Panasonic leads in US hospitality TV channel sales for 2011, says DisplaySearch

Nov 17, 12:18

High-end hotels made the transition to digital and to high definition (HD) before most households, but many smaller hotels, mid-range hotels, and boutique hotels are just now promoting...

Philips, TPV sign agreement on TV joint venture

Nov 2, 15:16

Royal Philips Electronics has announced that it has signed the agreement to transfer its TV business into a joint venture with Hong Kong-based TPV Technology Limited. The new company...

Commentary: LED lighting moving towards patent-dominated market

Oct 24, 12:05

The big LED lighting pie has been attracting many firms to enter the market, heating up competition between traditional and new firms. Fierce competition can lead to patent wars as...

Philips launches LED Lamp Finder App

Oct 19, 12:13

Philips has launched the new Philips LED Lamp Finder App, a smartphone application designed to give consumers guidance on how to find the perfect lamp to light up spaces in homes...

Philips reports 85% on-year decrease in 3Q11 net profits

Oct 18, 15:05

Low demand and consumption, in addition to the weak Euro, have caused Europe-based Philips to report significant falls in third-quarter 2011 revenues. Philips reported third-quarter...

Taiwan share of global LCD TV outsourcing on the decline due to competition from China

Oct 7, 10:39

Global production outsourcing of LCD TVs in 2011 is forecast at 68 million units and Taiwan-based ODM/OEMs will turn out 52.5 million units for a share of 77.2%, lower than 84.3%...

SEMICON Taiwan 2011: Major IDMs participate for procurement talks

Sep 7, 15:36

Major IDMs including Panasonic Semiconductor, Philips, Renesas Electronics and Toshiba are being invited to hold face-to-face procurement talks with Taiwan-based suppliers of chemicals,...

Philips introduces new lighting solutions for vehicles

Sep 6, 14:42

Philips has introduced a new solution to increase the visibility of commercial vehicles, thereby ensuring safer driving during the day and at night. This introduction anticipates...

Philips adopts MediaTek LED TV solutions

Aug 31, 11:11

MediaTek has announced that Royal Philips Electronics has adopted one of its energy saving LED TV IC solutions series. MediaTek TV solutions support digital TV standards worldwide,...

Everlight aims to become top-3 in lighting market, says company chairman

Jun 15, 01:30

LED lighting has been booming and many firms have been trying to enter the lucrative market. Robert Yeh, chairman of LED packaging house Everlight, has revealed the company aims to...

Increasing competition in LED lighting market for Taiwan-based firms

Jun 3, 01:05

Many international firms such as Samsung LED, LG Electronics, and Philips have been aggressively taking market share in the LED lighting market. Samsung has been shifting focus to...

Philips and TPV to create TV joint venture

Apr 19, 14:21

Royal Philips Electronics has announced that it has entered into a term sheet to transfer its television business into a joint venture with TPV Technology as part of a long-term strategic...

AOpen teams up with Philips to tap North American digital signage market

Mar 4, 01:50

AOpen has teamed up with Philips to tap into the digital signage market in North America, with the Dutch-based company responsible for displays and AOpen handling the production of...

Tong Hsing to enjoy profit growth on higher LED ceramic substrate sales, says paper

Stockwatch - Feb 25, 16:38

Tong Hsing Electronic Industries is expected to enjoy profit growth of 57% in 2011, thanks to rising sales of its high-margin ceramic substrate product line, according to a Chinese-language...

LED light source market to reach EUR12 billion in 2015, says Philips

Jan 28, 11:51

The global lighting market will increase at a 7-9% compound annual growth rate from 2010-2015 to EUR80 billion (US$109.63 billion) with emerging markets in Asia and LED lighting as...

Lumileds high-power LED capacity to reach 1 billion in 2011

Jan 26, 01:50

Philips Lumileds expects its high-power LED capacity to reach one billion units in 2011 and aims to reach the level of 200 lumen per US$1 for the cold white LEDs at the end of 2011...

Revenues for LED business account for 14% of Philips total lighting revenues in 4Q10

Jan 26, 01:05

Revenues of LED lighting accounted for 14% of the total lighting revenues of Philips in the fourth quarter of 2010, while its LED subsidiary Lumileds indicated that the LED lighting...

