD to OLED) and now the PJTime blog has reported that AUO has …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Global Pay-TV Revenues Reach $202 billion

by Alan Spencer

The pay-TV revenues increased by $32 billion for 138 countries, between 2010 and 2016 to reach $202 billion. However, only $1.23 billion was added in 2016, according to research carried out by Digital TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 23

SID 2017 Report: Is StoreDot Shifting Focus Away from OLEDs?

by Ken Werner

We first became interested in StoreDot a couple of years ago at CES when they showed organic molecules that have properties similar to those of quantum dots. (StoreDot: An Organic Quantum Dot Alternative) This …

Tags:Batteries| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 23

SID 2017 Report: Merck Discusses Flexible LCDs

by Ken Werner

Apologies, because of some production issues, these items were omitted from our main SID 2017 report. Among the many things Merck representatives were happy to discuss at their Display Week booth was the continuing …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Merck| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanoco| OLED Materials| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 23

SID 2017 Report: 3M Adds More Display Films to its Arsenal

by Ken Werner

Apologies, because of some production issues, these items were omitted from our main SID 2017 report. Among the many optical films 3M showed in its booth at SID Display Week, was an optimized phone …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Automotive| Film materials| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 23