Broadband TV News September 30, 2024 23.01 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger Kylian Mbappé has become a shareholder in German electronics manufacturer Loewe Technology With the French professional footballer’s investment the long-established brand aims to further strengthen its global position open up new markets and expand its position among younger No information was provided on the scope of the investment or financial details “I’ve always been passionate about technology and innovation,” said Mbappé “Loewe is a brand that stands for dedication performance and authenticity – values that inspire me both on and off the pitch I look forward to contributing to the brand’s next step and helping it achieve new successes especially as it evolves to meet the demands of today’s customers.” the aim of Mbappé’s investment is to accelerate the company’s global growth strategy particularly in regions such as North America and Asia The partnership is also expected to drive new product innovation interactive home entertainment experiences designed for a modern lifestyle said: “We are delighted to have Kylian Mbappé join the Loewe family His influence goes beyond sport and makes him an ideal partner to modernise our brand and appeal to a new generation of consumers we will combine our heritage in premium products with Kylian’s global appeal and drive impressive innovations that reflect both luxury and cutting-edge technology.” In addition to expanding Loewe’s product range and market presence the collaboration will also focus on initiatives that promote access to technology for all – in line with Kylian Mbappé’s commitment to social causes was founded in 1923 and manufactures smart TVs and other TV and audio devices ‘made in Germany’ Kylian Mbappé played for AS Monaco and then Paris Saint-Germain where he became the top scorer in the club’s history before moving to Real Madrid in summer 2024 Jörn reports on the latest developments in Germany he has been working as a freelance journalist writes articles in specialist publications Jörn is also a moderator of panel discussions at industry events such as ANGA COM Today, consumers are increasingly using bandwidth-intensive and latency-sensitive workloads, such as 4K and 8K streaming, online gaming, and AR/VR applications. As a result, Internet Service Providers must update their networks and by extension Wi-Fi experiences and performance. … [Download the White Paper ...] Copyright © 2025 Broadband TV News LLP · Log in This metal and concrete TV is as sturdy (and stylish) as they come By purchasing these units open cell and manufacturing them in-house Loewe has been able to choose how it wants to mount the display within the frame of the TV This has allowed for the unique stone backing material which Loewe has assured us is 100 per cent real concrete each TV will be individual as the manufacturing process in which the concrete is poured will deliver a slightly different pattern each time and it even has a pleasing animation that opens and closes when you turn the TV on or off Around the edge of the TV is a brushed aluminium border which looks suitably premium while the cross-shaped stand is made of the same material and it can rotate too.  with support for 4K/120Hz gaming with VRR and ALLM with wireless connectivity support for Loewe's range of wireless home cinema speakers.  Now, this is a Loewe TV, so a hefty price tag is to be expected. This TV comes in 42, 48-, 55-, 65-, 77-, 83-, and 97-inch sizes, with prices starting at £3299 / €3299 for the smallest 42-inch variant. That's likely to put a strain on your wallet, especially considering that's over double the price of the LG C4 the 83-inch model will set you back a whopping £18,999 / €19,999 while the 97-inch model is yet to receive an RRP Loewe only plans on selling this in the UK and select European markets hence the absent US and Australian pricing.  And check out our picks for the best OLED TVs Senior Staff WriterLewis Empson is a Senior Staff Writer on What Hi-Fi? He was previously Gaming and Digital editor for Cardiff University's 'Quench Magazine' Lewis graduated in 2021 and has since worked on a selection of lifestyle magazines and regional newspapers You will be automatically redirected to the requested page after 3 seconds.Don't close this page By Jonathan Marker | National Archives News 2019 — Three photo historians combed through National Archives holdings to compile a book of photographs taken by World War II military photographers giving people a glimpse into the devastation and destruction of that conflict Two anti-tank infantrymen of the 101st Infantry Regiment dash past a blazing German gasoline trailer in the square of Kronach View in National Archives Catalog co-authors of Aftershock: The Human Toll of War Army Signal Corps photographers in World War II during a panel presentation at the National Archives in Washington The book is a compendium of Signal Corps photographs taken in the final year of World War II that the authors individually scanned from original negatives in the National Archives holdings Cahan is a former picture editor for the Chicago Sun-Times and the author of 24 books on history and photography Jacob is a former editor for the Chicago Tribune and an author of eight books on history and photography and publisher who produced more than a dozen books and co-authored eight Army Center of Military History; Rebecca Raines also a historian at the Center of Military History and author of History of the U.S Army Signal Corps; and Kaitlyn Crain Enriquez an archives specialist from the National Archives Still Picture Branch “The Army Signal Corps photographic collection is one of the largest in the National Archives Still Picture Branch The roughly one million images covering World War One through 1981 chronicle military activities during war and peace on the front line and on the homefront,” Archivist of the United States David Ferriero said during his opening remarks at the event we remember and honor the soldier photographers who were a witness to the postwar destruction in a world forever changed.” the panel event highlighted the book Aftershock: The Human Toll of War Many digitized images captured by the Signal Corps in 1945 can be viewed through the National Archives Catalog A selection of these photographs can be viewed in the photo gallery below Because the photographs were taken by military personnel while on duty they are considered to be in the public domain strategic communications officer for the U.S “These Signal Corps photo teams—carrying what was then state-of-the-art equipment—would go out into combat operations and cover the events where civilian journalists either wouldn’t go or couldn’t go,” Reynolds said “The results captured on film through their lenses were some of the most iconic pictures of World War II These images were used not only by the U.S Army but also in newspapers and magazines and films throughout the United States and around the world.” who serves as the Center of Military History’s digital historian and the U.S The Signal Corps photographic collection provides “a rich source of information and tell us so much about the experience of the soldier in the war that we couldn't get anywhere else,” Villard said “I am pleased tonight to be moderating a panel of experts who will tell us more about this incredible part of Army history in the Second World War that I think is not well known but really ought to be.” Villard noted the importance of photos as historical documents “The Army Signal Corps photo collection is one of the great national treasures,” Villard said “I think most historians don’t give photographs the proper due I think there’s a wealth of information; I personally have learned so much by spending so much time with the photographs but there’s just something about those images and the information they contain.” Cahan spoke about the origin of the book project and the reason we chose the Army Signal Corps was that the Army was on every continent and on the ground during World War II,” Cahan said and the Coast Guard produced great photographs we thought that there was a continuity among Army photographs.  we decided to concentrate on 1945 because many of the still photos and the films that Signal Corps photographers took of 1943 and 1944—the action photos that we are all aware of—they've been shown in a lot of books When 1945 came around and the war started waning there wasn’t as much attention given to this time Cahan further explained that Aftershock is “about men—and they were all men—in World War II who went to war with cameras instead of guns The truth of it was they were provided sidearms ‘there was no way to shoot pictures and shoot guns at the same time.’ And they all chose to use their cameras The subtitle of the book is The Human Toll of War, and [the photographers] show us exactly that There were about 70 photographers who took the 300 pictures in the book and we tracked down the story of almost every one of them.” Twenty-two men from the U.S. 7th Army are lined up on the barrel of a German 274mm railroad gun captured near Rentwertshausen. (National Archives Identifier 531256) Members of a tank destroyer crew play craps while they wait for a roadblock to be removed on the road to Eisfeld, Germany. (National Archives Identifier 6927819) Women's living quarters at the Gusen Concentration Camp, Austria. Photo by Technician 4th Class Sam Gilbert, 166th Signal Company (National Archives Identifier 142663271) A Russian slave laborer, who was among the prisoners liberated by the 3rd Armored Division, points out former Nazi guard who brutally beat prisoners. (National Archives Identifier 531262) Starved prisoners pose in a concentration camp in Ebensee, Austria, after it was liberated by the 80th Division. The camp was reputedly used for "scientific" experiments. (National Archives Identifier 531271) At the Yalta Conference, the Big Three—Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Premier Josef Stalin—make final plans for the defeat of Germany. (National Archives Identifier 531340) Japanese officials arrive at the surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri. (National Archives Identifier 142663482) Jacob talked about the impact of the photograph they selected for the book’s cover which we think goes great with the title of Aftershock a Pennsylvania kid who was an infantry soldier and was captured in the Battle of the Bulge,” Jacob said “He was taken back to Germany to work slave labor he escaped with a comrade and hid in a house in Germany He’s wearing the cap of the German officer whom he killed and he’s got this thousand-yard stare he’s got the most exhausted face I’ve ever seen and he just looks like he’s been through what the whole world had been through for years.” Raines pointed out the context of the Signal Corps’ work in World War II “The outbreak of World War II created a huge demand for photography and required the Signal Corps to really up its operations in that area,” Raines said “The War Department finally issued regulations that gave responsibility to the Signal Corps for all photographic work except that specifically assigned to other arms and branches the emphasis was placed on combat photography “The Army tried to draft professional photographers . [but] the need outstripped the supply the Signal Corps conducted training in Astoria [NY] for both still and motion picture cameramen in New York City The center also trained the many specialists required for photographic work combat photography had provided a wealth of still pictures and motion pictures alike although Aftershock presents some graphic images censorship of similar images taken during World War Two would not allow such images to be shown to the general public “The public received a much more realistic look at warfare than they’d ever had before.” Enriquez provided insight into how the U.S Army Signal Corps photograph collection is organized at the National Archives: The Army Signal Corps collection is our largest collection The Army Signal Corps photographs were transferred to the National Archives in four trunks—we call them accessions—so they came in four years In reading the paperwork I gathered in preparation for tonight’s event there was a really interesting quote I found and I want to read it: "This material is a part of the oldest continuous photographic file in the history of the government and the best-known file because of its coverage of military operations of the United States the importance of the records need not be stressed." That’s a lot to say because we have over 18 million photographs and this is the oldest and largest collection Enriquez noted that there are inherent limitations that could make finding specific records difficult “I always like to start with setting expectations and things that you don't find in the Signal Corps collection or a lot of our military records is that we do not have a photo of every single person who has served in the military,” Enriquez said having the unit lineage helps because you can look under the hierarchy of it.” The recorded program is available on the National Archives YouTube channel Find out about upcoming events in the National Archives online calendar Contact Us · Accessibility · Privacy Policy · Freedom of Information Act · No FEAR Act · USA.gov Germany-based Loewe announced that it has established its own OLED TV assembly line The new facility is said to be based on a 'radically designed' production process The line will begin full-scale production by the end of May Loewe revealed that it is buying 'open-cell' WOLED panels from LG Display - and this is the first production line in Europe that can work with such panels (as opposed to complete OLED modules used in all other EU-based lines) Working with open-cell panels enables Loewe to have more control over the process and the design of its premium TVs This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page not a week has gone by without the automotive supply industry announcing hundreds of redundancies and the closure of entire plants Often structurally weak regions are affected where it is almost impossible to find a new job Continental will close its plant in Gifhorn (Lower Saxony) by the end of 2027 ZF Friedrichshafen is closing its shock absorber factory in Eitorf (North Rhine Westphalia) with 700 employees and the transmission plant in Brandenburg with 1,500 jobs is acutely threatened Jobs are also at risk at ZF locations in Saarland Schaeffler is cutting 100 of 500 jobs at its component plant for combustion engines in Ingolstadt Schaeffler plans to eliminate 1,300 of around 80,000 jobs worldwide in the next few months Marelli will close its plant in Brotterode where 900 employees manufacture car headlights Fehrer is shutting down its two northern Bavarian plants in Großlangheim and Wiesentheid by the end of 2024 which together employ 370 people and produce components and trim for vehicle interiors Otto Fuchs plans to cut 500 to 600 of the nearly 3,000 jobs in its automotive division in Sauerland (NRW) Magna wants to gradually close its rear-view mirror production in Dorfprozelten 250 of 450 employees will continue to be employed until 2027 The group had already shut down its plant in Bad Windsheim (also Bavaria) at the end of 2022 Lear is divesting its lighting and audio division and plans to eliminate 380 jobs in Kronach in northern Bavaria hundreds more workers who manufacture car seats fear for their jobs where 250 workers produced car seats for Opel-Rüsselsheim Other auto suppliers planning to cut jobs in the coming months are Stabilus in Koblenz and Joyson Recall and Waldaschaff in the Upper Main region of Bavaria This wave of layoffs has been going on for a long time the number of employees in the German automotive supply industry fell from 311,000 to 274,000 In many cases, those affected have fought for their jobs. For example, in Karben where Continental closed a plant with over a thousand jobs two years ago where they threatened an indefinite strike But workers always faced not only ruthless managers but also the IG Metall union and its company officials IG Metall (IGM) has enormous power in the car and supplier industries Many of its 2.17 million members work in this sector IGM officials and works council representatives sit on the supervisory boards of all large auto and supplier companies and are closely networked throughout Germany and internationally they occasionally organise protests and even threaten to “fight” so as not to lose control of the resistance refuse to mobilise support in other plants of the group or the industry and eventually sell out the jobs in exchange for a “social collective agreement” or the promise to delay the shutdown for a few months Without understanding this role of IG Metall social and job cuts requires a break with the union apparatuses and the building of independent rank-and-file action committees it is worth taking a closer look at the auto industry and its suppliers Hardly anywhere else is the bankruptcy of Germany’s much vaunted “social partnership” and the transformation of the trade unions into corporate co-managers and industrial police force so obvious The automotive sector is the most important industrial sector in Germany it turned over €411 billion and directly employed 786,000 people Three quarters of the turnover was accounted for by vehicle manufacturers one fifth (€80 billion) by the supplier industry the spare parts trade and other secondary sectors 2.2 million and thus 7 percent of all jobs subject to social insurance contributions are directly dependent on the auto industry the car industry is dominated by globally operating corporations to a degree almost without equal The supply chains extend across numerous national borders While less complex operations have been outsourced to low-wage countries in Germany alone 140,000 workers in the car industry are employed in research A large proportion of the cars produced in Germany are exported and Audi play a particularly important role German car companies generated two-thirds of their turnover abroad They also maintain numerous plants in other European countries 3.5 million passenger cars were produced in Germany itself and 9.6 million passenger cars of German group brands were produced abroad This international integration is even more pronounced in the supplier industry maintain plants at hundreds of locations in several dozen countries had been the world market leader in this sector has 400,000 employees in 60 countries and an annual turnover of €45 billion 140,000 of them work at 85 German locations Continental (number three in the world ranking) employs 241,000 people at 540 locations in 60 countries and ZF Friedrichshafen (number four) 150,000 at 230 locations in 40 countries Schaeffler is represented at 170 locations in 50 countries employs 92,000 people and is also a major shareholder of Continental there are numerous internationally active German suppliers whose names are hardly known to the wider public: Brose (Coburg) with 26,000 employees at 63 locations in 23 countries; Fritz Dräxlmaier (Vilsbiburg) with 75,000 employees at 60 locations in 20 countries; LEONI (Nuremberg) with 95,000 employees in 32 countries; HELLA with 39,000 employees at 125 locations in 35 countries These suppliers are constantly shedding plants and whole divisions and buying new ones in order to optimise their results and squeeze every last cent of profit out of the working class Some of them are also active in other sectors the supplier industry is increasingly coming under pressure from international competition only one Asian company was among the ten largest suppliers in the world there were already five from Japan and South Korea the Chinese battery manufacturer CATL is in second place behind Bosch The global battle for market share and profits has been further exacerbated by the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic and the Ukraine war which have led to supply chain bottlenecks Added to this is the switch to electric vehicles which requires high investment costs and devalues many elaborate technologies in which German companies were leaders the consulting firm PwC published a study according to which German automotive suppliers have lost a global market share of 2.7 percentage points since 2019—“as much as they were previously able to gain with difficulty in 20 years”—and are also in last place in terms of profit margin “Competitiveness is in acute danger—and things are already slipping.” The battle for global market share and profits is being ruthlessly fought on the backs of the working class the levels of exploitation are being increased and factory sections and entire plants that do not generate top returns are being shut down and unions are merging into a unified whole They are increasingly openly resorting to trade war measures and naked violence to gain access to raw materials which President Biden is using to subsidise US corporations to the tune of $430 billion under the pretext of climate protection and energy security is seen in Europe as a protectionist measure that puts European companies at a disadvantage The European Union and the German government are fighting back with the same weapon the electronics giant Intel alone is receiving government subsidies of €10 billion to build a chip factory in Magdeburg Another €10 billion are earmarked for two chip factories in Dresden And all this under conditions where the federal government has been arguing for weeks because allegedly a few billion euros to reduce child poverty cannot be found The US has imposed aggressive sanctions against China which are intended to cut off