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Global Pay-TV Revenues Reach $202 billion

by Alan Spencer

The pay-TV revenues increased by $32 billion for 138 countries, between 2010 and 2016 to reach $202 billion. However, only $1.23 billion was added in 2016, according to research carried out by Digital TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 23

LG Electronics and MStar Committed to Eurofins’ Logo Scheme

by Alan Spencer

Eurofins Digital Testing has announced that LG Electronics and MStar have committed to Eurofins’ 4K HDR Ultra HD logo technical requirements in their forthcoming products. The 4K HDR Ultra HD logo provides assurance that …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Testing| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Dixons Carphone and Sprint End Retail Partnership

by Alan Spencer

Sprint of the US, and Dixons Carphone of the UK, have decided to end their joint partnership which has lasted under two years, and was focused on retail expansion in the US. It is …

Tags:Channels| Dixons| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 23

New Google Hire Suggests System Chip for Next Pixel

by Alan Spencer

A new hire by Google suggest that the company may be intending to develop its own chips for future versions of its Pixel phone. The new hire is an engineer named Manu Gulati who …

Tags:Chips| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Ricoh Starts Development Kit Shipments

by Alan Spencer

Ricoh has started shipments of its R Development Kit for its Theta 360º live streaming camera which includes the following items: R Console image control tool for PC and Mac R Console source code …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 360 Degree Video| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Software| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 23

SmartTVs Grow in Popularity for Viewing Netflix

by Alan Spencer

As reported by Digital TV News, a presentation by Jack Wetherill, Futuresource senior market analyst, at the New Content Horizons event in London, showed that smart TV led as the most popular device for …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Axis Enhances Network Cameras with Zipstream

by Alan Spencer

Axis Communications has announced enhancements to its Zipstream compression technology to support the increased data streaming and storage demands of 360° panoramic cameras and 4K resolution. Zipstream is intended to ensure that important forensic …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 360 Degree Video| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Netflix Overhauls Cable Pay-TV in the US

by Alan Spencer

Netflix has doubled its US subscriber base in the past five years and reached this milestone in the first quarter of 2017. For the first time, the video streaming platform has more subscribers than …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Indian Wearable Shipments Rise in Q1 2017

by Alan Spencer

According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Tracker for the first quarter of 2017, total shipments for wearables in India were 612,000. This included smart wearables that can run third-party apps, and basic wearables …

Tags:IDC| India| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23| Wearables

VoD and Smartphone Viewing Most Popular with Teens

by Alan Spencer

Teenagers and children in the UK are increasingly watching TV through a smartphone and using an on-demand services. Research by MediaCom showed that 33% of teenagers regularly watch TV content via a smartphone, which …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Latin America Pay-TV Subscribers to Reach 88.7 MIllion by 2022

by Alan Spencer

According to Dataxis, the pay-TV subscribers in Latin America are expected to reach 73.7 million by the end of this year, which represents a rise of 3.4% compared to last year. It is also …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Nokia and Technicolor Collaborate on VR Content

by Alan Spencer

Nokia and Technicolor have agreed to work together to create new VR content using Nokia’s Ozo+ camera and Ozo content creation tools. The first project will be a series of 360 masterclass sessions that …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Technicolor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 23