Flat-panel display (FPD) equipment spending this year will reach its highest level since 2011, according to IHS. Driving this growth are two trends: In South Korea there is a rush to expand capacity to produce high volumes of flexible active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) panels for smartphone applications; while in China, supported by a wide […]
South Korea’s LG Display is back in the top position as far as shipments of Ultra-HD displays are concerned. Research specialist IHS says that the global market for UHD displays during Q4/2015 topped 11.25 million units, down slightly on the 11.52 million achieved during Q2 last year. Shipments fell back because of over-supply during Q4. […]
Just 5.1 million TV sets were sold last year in France, some 700,000 units less than in 2014 and well under the 5.5 million sales forecasts. 570,000 of the units sold were HD, a figure also under expectations, according to GfK. The average screen-size of purchased screens was 37 inches in 2015, with the market […]
Britain is ignoring true FTTH solutions which are available now without going through BT, according to a report from Anglo-Italian cable manufacturer and global supplier Tratos. The Report – Britain’s Broken Broadband – presented to MPs – points out how Britain could solve its broadband connectivity and download speed problems now. Working around BT/Openreach, Tratos […]
YuMe, the global audience technology company powered by data-driven insights and multi-screen expertise, has announced the launch of its new white paper, 2015 China Connected TV Market Development Blue Book, in partnership with Nielsen CCData and UPOTV. The Chinese CTV media and advertising industries are seeing rapid growth, with the video audience in China estimated […]
Virtual reality is still very much in the ‘innovation’ stage, but this will start to change over the coming months as a variety of major first generation headsets hit the market, according to findings in a report – Virtual Reality – Niche or Mass Market? – from Futuresource Consulting. Some of the world’s largest and […]
A Parks Associates report reveals that 19 per cent of US broadband households currently own at least one Internet-connected smart home device. These devices, including smart thermostats, sprinkler systems, door locks, and security cameras, offer remote control, monitoring, or notifications via a smartphone, tablet, or computer. Upwards of 90 per cent of device owners use […]
Since 2000, when the first camera phone was introduced, the number of mobile users has quintupled. By 2020, there will be 5.5 billion mobile users, representing 70 per cent of the global population, according to the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast (2015 to 2020). The adoption of mobile devices, increased […]
Smart TV adoption has improved in many developed regions, along with China, as consumers increasingly seek streaming content from online video services. By 2019, more than 50 per cent of TV households in Japan, the US, the UK, France and Germany will have smart TVs, according to IHS. According to
The global tablet market ended 2015 with its worst year-on-year performance ever. Shipments fell 11 per cent to 69.9 million units during the fourth quarter and fell 8 per cent to 224.3 million units for the full year of 2015, according to a report from Strategy Analytics. Bright spots in the tablet market continued to […]