the country from pioneering technologies and thus slow down its economic rise Washington has ruled that the latest generation of microchips and machines for their production may no longer be delivered to China markets and profit is not only fought out with economic weapons While the wars of the US and its European allies in the Middle East during the last three decades were mainly about oil strategic raw materials such as lithium and rare earths are now at the centre of imperialist conflicts This is why NATO is ruthlessly fueling the Ukraine war and investing tens of billions to defeat Russia militarily Both Russia and Ukraine itself have large quantities of these strategic raw materials the nuclear power Russia is to be eliminated as a potential ally of China which has been officially declared a “strategic rival” by both the US and the EU The developments in the car and supplier industries show the whole irrationality of the capitalist system which Marx had already exposed in his main work Das Kapital The huge technological progress in the fields of information technology and renewable energies which play an important role in the auto industry does not serve to make work easier and solve social problems like the climate crisis but to increase the profits of corporations worth billions and to make the life of the working class unbearable technological innovations lead to social regression and war which threatens the continued existence of humanity The trade unions do not oppose this development Their transformation from reformist workers’ organisations into co-managers and corporate stooges began four decades ago with the globalisation of production During the economic boom of the post-war period when the production process was even more concentrated on a national scale they had pursued the strategy of extracting a “fair” share of growth for their members They often spoke of a “cake” that was to be shared and sometimes even organised strikes The globalisation of production that began in the 1980s knocked this possibility out of their hands The liberalisation of trade and financial markets were implemented under the governments of Ronald Reagan Lower costs of transport and the improvement of global communications enabled corporations to move production to countries where wages were cheap The unions responded by turning into corporate lackeys Although the “pie” is distributed much more unfairly today than it was 40 years ago—a manager in one of Germany’s top firms listed on the Dax earns 70 instead of 15 times as much as an average worker and large corporations make quarterly profits in the tens of billions—the unions deny any clash of interests between workers and capital They have subscribed to the neoliberal theory that the more profits flow Instead of fighting for the division of the national “pie” between labour and capital they are now fighting for a larger share of German corporations in the world market They are fighting for the competitiveness of “Germany as an industrial location”—even if this means layoffs lower wages and increased exploitation for their members They do this because they themselves profit handsomely from it A trade union official or a works council representative (who is relieved from working on the production line) earns much more than an assembly line worker In the metal and steel industries in particular union secretaries and works council chairmen are not infrequently rewarded at the end of their careers with company board positions that earn them a salary of a million eruos along with a fat pension This transformation of the trade unions is not limited to Germany with its legally enshrined “co-determination” (supposedly meaning employee representation in the factory and on the company board) The trade unions have an army of shop stewards in the factories and thousands of works council representatives paid by the companies They sit on the supervisory boards of large companies and with 220 full-time employees and an annual budget of €80 million conducts economic research and trains works council reps and trade union officials not only describes itself as the largest trade union in the world but its president Jörg Hofmann is also deputy chairman of the supervisory board of Volkswagen and a member of the supervisory board of Bosch He also goes in and out of the Chancellor’s Office and plays a leading role in regular meetings between the government in cooperation with the Hans Böckler Foundation holds an annual “suppliers’ conference” at which works council reps and union officials are sworn into their roles as co-managers Alarmed by the wave of redundancies in the supplier industry which took place on March 29 at the Maritim Airport Hotel in Hanover with the participation of Jörg Hofmann It was symptomatic of the transformation of the trade unions into corporate organizations IG Metall did not declare war on the insatiable corporate bosses and financial sharks who are driving the worldwide attacks on auto workers but begs them to use their help in the “transformation process.” For long passages the statement reads like the paper from a management consultancy providing advice to corporations on how to optimise their profits “that companies are not facing up to their responsibility to shape the future together with us as equals: Such elementary change processes only succeed together.” And: “Developing the industry for the future and shaping the transformation socially and ecologically are central tasks of politics The declaration calls on the companies to “work together with the works councils on new business models with future-proof products” when redesigning the product portfolio in the course of the transformation Workshops were held at the conference in which trade union secretary Dr worked to determine the “future viability of their location.” Menez who heads the “Transformation Team” in the IGM Stuttgart district That’s why works councils also have to name strategic goals.” The “Hanover Declaration” is imbued with a nationalism behind which even the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) pales Although most workers in the affected corporations are employed outside Germany and there are international works councils dominated by IG Metall in many of these corporations there is not a single word about the fate of these workers to which IG Metall sometimes paid lip service in the past has been replaced by the Saint Florian principle: “Please spare my house “The aim must be to maintain industrial value creation in Germany,” the statement reads “Structural change in the automotive and supplier industries must not be at the expense of workers in Germany.” And what about the workers in other locations the “structural change” should be at their expense IG Metall is also offering its services to companies in order to pressure the German government to take tougher trade war measures and to loosen up further billions in subsidies “Germany and Europe must also pursue active and strategic industrial policies so that Europe can become the lead market for a successful energy and mobility turnaround,” the “Hanover Declaration” says referring to Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act IG Metall also demands support from the federal government in cutting more jobs: “Labour market policy instruments must also be made available to facilitate transfers to other companies if continued employment in the company is no longer possible.” It is obvious that jobs and social gains cannot be defended with a trade union that pushes the “transformation process” in close cooperation with the corporate boards The job cuts in the German auto and supplier industries are part of a comprehensive attack on the international working class which is further aggravated by the growing expenditure on armaments and war Gigantic sums are being poured into the renewal of nuclear arsenals the expansion of armed forces and the financing of the Ukraine war This money is to be squeezed out of the working class The “new era” announced by Chancellor Scholz can only be financed by cutting social spending and wages It should not be forgotten that Hitler was brought to power in 1933 by the bourgeois parties and authorised to establish a dictatorship in order to crush the workers’ movement and convert the economy to war production No one should believe that such a thing could not happen again Many large car and supplier companies are still owned by families like the Porsches who had become rich under Hitler through “Aryanisation” and forced labour Resistance to these attacks is developing everywhere only last week the 150,000 workers of the “Big Three”—Ford General Motors and Stellantis—voted by 97 percent to strike for better wages If this resistance remains under union control incomes and jobs requires a strategy that is irreconcilably opposed to the “social partnership” of the unions: ShareSaveCommentInnovationConsumer TechLoewe Launches Europe’s First ‘Open Cell’ OLED TV Production LineByJohn Archer Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights 06:08pm EDTShareSaveCommentLuxury AV brand Loewe has revealed that it has established its own OLED TV manufacturing line at its headquarters in Kronach This would stand as an impressive achievement for any TV brand but it counts as a huge statement of intent from what has been until now a relatively niche brand not widely known outside its homeland (though its products are now available in nearly 30 European countries) Adding even more weight to Loewe’s bold new TV move is the fact that its new OLED TV production line is the only one in Europe that’s capable of working with so-called ‘open cell’ OLED panels rather than the more complete OLED modules used on all other European OLED production lines Loewe's unique-in-Europe new OLED TV manufacturing line goes into full production in May it enables Loewe’s design team to have a much deeper level of control over the production process potentially enabling them to come up with unique design options - in keeping with Loewe’s long history of delivering highly distinctive it shows an exceptional level of co-operation and trust between Loewe and its LG Display OLED panel provider which wouldn’t exclusively supply Loewe with open cell OLED resources if it didn’t have full confidence in the quality of Loewe’s new production line facilities Being able to control its own production line on the same premises that its engineers and designers work means that the brand will be able to adapt more quickly and easily to changing market conditions or feedback from customers The latter being another aspect of its customer experience that Loewe prides itself on The creation of its own OLED production design also fits with the ‘Engineered & Made In Germany’ seal of quality marketing message that Loewe has thrived on since it was founded just