Volume 21 – Page 19 – Display Daily

Intel Pays $1.5 Billion for Stake in Chinese Chip Maker

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Intel has acquired a 20% stake in China’s Tsinghua Unigroup, a state-owned company that owns China’s second and third largest chip designers, Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics. Intel spent $1.5 billion to acquire the …

HbbTV Seeks Comments on RFI

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A request for information has been issued by the HbbTV Association. Industry members are invited to comment on and register to receive a Request For Proposal (RFP), to be issued at a future date. …

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Barco’s Present-C is Unobtrusive

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Barco’s Present-C 1DLP projectors feature wide aspect ratios (up to 21:9) to support the corporate shift towards local and remote collaboration. With a compact form factor – they are said to be smaller and …

Epson Continues to Perform in Top-Selling August Projectors

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PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in North America in August. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’; ‘mainstream’; and ‘high end’. Aaxa took three of the top five …

Large iPad Rumours Continue With Samsung Involvement

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Apple will receive 9.7″ and 12.9″ panels for its iPads from Samsung Display in the second half of this year, Korea’s Inews24 claims. Most of the output from one of the company’s G5 lines …

End of Subsidies Spurs Panel Price Hike

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The end of smartphone subsidies in China will affect the wider market, says NPD DisplaySearch. Direct subsidies are to end, being replaced with consumer call charge subsidies. The inventory of name brands is expected …

BSkyB Adds to Roku Investment

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BSkyB has invested a further $0.7 million in Roku, taking its total investment in the OTT streaming platform to $12.2 million. The funds will be used by Roku to finance its operations and activities. …

Tricolor Reaches 15 Million Subscribers

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Russian DTH operator Tricolor TV signed its 15 millionth subscriber in Q3. It began the year with 15.17 million subscribers, but only 10.66 million were active. More than 99% of new subscribers elected to …

BenQ Hires New AV Manager

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BenQ in Germany has appointed Andr

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An Update

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I’m between events today. I got back from the NEC DTF event last night and am leaving for Gitex this evening (if you are going and would like to make contact, send a mail …

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Display Driver IC Growth Predicted Despite Tight Supply

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By 2018, the market for display driver integrated circuits (DICs) will be worth $7.3 billion, up from $4.6 billion in 2012. NPD DisplaySearch says that the growth is caused by DICs with higher resolutions, …

Samsung Keeps 14nm Details Close to Chest

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A 14nm FinFET device was shown by Samsung at ARM TechCon earlier this month. While the company was not sharing any information about the chip, a mobile application processor was shown decoding HD video …