Philips LED lighting revenues to reach 10% of total lighting revenues in 2010

Dec 13, 11:41

LED lighting revenues reached 10% of Royal Philips Electronics' revenues for overall lighting products in the fourth quarter of 2009, and with increasing demand in 2010, the company...

Lite-On IT expected to profit from in-car ODDs beginning 2011

Nov 4, 11:53

Taiwan-based Lite-On IT is expected to begin to profit from ODM production of in-car optical disc drives (ODDs) for automobile manufacturers with projected earnings of NT$350 million...

TPV licenses Philips brand for marketing TVs in China, says report

Sep 30, 15:34

TPV Technology, a China-based ODM of LCD monitors and TVs, and its wholly owned subsidiary AOC Holdings, on September 29 signed with Royal Philips Electronics to obtain 5-year exclusive...

Lextar lands LED lighting OEM orders from Philips and Osram

Aug 3, 11:27

Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker Lextar Electronics, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has landed OEM orders for LED lighting products from Europe-based vendors such...

TPV to take over Philips LCD TV business, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 13, 15:59

Hong Kong-listed TPV Technology is reportedly to take over the LCD TV business of Royal Philips Electronics in order to expand its share in global LCD TV market, according to a report...

Philips and Cree sign LED patent cross-license agreement

Jul 9, 10:18

Philips Electronics and Cree have signed a comprehensive, worldwide patent cross-license agreement designed to further accelerate the growth of the LED lighting market.

Philips to recruit LED experts in Taiwan, say Taiwan makers

Jun 8, 12:32

Royal Philips Electronics, in order to strengthen its LED lighting product lines to have them account for 50% of total lighting sales revenues in 2015, plans to recruit possibly more...

Philips to launch 12 watt LED light bulb in 3Q10

Apr 16, 15:25

Royal Philips Electronics is showcasing its 12 watt LED light bulb at the Light+Building 2010, in Frankfurt, Germany, and the company plans to launch the LED light bulb in the third...

TPV obtains LCD TV orders from Sharp through Mitsui, say sources

Mar 23, 12:10

TPV Technology has obtained OEM orders for LCD TVs from Sharp through Japan-based Mitsui & Co, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

LED light bulb prices may drop to US$10-20 in 2011, says Delta CEO

Mar 22, 11:56

Prices of LED light bulb may drop to US$10-20 in 2011 from current US$30, as the production cost will drop rapidly if Taiwan-based LED players step up producing LED light bulbs amid...

Taiwan market: Philips expects huge growth in 2010 LED business

Mar 16, 12:15

Royal Philips Electronics expects its 2010 LED business sales value in the Taiwan market to be four times the amount for 2009, according to Philips Taiwan general manager Edward Po...

New licensing contracts between Philips and CMC, Ritek effective for only 3 years

Jan 7, 12:25

The new licensing contracts that Philips signed with Taiwan's two largest optical disc makers - CMC Magnetics and Ritek - will only remain in effect for three years instead of 10...

Philips makes large cuts in CD-RW, DVD royalties for CMC, Ritek

Jan 4, 10:14

Royal Philips Electronics has reduced royalty charges for CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW and DVD-RW optical disc formats by 71.4-72.2% from US$0.035-0.036 per disc originally to US$0.01...

Global LCD monitor shipments to reach 180 million units

Dec 30, 14:50

Global LCD monitor shipments are expected to reach 170-180 million units in 2010, of which 10 million units will be all-in-one PCs, according to market sources.

Top-10 vendors to account for 90% of global LCD TV market in 2010

Dec 29, 15:11

Global LCD TV shipments in 2010 are projected to reach 155-170 million units, and shipments from top-10 LCD TV vendors are expected to account for up to 90% of the total LCD TV market,...

Taiwan market: Philips aims at 30% of home lighting market by 2014

Dec 21, 15:57

Philips plans to launch over 200 home lighting products in Taiwan, about 20 of which will be LED models, and the vendor aims to take 30% of the market in five years, according to...