over a hundred years ago Not being able to control almost every part of a Loewe OLED TV’s production on its own historic factory premises like it controls essentially every part of the construction of its other products has long felt like an anomaly for the famously ‘hands on’ brand From now on its premium OLED TVs will be truly Loewe products both inside and out The Kronach facility where almost every aspect of potentially radically designed new Loewe TVs can now be created hosts only around 200 employees enabling Loewe to create a workforce where everyone is dedicated to delivering the sort of premium quality richly featured and elegant looking products that the brand depends on to stand out from the AV crowd "We are immensely proud of this development,” says Christian Alber “It’s Loewe's unique selling point in the market and further anchors the 'Made in Germany' message that has always been a part of our DNA This expansion is also another component of our commitment to sustainability” Full manufacturing from Loewe’s new OLED line will start from May this year and we wait with bated breath to see what potentially ground-breaking new OLED designs might emerge from it would give it more control over the design and production of the panels Starting in May 2024, LG Display will supply open-cell OLED panels to Loewe which is essentially a bare panel without the integrated circuitry at the German TV maker's production facility in Kronach Loewe has been working with LG OLED for a while now – it started a strategic partnership with LG Display in 2013 – but this is the first time that it will have more control over the entire process we get the glass from LG but we assemble the complete product," Christian Alber This gives Loewe more flexibility to make its OLED TVs standout from the competition by allowing for more customization The idea is that Loewe won't be buying in completed TV screens and then just building a TV around it but will instead be able to tweak how the panels work with its own customizations There's also the added benefit of taking more of the assembly process in house to save on costs Does that mean we'll see cheaper Loewe TVs There's no official word on this yet but given its commitment to the luxury market we wouldn't expect it to stray too far into the budget arena LG Display started offering open-cell OLED TV panels from its Guangzhou fab in 2019 making this new partnership with Loewe a long time in the making we wanted to find a way to be different," Alber says going on to explain how if it simply continued to use the same OLED displays as its competitors that it would be difficult to do this.  After all, its commitment to offering a premium OLED TV experience has always been clear from its unique design approach. We previously said that its concrete OLED TV is the kind of weird design icon we need more of and Loewe's doubling down on its promise to that approach by taking even more control of the production.  is down to an increasing focus on sustainability He recounts a recent story about a customer who wanted their old Loewe TV repaired The model was almost 20 years old but it was able to replace and repair the panels to give it six more years of life.  which is why Loewe is committed to building a durable product that can last and be repairable Repairable OLED TVs is not something you hear a lot about and for a product that is known for its high energy consumption it's nice to hear companies taking more steps in this sustainable direction Home EntertainmentAmelia became the Senior Editor for Home Entertainment at TechRadar in the UK in April 2023 With a background of more than eight years in tech and finance publishing she's now leading our coverage to bring you a fresh perspective on everything to do with TV and audio When she's not tinkering with the latest gadgets and gizmos in the ever-evolving world of home entertainment Loewe celebrates a very special anniversary: On January 22 Loewe has developed into a globally active tradition-rich company in the luxury segment and has played a decisive role in shaping the consumer electronics industry over the decades with milestones in design Loewe celebrates 100 years of company history in 2023: Even a century after its founding by Siegmund and David Ludwig Loewe in Berlin the brand continues to shape the consumer electronics segment and is operating today as Loewe Technology GmbH in 42 countries with a broad range of high-quality The heart of Loewe is the high-tech production site and the 200 employees primarily at the headquarters in Kronach since Loewe stands for aesthetically sophisticated design: timeless minimalist – the design philosophy is defined by these attributes Loewe products are carefully planned to the smallest detail and – typically Loewe – made for longevity the Loewe brand continues to create magical product experiences in people’s everyday lives The history of the Loewe brand is filled with impressive milestones: In 1931 together with researcher Manfred von Ardenne Loewe presented the world’s first fully electronic television set After the opening of the production plant in Kronach in 1948 Loewe impressed the world with further pioneering achievements in modern television and consumer electronics the first mass-produced television set on the market the Loewe Optaport made television entertainment mobile for the first time and with the introduction of color television toward the end of the 1960s Loewe introduced another market innovation with the stereo television Loewe presented the first Smart TV Xelos@Media in 1997 A Century Of Excellence: “Made in Germany“ from Kronach With its headquarters and manufacturing site in Kronach, Loewe remains clearly committed to its tradition and will remain firmly rooted in the region in the future. Producing in Germany on the basis of the manufacturing concept enables a high level of adaptability: in contrast to mass production, Loewe focuses on individuality and flexibility of the product concepts. An equally important part of Loewe’s DNA is sustainability: the company is committed to producing beautifully designed By selecting the finest and highest quality materials careful precision work creates sustainable products that impress with energy efficiency software updates as well as years of repair capability production already runs on 100 percent green electricity We use cookies for keeping our website reliable and secure providing social media features and to analyse how our website is used Home > Exhibitions > The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist 2014 sees the 10th anniversary of the Banco Santander Foundation’s sponsorship of the Guest Work programme Some fifty guest artworks have been presented in the 44 editions of the programme held over the last ten years The Banco Santander Foundation has also contributed on occasion to the Programme by loaning major works from its own collection involving a painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder entitled The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist a signed work by the same artist from 1534 So on this occasion the programme brings together two very different works by the same artist greatly enhancing the original initiative: one painting has an evangelical theme by no means frequent in Cranach’s production while the other is a nude study of Lucretia one of the artist’s favourite subjects either on his own or with help from members of his workshop Cranach produced  upwards of sixty versions of the same theme 1553) is one of the world’s great artists and a leading figure of the German Renaissance His adopted surname comes from his birthplace the small German city of Kronach (Franconia) where his father taught him the rudiments of his craft A fervent enthusiast of the Protestant Reformation for whom he painted educational religious works and several portraits He also created his own ideal of the female nude which remains attractive and alluring even today although he is recorded as being in Vienna in 1502 or thereabouts The atmosphere revolving around the university there had a great influence on Cranach on being appointed court painter to the elector Friedrich III he worked as a painter and engraver while also organizing guilds overseeing ceremonies and taking responsibility for the general aesthetic feel of the court he was also the proprietor of a bookshop and an apothecary shop launching a number of other business initiatives that brought him prosperity and social status In 1508 he went on a diplomatic mission to the Emperor Maximilian’s court in the Netherlands At this point an appreciable shift in his painting occurred towards much more smoothly modelled figures From 1520 commissions flowed into his busy workshop where his sons Hans and Lucas Cranach the Younger both worked the workshop produced many works on classical and mythological themes In the last years of his life Cranach accompanied the Elector John Frederick I into exile Lucas Cranach the Elder left a large body of paintings and engravings and a workshop that survived him and continued to create versions of his works decades after his death started using a winged serpent or dragon as a signature in 1508 taking it from the coat of arms he was awarded by Frederick the Wise He painted the serpent with upraised wings until 1537 Cranach expressed his immense sadness symbolically by painting the serpent with its wings lowered to the horizontal the creature continued to figure on Cranach’s paintings as a genuine trademark Cranach’s way of working was in fact quite unusual Until around 1530 he produced original paintings he began to repeat his more successful themes like Adam and Eve the Judgement of Paris and nymphs at the fountain or old segments and motifs re-assembled or moved around to different effect To produce the huge number of paintings required of him Bearing in mind how old Cranach was by then it seems highly unlikely he had much to do with the production side of the business Although this panel has been dated to the period between 1518 and 1520 the serpent with lowered wings forcefully suggests that it was in fact produced after 1537 In the Friedländer and Rosenberg catalogue the classic work of reference on the painter no mention is made of any panel illustrating this particular theme The authors do cite a Saint John the Baptist auctioned in Berlin in 1902 but not one illustrating the passage where he preaches More interesting is a woodcut dated 1516 on this theme A good number of variations are made in the portrayals of the people listening to the sermon it is clear Cranach very rarely drew on this particular Evangelical passage for inspiration One unusual feature of the painting is the improvised pulpit used by Saint John to preach from a lopped tree trunk with a crossed branch in front acting as a barrier to prevent him from falling