Charlie Ergen, co-founder of Dish and EchoStar, has something of a reputation as a poker player. Indeed, he was allegedly once banned from a casino at Lake Tahoe many years ago. A report from Tim Farrar of TMF Associates focuses on a filing by Globalstar which has notified the market that it had entered into […]
A report from Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) says that MiniLED panel production grew last year and that rapid growth is expected in 2023 and 2024. MiniLED backlights in LCDs can offer numerous advantages over other flat panel display technologies, most notably in higher brightness, high contrast ratio, lower power consumption than WOLED TV and […]
Kantar, the marketing data and analytics company, has released its latest Worldpanel ComTech OS Smartphone data. Kantar’s Global OS study uncovers the following behaviours within the Smartphone market between September and December 2022: Google Pixel secures a record global sales quarter Between September and December 2022, Smartphone ownership grew by +2 per cent which saw […]
Bloomberg Media launched Bloomberg Originals, a new brand for streaming original video programming – cinematic documentary-style deep-dives, talk shows, live events and video podcasts. Under the new tagline, “Business as you’ve never seen,” Bloomberg Originals features series exploring climate change, technology, finance, sports and more. “On the heels of 20 per cent growth in video […]
Apple TV+ has announced the spring line-up of all-new original series, specials and returning fan favourites for kids and family audiences. The new series will kick off on March 31st with the animated series Eva the Owlet (pictured) inspired by the bestselling book series from Scholastic. The highly-anticipated new series Jane, from Emmy Award winner […]
The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has published its annual report on key AV players in Europe. The report, Top players in the European audiovisual industry – ownership and concentration, aims to shed light on the structure of the AV industry in Europe in terms of revenues as well […]
Apple TV+ has announced an eight-episode acquisition of new multilingual French-Japanese drama Drops of God from Legendary Entertainment, adapted from the best-selling Japanese manga series of the same name created and written by Tadashi Agi, with artwork by Shu Okimoto and published by Kodansha. Drops of God finds the world of gastronomy and fine wines […]
Elon Musk’s Starlink is expected to launch 3-4 batches of its broadband satellites per month throughout 2023. Each batch will be of about 50 satellites, unless Musk achieves success with SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket when the number carried could approach 350-400 per launch. A forecast from ABI Research says that SpaceX’s existing 3,500+ satellites in […]
Worldwide smartphone shipments fell 17 per cent year on year in Q4 2022 reports Canalys Research. Full-year 2022 shipments declined by 11 per cent to fewer than 1.2 billion, reflecting a challenging year for all vendors. Apple reclaimed the top spot in Q4 and achieved its highest quarterly market share ever at 25 per cent, […]
According to Parks Associates’ research, annual sports OTT subscription revenue in the US was $13.1 billion (€12.2bn) in 2022 and will almost double to approximately $22.6 billion in 2027, a 73 per cent increase over the next five years. The new industry report, OTT & Sports: Services and Strategies for Growth, examines key trends in […]