Taiwan shares rose to a fresh 20-month high on Thursday, with liquid-crystal-display panel stocks popular with investors on expectations of strong demand for LCD television sets next year.

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SHANGHAI Interactive Television will begin commercial operation of high-definition TV with a broadcast in the city on Sunday, kicking off with one channel featuring 15 hours of programming daily.

Displaychips Inc has launched an OLED driver chip (DC3100), which is said to integrate DC-DC converter for the first time in the world.

LG Electronics announced its plan to develop a new Unified Display Interface (UDI), a new standard to get video from computers to HD television sets and PC monitors, jointly with frontrunners in the home appliance and desktop computer industry.

An interview with Candice Brown Elliott, founder and chief technology officer of Clairvoyante, introduces the basic technical ideas behind the company's licensed LCD technologies.

The TV analyst says rear-projection TV makers will drop prices to keep pace with flat-screen sets.

SpatiaLight announced that LG Electronics has introduced its 2006 high definition television (HDTV) product lineup highlighted in the above 50-inch category by two LCoS models using SpatiaLight's microdisplays.

South Korean set-top box maker Humax said Monday it has signed a 74 billion won ($73 million) contract to supply its digital set-top boxes to a German broadcasting company.

Korean display makers including Samsung SDI and LG Electronics have maintained their lead in the global market for the second straight year.

Network digital devices company Benq has launched an attractive exchange offer this Christmas on its LCD monitors for its customers.

Chi Mei Optoelectronicshas hired 16 banks to arrange a loan of NT$40 billion for a new plant.

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp (MCC) has developed an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) device offering what it claims is the highest efficiency in the world in its new blue phosphorescence OLED material.

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The Electronics giant stated yesterday that it plans to begin mass production of its second seventh-generation (1870X2200mm) 7-2 line with a monthly capacity of 45,000 units based on mother glass in April next year.