forwards The Baptist is preaching to a congregation of ten stood before him and three knights in the background The unrelieved green of thick trees and turf fills the space in sharp contrast to the colourfully dressed figures Similarities to other works by Cranach are not easy to find At most one might point to the knights’ armour or their horses the leaves on the trees and perhaps also the clothes of the standing congregation although there is something rather rigid about the vertical folds of their robes largely determined by the composition and the colour arrangement together with the fragility of the figures suggest that this painting was produced by members of the workshop under the Master’s direction 1553) The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist LucretiaPresenting a major acquisition no muestran las páginas y sitios dentro de los estándares web actuales y están llenos de \"bugs\" por lo que no ofrecen las funciones de los navegadores modernos y están sometidos a graves problemas de seguridad por los virus y el \"malware\" comprometen la calidad de visualización de los sitios web y limitan la creación de los desarrolladores y diseñadores ya 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You can get more information in our privacy policy Press the ACCEPT button to confirm that you have read and accepted the information presented Loewe isn't manufacturing OLED panels entirely from scratch but it is taking the apparently unique approach of buying the OLED glass and 'open cell components'  from an unnamed Korean OLED display vendor (no points for guessing who it might be) buy the full OLED assembly (usually from the same vendor Loewe says the intention here is to be able to further customise panel performance and allow the brand to 'readily adapt to market conditions' and 'proactively integrate customer feedback'.  Loewe claims that everything from the design to the software development and final assembly of its TVs will take place in Kronach with an even greater emphasis on the brand's heritage and links to the area While it might be easy to visualise a large-scale production plant Loewe's relatively compact and dedicated workforce of 200 employees will play an integral part in the OLED panel production Loewe assures us that every step of the manufacturing process will be completed with precision equipment and strict testing procedures to ensure 'absolute perfection down to the finest details' Read our full Loewe Bild i.55 review Lucas Cranach The Elder (Kronach 1472 – 1553 Weimar) “The Bocca Della Verità (The Mouth Of Truth),” oil and tempera on red beechwood panel LONDON — Led by Lucas Cranach the Elder’s masterpiece “La Bocca della Verità,” making its public debut selling for $14.4 million — a new auction record for the artist — Sotheby’s Old Master and British paintings evening sale July 8 achieved $60.7 million Six new artists auction records were established “As the market for Old Master and British paintings continues to evolve we’re seeing an ever more discerning and international collector base vying for a greater diversity of works or a ground-breaking still life created by a female artist over four centuries ago we saw both new and established buyers from Europe Paintings spanning five centuries continue to surprise and excite.” saw nearly half of its offerings at 46 percent making their auction debuts with 43 percent of the sale selling above high estimate Sotheby’s Old Master worldwide total to date this year is now $187.1 million the Luchas Cranach the Elder painting was hotly pursued by three bidders setting a new auction record and nearly doubling the previous record This rare German Renaissance masterpiece is among Lucas Cranach the Elder’s most important works Four paintings from the Collections of Castle Howard together  attained $14 million five other works performed well in Sotheby’s “Treasures” sale also setting a new auction record for the artist at auction Auction highlights included Ferdinand Bol’s “Portrait of a boy,” 1652 setting a new auction record for the artist at auction; a portrait of Henry VIII from the workshop of Hans Holbein was beheaded on the grounds of alleged adultery and working in the studio of his uncle Canaletto Also achieving auction records were Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo’s unfinished portrait of the artist’s family at $4.4 million; one of the earliest Italian still lifes by female artist Fede Galizia’s for $2.4 million; Joseph Heintz the Elder’s recently rediscovered work “Diana and Callisto” $748,000 and John Martin’s Paradise Lost–inspired work fetching $4.2 million For more information, www.sothebys.com or +44 20 7293 5000 To celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation the Uffizi hosts an exhibition comprising a precious group of paintings and engravings on reformed themes from the Medici collections.Martin Luther pinned his ninety-five theses against the sale of indulgences and the authority of the pope to the door of the Schlosskirche in Wittemberg on 31 October 1517 thus paving the way for the Protestant Reformation To mark the 500th anniversary of this momentous event the Uffizi hosts an exhibition in the Sala Detti comprising a precious group of paintings and engravings on Lutheran themes from the Medici collections The exhibits include the icons of the Reformed Church: portraits of Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon the two theologians who promoted the Protestant Reformation; portraits of Luther a former Cistercian nun; and of the brothers Frederick III the Wise and Johann the Steadfast Electors of Saxony and political advocates and champions of the Reformation All of these paintings were a product of the flourishing workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder the new religious tendency's official painter The portraits are displayed alongside an old copy of a portrait of Luther the Adam and Eve diptych that is Lucas Cranach's unquestioned masterpiece John the Baptist that testifies to his skill in depicting themes associated both with the new Reformed and the traditional Catholic approaches to spirituality This centenary provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the unique concentration of such items in the Medici collections undoubtedly due in part to the effectiveness of the Lutheran propaganda machine Just as translations of the Bible – personally edited by Luther and his closest aides who tailored them to cater for differing degrees of literacy to ensure their widespread dissemination – reflected a careful policy of language and image so in the artistic field Lucas Cranach the Elder (Kronach 1472 – 1553 Weimar) a personal friend of Luther and court painter to the Elector Palatine Frederick III the Wise created the works that were intended for circulation as manifestos of the new ideology a supporter of Luther and of his religious agenda formulated the official iconography of the portraits of the movement's leaders basing it on the utmost simplicity:  Luther and Melanchthon whose effigy with her husband as a couple testified to the abolition of celibacy for priests were joined by the Electors Palatine Frederick III the Wise and his brother Johann I the Steadfast they too having a role in the iconographic programme Cranach was also producing engravings of images designed to illustrate the religious texts of the Reformation and even publishing a part of them himself The exhibition hosts three series of engravings of the highest quality illustrating such religious themes as the Passion of Christ the Apostles and the Martyrdom of the Apostles Cranach had no option but to take as his yardstick the genius of Dürer in whose work he sought inspiration while nevertheless succeeding in crafting an original approach to his subjects The exhibition hosts several important examples of this fruitful interaction between the two masters particularly in connection with the theme of the Penitence of St Allegorical prints poking fun at the hierarchy of the Church of Rome of which the Medici collections are of course totally devoid are represented in the exhibition by a famous pamphlet composed by Luther and Melanchthon and illustrated by Cranach entitled Deüttung der zwu grewlichen figuren Bapstesels zu Rom vnnd Münchkalbs zu Freyberg in Meyssen funde a genre whose success was to continue unabated for at least a century and which was to trigger a response equally as powerful and as biting from the Roman Church Also on display are portraits of figures from Florentine circles who were investigated for displaying an interest in the new religous theories: men such as Pietro Carnesecchi at a time when relations between Cosimo I and the Church of Pope Paul III Farnese were more strained than they had ever been before was permeated with the new doctrines circulating among the city's intellectuals Returning to Cranach the Elder's Florentine paintings the first mention of his work in the inventories of the Medici collections citing his portraits of Luther and his wife formed part of the dowry which Vittoria della Rovere brought with her from Urbino thus highglighting the dissemination of portraits of Reformation figures throughout the courts of Europe the portraits of Luther and of Melanchthon enjoyed a moment of intense visibility in the Room of Painters in the apartments of Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici who separated them out in order to place them in rich Baroque frames Thus these portraits continued to be part and parcel of the Medici collections despite the fact that the dynasty's public image was increasingly imbued with strong Catholic orthodoxy over the years has pointed out:  "The exhibition that the Gallerie degli Uffizi is now holding testifies to the Medici's fantastically open-minded approach to the new theological trends in an effort to document Europe's rich cultural variety while at the same time highlighting the importance of artistic quality as a criterion underpinning Medici collecting as we can see from Lucas Cranach the Elder's wooducts with verses from the Bible translated by Luther – the most precious woodcuts anywhere in the world The exhibition has also provided us with the opportunity to conduct a major restoration campaign including two superb 17th century frames attributed to Vittorio Crosten All of Cranach's engravings on display have been restored by Maurizio Boni and Luciano Mori restoreres with the Uffizi's Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe" The exhibition is curated – and the catalogue is edited – by Francesca de Luca and Giovanni Maria Fara and promoted by the Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo the Gallerie degli Uffizi and Firenze Musei Portraits of the Reformation. Luther and Cranach in the Medici Collections Luther and Cranach in the Medici Collections The exhibit is included in the Uffizi ticket info The same as the Uffizi info By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy German electronic company Loewe (not to be confused with the whimsical fashion house led by Jonathan Anderson) is moving into the high-end homeware market with the launch of its aura.pure coffee machine wood-accented espresso maker that was designed and engineered in the brand’s hometown of Kronach Built with pre-infusion for an enhanced brewing experience the espresso machine includes advanced programming that allows the user to set the soak time of the coffee powder before espresso extraction so the coffee flavor can be as strong or as light as desired An integrated stainless steel conical burr grinder has 66 different grinding levels to meet the user’s needs across fine grind for espresso and coarse grind for filters A new consortium is developing an automated electric minibus service called the Horizon Europe ULTIMO project. