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Iiyama Appoints NTT System in Poland

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In Poland, distributor NTT System is now offering monitors and touchscreens from Iiyama.

Tags:Distributors| Iiyama| Large Display Monitor| Poland| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Montenegro Sets Aside Digital Switch Funds

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Funds have been secured for Montenegro’s digital switchover. The launch of the country’s digital platform is scheduled for 1st December, with ASO on 17th June 2015. Almost

Tags:DTV| Europe| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

BenQ Creates New Business Development Manager

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Andre Hoock has been named as business development manager at BenQ Germany. This is a new position created to help BenQ expand its presence in the digital signage and education sectors, with an emphasis …

Tags:BenQ| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

IBM Pays Globalfoundries $1.5B to Take Chip Unit

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IBM has agreed to pay Globalfoundries $1.5 billion over the next three years to take over its loss-making semiconductor business. IBM announced earlier this year that it was looking for a buyer for the …

Tags:IBM| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Industry| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Acer Signs MTI in Ukraine

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Acer’s notebooks and tablets are now being distributed in Ukraine by MTI.

Tags:Acer| Distributors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Displays Will Drive Organic Electronics Growth

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Organic electronics will grow quickly over the next six years, largely driven by displays. A new report by Allied Market Research (http://tinyurl.com/p3r86mv) says that organic electronics will grow at a 29.5% CAGR between 2014 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Organic TFTs| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Graphene Enables High-Modulation Electrochromic Device

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Electrochromic displays, which change their state (i.e. opaque to transparent) when exposed to electricity, potentially offer low cost and mechanical flexibility. However, fragile materials and material mismatches with the electrodes have so far hampered …

Tags:Electrochromic Displays| Graphene| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Vuzix and SAP Offer Apps for AR Headset

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Augmented Reality – Vuzix has been very busy creating an infrastructure for its M100 augmented reality glasses. SAP, as one of Vuzix’s business partners, is releasing two apps that address the industrial and commercial …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21| Vuzix

EU Clears Dolby/Doremi Acquisition

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The European Commission’s antitrust authorities have approved Dolby Laboratories’ proposed acquisition of Doremi Labs. The two companies signed a definitive agreement in February under the terms of which Dolby would acquire Doremi for $92.5 …

Tags:Dolby| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Monopolies (Anti Trust)| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Wide Color Gamut Updates from SMPTE 2014

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Discussion of wide color gamut at the SMPTE Fall Conference mainly centered around the ramifications of the new ITU BT 2020 color gamut. This is a much larger color gamut than rec. 709 (HDTV) …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Rec 2020| SMPTE 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Comcast Video Losses Slow

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Comcast lost 81,000 video customers QoQ in Q3’14. The company ended the quarter with 22.3 million video customers, which represented a fall of 155,000 YoY – although this was a 36% improvement on losses …

Tags:Cable| Comcast| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

LG Entertains With TV Tuner

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LG’s PA1000T (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) is a bright DLP projector, with an LED light source and DVB-T tuner. As well as TV programming, users can share content via WiDi and MHL. …

Tags:DLP Projectors| DVB-T & T2| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21