Volume 21 – Page 17 – Display Daily

LG Germany Hires ex-Sony Head

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Martin Winkler, who left his job as head of Sony Germany’s business in February (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 6), has been appointed senior VP of LG Electronics’ consumer business in Germany.

Vue Cinemas to Upgrade to Sony 3D

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Vue Entertainment International is upgrading around 400 of its Sony 4k projection systems across Europe to Sony Digital Cinema 3D. The conversion process is expected to take three to four years and will be …

Exertis to Acquire Sweden’s CapTech

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Exertis says it is to acquire CapTech Distribution AB, Sweden’s largest independent technology distribution business. The company said last year that its strategy was to expand its geographic footprint across Europe as it aims …

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Amazon’s Streaming Service Reaches Samsung

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Samsung has let the launch date of Amazon’s UltraHD streaming service slip by accident. The company said in a press release that its Smart TVs will be able to support the service from October, …

Senior Qualcomm Exec Joins Intel

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Amir Faintuch, the former president of Qualcomm Atheros, has joined Intel as senior VP and co-general manager of Intel’s Platform Engineering Group. In his new role, Faintuch joins Josh Walden in leading the group …

CPT’s August Result Disappoints

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Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) reported a 15.5% drop in sales last month from July, at NT$4.5 billion ($149.8 million), bringing sales from January to August to NT$37.8 billion ($1.2 billion), 1% lower than the …

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Philips Tempts Then Disappoints

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Despite arriving 10 minutes late to the Philips conference (Samsung overran), we only missed some appliance talk. The conference itself was quite light on display-related discussions, although there were certainly more than we’d seen …

JVC’s Cracked Neck Causes Tipping

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About 27,000 JVC 42″ TVs have been affected by a warranty issue in the USA. It has been found that the neck of the stand on the EM42FTR (serial number beginning with ‘T’) can …

Christie Names New Home Entertainment Director

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Christie has announced that George Walter has joined the company in the role of director, home entertainment, reporting to Tony Barton, senior director, Americas Sales. Walter most recently served as VP of home cinema …

Vestel Will Feed UltraHD TVs Through Own STB

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IFA, as a consumer electronics show, has always been an odd place for Vestel to exhibit, as the only products on display are OEM items, which may not even come to market. The company …

EU Approves BSkyB Deal

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The European Union’s antitrust authority has approved BSkyB’s acquisition of Sky Italia and 57% of Sky Deutschland, saying that the transaction would not hinder competition in the European pay-TV arena. The new entity would …

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DisplayPort 1.3 Adds 5k(!) Support

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DisplayPort v1.3 has just been released by the Video Electronic Standards Association (VESA), supporting up to 32.4Gbps. The speed of v1.3 (each of the four lanes runs at 8.1Gbps) represents a 50% increase from …

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