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF) the project has a budget of almost $60 million over the course of four years and in 2025 45 driverless electric minibuses will be programmed to run for a year in three European cities: Geneva The pilot follows on from the University of Geneva’s AVENUE project (Autonomous Vehicles to Evolve to a New Urban Experience) which ran between 2018 and 2022 and was conducted at eight test sites in Europe No less than 15 driverless electric minibuses are expected to be on the streets of Geneva by 2025 ULTIMO’s goal is to develop a business model that addresses the economic The consortium involved in this ambitious project brings together twenty-three partners from eight European countries Among them are the University of Geneva (UNIGE) the Geneva public transport system (TPG) and the Geneva-based start-up MobileThinking The project is also financially supported by the European Commission (up to 34 million euros) and various industrial partners This French company had already delivered the autonomous vehicles of the H2020 AVENUE project Navya recalls that it has provided thirteen shuttles in this context including in Geneva (within the Belle-Idée Hospital and Meyrin) and in Sion The vehicles were tested between 2018 and 2022 “The goal of AVENUE was to study the technical and economic feasibility of an automated transportation-on-demand service as well as the potential psychological barriers to its use ULTIMO’s goal will be to develop a real business model that responds to the economic legal and security issues of such a service,” explained Dimitri Konstantas professor and director of the Information Science Institute at the Geneva School of Economics (GSEM) of the UNIGE The expert is also technical director of ULTIMO The UNIGE underlines that one of the challenges to be taken up in view of the large-scale deployment of an autonomous public transport network lies in the standardization of the territory modeling The aim is to make this process compatible with the guidance systems of a large number of vehicles several types of shuttles will be deployed to test the compatibility of the systems the first stage of the pilot will look to answer questions like how much tickets should cost what the minimum and maximum distances should be which currently does not allow automated buses to travel at more than 30km/h the service would be of higher quality,” Konstantas said “It would also avoid empty trips during off-peak hours and thus reduce some costs queuing and congestion around stations could be avoided.” The ULTIMO project will focus on the issue of how to ensure the safety of passengers and react in the event of accidents Safety is essential to the project’s success because as Forbes pointed out in 2022 autonomous driving technology can’t be relied on to handle very complex situations Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper function of the website Statistics cookies collect information anonymously This information helps us to understand how our visitors use our website The Stellar range features MLA OLED panels and Tizen OS which launched across Europe on 15th July.  Samsung's Tizen OS is based on the latest Tizen licensing platform and offers a wide variety of useful features This includes access to Samsung TV Plus streaming services and SmartThings to control other Samsung devices around your home.  such as integrating heatsinks and power supplies They also choose a rather unique stone backing material for the new TV which Loewe says is 100 per cent real concrete In our hands-on review of the Stellar we saw some brief demo reels which showed off how noticeably bright and crisp the 55-inch model looked We also thought that the TV handled colour vibrancy and contrast well we'll know what the TV is truly capable of once we have it in our test room.  Loewe claims that the META OLED panel will reach 3000 nits roughly the same as figures claimed by other TV manufacturers who are using the second-generation Micro Lens Array tech this year.  Loewe's current plan is to initially release the 42- and 55-inch versions 83- and 97-inch models set to arrive later this year The price of the 97-inch model is yet to be revealed but it's quite clear it won't be cheap.  Screen sizePrice (UK)Price (EU)42 inches£3299 €329948 inches £3799 €379955 inches£4299 €429965 inches£5299 €529977 inches£9499 €999983 inches£18,999€19,99997 inchesTBCTBCMORE: Read our hands-on review of the Loewe Stellar Loewe's new OLED TV has four HDMI 2.1 sockets – why can't other brands do the same? Our picks for the best OLED TVs: the latest and greatest models, tested by our experts Staff WriterAinsley Walker is a staff writer at What Hi-Fi? He studied music journalism at university before working in a variety of roles including as a freelance journalist and teacher Growing up in a family of hi-fi enthusiasts naturally influenced his interest in the topic Colourised photographs of tanks during World War II in Nazi Germany show just how the arms race to develop the ultimate tank progressed for all sides during this most devastating of conflicts The spectacular pictures reveal infantrymen with a tank of the 11th Armoured Division 3rd US Army advancing through a smoke-filled street in Germany while another image depicts the more basic M4A3 Sherman tank advancing into the center of Kronach in April Other photographs show German artillerymen shoot Soviet tanks while another exposes a more technically advanced and fearsome snow-covered German Panzer tank being used by two German soldiers Further colourised images unfold the consequences of operating an army tank in the middle of a flood with a soldier trailing through the water on his motorcycle The incredible pictures were brought to life by Royston Leonard (55) who took the time to carefully colourise the photographs highlighting the true occurrence of the war and the weapons used “The pictures show the long journey to victory after D Day and the hard life of the tank crews two of the photos show pictures from north Africa from the early part of the war,” he said “They are meant to show life of the tanks and crews in war working with the army in battle.” Royston says that it has taken him over 60 hours of work spread over weeks of evenings and the point of this is to show the younger generation that war was real and not just black and white art like the way some see it “Life is hard and can be short for a tank crew there at the front of a battle as with all armies any equipment left by the enemy forces gets reused when possible as shown in the pictures,” he said The Panzer III tank was created to fight other tanks the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 it was found that the Soviet T-34 tank beat the Panzer III and IV; its ramp shape could survive most German weapons and its 76.2 mm gun could infiltrate the armour of all German tanks This motivated Germans to update their models as the arms race for the ultimate WW2 tanks continued to the end of the war in June 1945 The striking colourised image is featured in British author Michael D. Carroll’s new book on the colourisation of historical images. For more information visit HERE. ensigns and signals have used colour to communicate information to combatants in the battlefield,” said Michael “This tradition of using colour to signal was most famously used in medieval heraldry but extends back to the ancient armies of Rome and Greece “In modern warfare of the photographic period this became highly sophisticated and this level of critical communication is missing from images taken in black and white.” Carroll is a journalist and author with a particular interest in historical photography From his base in Birmingham, UK he directs bespoke press agency mediadrumworld.com Michael came into contact with the thriving community of colourisors of historical images After placing several colourised history features into the national newspapers in the UK he enlisted the support of this community to publish Retrographic the first book to present a specially curated selection of iconic historical images in living colour To join Retrographic visit Facebook page With the support of ambassadors from the world’s first society for photographers images and reviews on Retrographic have been featured in newspapers and online zines https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=dvvZZVPrkdY War History Online welcomes many guest authors who share their knowledge of the history on our pages. 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If you are interested in working with us or have a great story, please get in touch It's too early to draw too many conclusions but the Loewe Stellar is an appealing luxury TV upon first impressions Expensive compared to mainstream competitors I was introduced to an early prototype of this set during a visit to Loewe's production plant earlier this year where the company had multiple working units in a variety of sizes So what do I think of this new concrete-clad flagship TV We'll have to wait until the Stellar graces our dedicated TV testing room to answer that question fully but for now here are my initial impressions While these two factors don't usually play a predominant role in many of the TV reviews we conduct Loewe is a design-focused brand at heart that attaches premium price tags to its TVs It's worth noting here that Loewe only sells its TVs in the UK and European markets so you won't find US or Australian pricing here Available in sizes ranging from 42- to 97-inches the suggested pricing for the Loewe Stellar is as follows: Loewe Stellar screen sizePrice in GBP42 inches£329948 inches£379955 inches£429965 inches£529977 inches£949983 inches£18,99997 inchesTo be announcedLoewe currently plans on releasing the 42- and 55-inch variants initially 83- and 97-inch models going on sale later this year Pricing is yet to be revealed for the 97-inch model and this is where Loewe's expertise shines but seeing the refined finished version won me over to a greater extent It won't be to everyone's taste but it certainly adheres to Loewe's established premium design language.  The build of this TV is predominantly high-grade brushed aluminium with a bevelled metallic border that frames the entirety of the TV The "X" shaped metallic tabletop stand is also made of brushed aluminium material and it can rotate which is a huge bonus for functionality.  Below the screen is a black mesh which covers the front-facing speaker system with a centrally mounted "Loewe Eye" This trademark feature is used as an indicator light to display when the TV is in standby mode or switched on predominantly and it features a pleasing animation that syncs up with when the TV is switched on or off This is joined by a light bar that lines the bottom edge of this TV which also includes the open/close animation when the TV is switched on or off. Not to be confused with Philips' Ambilight system this is a static bar that can be set to a single colour (default is a warm white) that is instead used as an ambient accent light.  I saw the light cycle between practically every colour imaginable and it can also be switched off if desired – I was glad to see this as I wasn't a huge fan of this in practice as it's by no means as functional as Ambilight so it feels like it could be unnecessary light pollution in that the light stays on for a brief period after switching your TV off which means you can exit a dark room with ample visibility.  we have the most polarising design feature of the Stellar TV meaning a thin layer of stone adorns the rear of this unit Loewe has confirmed that the manufacturing process means that every TV will be individual as the concrete pouring process cannot be replicated perfectly each and every time but considering most people have their TVs with the back facing a wall I'm not entirely sure I see the benefit of this design choice Loewe does sell a variety of compatible floor stands and even a pole-style floor-to-ceiling stand so this TV can be placed with the rear panel visible if your room allows it but nonetheless this design choice won't be to everyone's taste.  Loewe's plan is to purchase the open-cell panels from an unnamed vendor (we have a good idea who this could be) and assemble them in-house This allows them to customise the performance of the display and choose how to mount it into the frame of the TV; hence the concrete rear panel It should be noted here that not all sizes of the Loewe Stellar will receive the MLA screen technology as the panels are still mass-produced at specific sizes between 55 and 83 inches That means the smallest 42- and 48-inch models will feature a regular WOLED panel so seeing a niche brand solve this issue before they did should put this into perspective. However it should be noted that the Novatek processor doesn't appear to be as powerful as the Mediatek Pentonic 1000 chip that's used in the TVs made by the aforementioned brands which could have a knock-on effect on picture quality.  Here is where we have to caveat that the conditions we saw the Stellar in were by no means suitable for testing so any final judgements will be made after this TV has been tested in our controlled AV room I saw this TV in a large hotel conference room with a metric ton of ambient light and lots of other people walking around so it was by all accounts not the best way to view the TV I did get to see the Stellar in action in both the 42-inch and 55-inch sizes with a brief demo reel on repeat which allowed me to gather some initial thoughts the Stellar was noticeably bright and crisp A shot of the TV sitting in a modern upscale living room with light pouring in through the windows looked bold and vibrant and contrast seemed impressive when said scene transitioned into a nighttime version.  The smaller model does sacrifice a touch of brightness thanks to the fact it lacks the Micro Lens Array layer it remains crisp and vibrant with deep blacks during the same showreel as seen on the 55-inch model As is the case with practically every TV event listening to these TVs with a critical ear is nigh on impossible and the amount of ambient noise in the room would have impacted any sound performance testing anyway viewing this TV as a statement piece instead makes more sense This luxury product won't suit everybody's style or budget it's a unique and intriguing TV that will certainly turn heads.  Read our LG G4 hands on review And our full Panasonic MZ2000 review As well as our picks for the best OLED TVs Vision and Automation Solutions for Engineers and Integrators Worldwide UK) have developed an automatic vision inspection system for an automotive engine manufacturer that can read the alphanumeric product identifiers cast into pistons Vision Systems Design magazine and e-newsletter subscriptions are free to qualified professionals. To subscribe, please complete the formhere -- Dave Wilson, Senior Editor,Vision Systems Design Listen to the "ecstatic" love song from their yet to be released fifth studio album The Subways have released an “ecstatic” and “destructive” new single, ‘You Kill My Cool’. Listen to the track below. The Hertfordshire indie punks also shared that the love song is from their fifth studio album, which they confirmed will be released later this year. Along with the new music news, the band announced that following the departure of their founding member and drummer Josh Morgan, Camille Phillips of The Ramonas will be playing drums as a permanent addition to the band’s line-up. A post shared by The Subways (@thesubways) “‘You Kill My Cool’ was written at a time when I felt love so strongly that I wanted to be consumed by it to give myself over to it entirely,” frontman Billy Lunn said of the bold new track Lunn added: “I recognised a self-effacement in this feeling as it was a willing submission or surrender that was as much destructive as it was productive “The one you love is more than just a single number amongst seven-billion others more than a profile picture or a name by which you call them they can send you to a state of nirvana and they can demolish you Either of which continues to enthral.” With a new record coming later this year, the band is set for a run of UK headline tour dates in September and October. Tickets will be available here on Friday (April 8) The excursion features appearances at Truck Festival Tickets are on sale Friday (April 8) here. Last year, the band signed to Alcopop! Records and shared the first preview of their forthcoming album which will be their first since 2015’s self-titled LP with the Black Lives Matter-inspired single ‘Fight’ “’Fight’ is a letter in two parts: a gesture of solidarity with the Black community and communities of colour as they face their daily oppression at the hands of systemic racism,” said Lunn of the track Earlier this year, frontman Billy Lunn shared a statement apologising for “shitty decisions” and revealing a Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) diagnosis Lunn shared a message to “fully disclose these last few years to you now that I feel I’m finally on the right track” but I’m the one who made the shitty decisions I want to apologise to every single person I have hurt with my actions The world’s defining voice in music and pop culture: breaking what’s new and what’s next since 1952 NEWS|That's Too Much|Mismatched couples A comparison between the figures of Lucas Cranach and the human comedy of today which opened on February 9th.Who knows why the controversial and fortunate artistic journey of this true businessman of the fifteen hundreds painting is getting all this attention who managed a big studio and owned a pharmacy that was part of the apothecary guild was a favorite of the Court of Saxony and of all the aristocratic and of the educated emerging bourgeois commissioners in Europe The exact opposite of the alcoholic maudit artist and constantly questioning his existence: Cranach was rich and respected he was more than once the mayor of Wittemberg to whom he illustrated the bible translated in German and he also painted a portrait of him with his wife A proud part of the Protestant Reformation he was actually the one to manage the imaginary of the propaganda of the newborn Lutheranism making the incisions for the anti-pope pamphlets and several paintings for the churches of the new faith They were highly requested in the centuries by the major European collectors there were countless high Catholic prelates like the cardinal Scipione Borghese in the early XVII century anti-natural and sophisticated bizarre modern conceptions in which Cranach mixes eroticism and morality met a wide success at the time and were reproduced in following periods The human comedy set in the fifteenth century by Lucas Cranach The Elder with his genre inventions that make reference to typical recurring themes as old as the world officially put together monition and allegory but also play with humor sarcasm and hinting malice and a certain voyeurism the representation of abused clichés of something that is still current and constantly present through out the history of man and thus can be read in infinite instant interpretations of our time fully naked except for golden chains and wild feathery hair in a circular dance of couples oddly put together can be clearly read as news of today with their development of course – to play a sort of free fun game of associations Every reference is absolutely intentionally and not casual Simply to have a laugh… after all it’s time for carnival Vittoria Mentasti's Dead Sea takes us to a place where the sky and the sea are one A chat with Kristin Prim, the founder of The Provocateur, the site that publishes letters written expressely by leading women addressing the whole female world. Vogue.it presents you an exclusive preview of the letter written by Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer During the Yeezy Season 3 fashion show, Kanye West presented his new album, The Life of Pablo. Here's everything you need to know (and let's get ready to the fight with Taylor Swift) The most exclusive parties at the New York Fashion Week All the best street style spotted at New York Fashion Week From New York Fashion Week Fall Winter 2016/17 Menswear and womenswear collections will walk together and will be on sale right after the show. These are the news from Burberry but the evolution is generalized: runway shows are changing The documentary that celebrates 3.1 Phillip Lim's tenth anniversary The latest social media initiatives dedicated to the Fashion world The (Perfumes) Factory The guitar player compares being a musician to being a priest and says: “It’s the same feeling” Sandra Bullock's ex-husband is set to share details of his scandal-plagued life in a new memoir The latest trend is the treadmill for pets - P.zza Castello 27 - 20121 Milano cap.soc 00834980153 società con socio unico Exclusive access into the premium TV maker's home Situated in the heart of Germany's Bavaria region and with a population of just 19,000 Kronach seems an unlikely base for one of the world's premium TV manufacturers There's little in the unassuming but pretty town that shouts out 'minimalism individuality and innovation' – the brand values Loewe holds so close to its heart But it's this natural resource that tempted Loewe to the place in 1946 after World War II brought on a forced hiatus for a company whose ties with television manufacturing stretch as far back as the invention of the medium itself The reason the locale was chosen: the abundance of wood was needed to make the casing for the company's TVs While wood has made way for brushed aluminium and cathode tubes for liquid crystal the factory still sits at the same location albeit much more expanded – housing the 1,007 people it currently takes to make the company's high-grade kit INDIVIDUALITY: Loewe's Individual range lets you choose the TV for you is done on the campus and all within walking distance from each other Loewe's base is nothing like the vast endless factory settings of the Japanese TV manufacturing giants There's an air of family ties to proceedings which is understandable given most of the workers come from Kronach and its surrounding areas In the factory you're likely to see fathers and mothers working alongside their sons of daughters Loewe prides itself on the knowledge that just under 10 per cent of its factory workforce are women with 150 workers putting in flexible part-time hours to work around family commitments He started out life as a movie writer for numerous (now defunct) magazines and soon found himself online - editing a gaggle of gadget sites At Shortlist you'll find him mostly writing about movies and tech As exclusively tipped by ChannelNews German TV brand Loewe has officially rolled out a brand-new factory that will manufacture OLED display panels in Europe the plant reduces the Companies dependency on LG Display OLED panels as well as having to source components from China Shortly Loewe whose products are distributed in Australia by Indi Imports will launch several new TV’s including 83″ and 93″ OLED models The German business believes that the investment in their own manufacturing operation will give them better control of the quality and output of their  products spanning both TV and audio The new premium panels will be released Q4 2024 and will start with several new premium models The new TV’s will incorporate an 8-core processor which is ideal for high-speed streaming and gaming Further enhancing its streaming content and synchronising its audio and visual platforms seamlessly “It has been a quick race to reposition LOEWE after my take over in 2019”  ambition was to restore  the brands image and confidence with consumers globally” Our approach then was to rebuild the brands portfolio and now as we turn to a new era…the manufacturing of our own panels Together with global marketing and strategy plans Loewe will once again be in the forefront of consumers’ minds” “This is a huge step for Loewe globally and for Australia  as we will be able to offer competitive price points for OLED TV’s which will still carry the Made in Germany badge” claims Paul Riachi CEO of Indi Imports We will also have access  to large 99” inch OLED YV”s with an excellent array of apps” LOEWE Australia will announce pricing and availability in July 2024 with the release to be in time for Christmas [email protected] Plasteurope.com is a business information platform for the European plastics industry It is part of KI Kunststoff Information and PIE Plastics Information Europe one of the leading content providers for the European plastics industry We offer daily updated business news and reports polymer prices and other services for the international plastics industry News | Polymer Prices | Suppliers Guide | Jobs | Register | Advertising Today's print edition Home Delivery Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) is acknowledged as one of the greats of the German Renaissance His combination of religious piety and fleshly eroticism went on to inspire artists across the globe Cranach's career and legacy have only now become the subject of a large-scale exhibition in this country 500 Years of the Power of Temptation" at The National Museum of Western Art brings together around 90 works — just over half are by Cranach himself his son (Lucas Cranach the Younger) and his contemporaries or by later artists who also fell under his spell.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); }); Born in Kronach in Bavaria (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) Cranach's name was derived from that of his hometown one of the most important rulers of the empire he painted many religious pieces and works with mythological themes In a time of both misinformation and too much information quality journalism is more crucial than ever.By subscribing Your subscription plan doesn't allow commenting. To learn more see our FAQ Sponsored contents planned and edited by JT Media Enterprise Division Anthony Udugba Anthony Udugba $(document).ready(function(){(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({})}); Australia is set to get a new premium TV offering with the release of the European Loewe Stellar TV range that has superior OLED display and is half the price of a similar Bang & Olufsen TV After launching their Kylian Mbappé themed wireless speakers the German Company is looking to take premium TVs to a new level with their new TVs set to incorporate OLED panels engineered in the Companies new European manufacturing plant in Kronach In the past the Company has been using LG Display OLED panels with the German Company who invented the world’s first TV now using their own OLED panels own that have been described as “incredible” and build their own TVs from the ground up though they are using the Samsung developed Tizen operating system for their Loewe os9 Smart TV offering The Australian launch is tipped to take place mid-year with several specialist home theatre dealers along with The Good Guys set to range the new models at this stage it’s not known which models will be available in Australia The ultra-thin (2mm) concrete skins deliver a stylish industrial And in another first the concrete is applied to the open cell OLED panels There is also an ultra-slim wall mount that allows for better cable management to minimise distractions from both the picture and the TV’s unique design Another big difference from other premium TV’s is that the new Stellar models can also be fitted with an optional motorised floor stand that’s operated view remote control allowing users to move from one viewing location to another such as from a dining table to a couch without having to handle the TV Built into the panel is MLA META brightness technology for HDR content while audio is via a 200-watt built in sound system that’s been described as “rich and precise” Gamers using the TV because of its sharp display and brightness will have the option of four HDMI 2.1 inputs as well as VRR support and a display that delivers a 144Hz refresh rate Australian pricing for the new TV’s has not been announced however we have been able to get our hands on the European pricing and release dates In comparison the Bang & Olufsen Beovision Theatre 77″ OLED Television is being sold in Australia for $37,499 The new Loewe Stellar 77″ model with the latest in OLED TV technology and the superior Samsung Tizen OS is set to retail for half the Bang & Olufsen price at around $17,999 so it could be worth the wait [email protected] Loewe Technology the manufacturer of premium German Loewe TVs appears to have been most popular brands to visit at IFA 2023 During the show ChannelNews saw Katie Page the CEO of Harvey Norman Terry Smart the CEO of JB Hi Fi and Biag Capasso the CEO of The Good Guys visit the German Companies stand Harvey Norman will also range the Companies products in 2024 including a new range of premium accessories The big news is that Loewe Technology that is now owned by Skytec Group is set to manufacture their own OLED and Micro LED panels a move that could lower the cost of Loewe’s premium TV’s that are currently only ranged in The Good Guys stores as well as select specialist dealers The plant is set to be completed in mid 2024 with new panels for an i83 i88 and i99 TV set to be delivered next year that ChannelNews spoke to have confirmed the investment in the production of their own panels where the Company was celebrating one hundred years of business having been credited with inventing the TV we saw senior management and buyers from Harvey Norman and the JB Hi Fi Group meeting with Indi Imports the local distributor and Loewe Technology executives ChannelNews understands that the agency model where retailers display the range and Indi Imports does the shipping and install of their TV’s in Australia along with the high ASP that retailers are able to achieve selling Loewe products Among the products that are set to go on sale at Harvey Norman next year is the very much in demand premium Loewe Iconic TV All early shipments of the Iconic TV that is mounted on stone have sold without consumers even seeing the TV free standing and is mounted on a stone plinth ChannelNews saw the latest version of the TV in the flesh at IFA and it’s pretty impressive with senior management from one major TV retailer telling ChannelNews “This is the TV I want in my house” The stone mount that holds the TV and soundbar has never been used before in consumer electronics The material is akin to a kind of synthetic concrete giving the Iconic a unique presence with several different colours available When launched in Europe last year Loewe management were caught out by the demand for the product resulting in the business having to invest in additional production to keep up with demand a specialist fabricator located near Loewe’s hometown of Kronach to incorporate Syno-Stone into the television’s structure Featuring recycled materials – and fully recyclable Available at this stage in 55″ and 65″ inches a 77″ model is tipped to be launched in Australia next year ChannelNews understands that the Iconic is already hurting sales of Bang & Olufsen TVs in European because of the pricing the 65”-inch model retailing for only $10,000 Apart from a stunning OLED display the Iconic incorporates a powerful soundbar into the frame Also coming in 2024 is an expanded range of Loewe TVs with a new OLED 4K 65″ model set to sell for sub $6,000 Neither Harvey Norman nor The Good Guys have commented on this story Neither Harvey Norman or The Good Guys have commented for this story [email protected]