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MultTV launches IPTV in Brazil

by Alan Spencer

Albis-elcon has announced that the Brazilian service provider MultTV, has launched a new IPTV offering powered by its SceneGate 8073 STBs. The STB is sized 85 mm x 85 mm x 35 mm and …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Foxconn Sees Revenue Drop in May

by Alan Spencer

Foxconn has reported a 13.3% drop in revenues for May 2017, compared to April 2017, with consolidated revenues of $9.26 billion for the month, which represents a 5.27% drop compared to the same month …

Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Radiant Opto-Electronics Sees Increased Revenues in May

by Alan Spencer

Radiant Opto-Electronics, the manufacturer of backlight units, has reported revenues for May 2017 totalling $137.36 million. This represents a rise of 8.76% compared to the previous month, and a rise of 41.77% compared to …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Epistar and Everlight See Slight Growth in May Revenues

by Alan Spencer

Epistar, the LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker, and Everlight Electronics, the LED packaging service provider, have reported revenues of $73.25 million and $78.36 million respectively for last month. This represents a rise for …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

LG OLED and LG Super UHD TVs Get Top Rating

by Alan Spencer

The award for the highest rated TV by a leading US consumer product publication has gone to LG Electronics with its Signature OLED W7 TV. LG OLED TVs received top scores for picture quality, …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Idemitsu Kosan to Expand OLED Material Manufacturing by 70%

by Alan Spencer

Nikkei Asian Review has reported that the Japan-based OLED material maker, Idemitsu Kosan, is planning to expand its production of OLED materials by 70% by March 2019. Its Korean subsidiary, Idemitsu Electronic Materials Korea, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Worldwide Pay-TV Subscriptions Reach 969 Million

by Alan Spencer

Digital TV Research has estimated that there will be 254 million additional pay-TV subscribers between 2010 and 2016 to take the worldwide total to 969 million, representing an increase of 35%. The information was …

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

Insight TV’s HD Channels Now Available on Freenet TV

by Alan Spencer

The German DVB-T2 HD platform launched as freenet TV, now has access to Insight TV’s adventure travel and extreme sports channels. The distribution deal sees Insight TV’s HD channel distributed on the HbbTV-compatible service, …

Tags:Germany| HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Major League Baseball Partnership with Intel Brings Free VR Streaming

by Alan Spencer

Intel has made a deal with major league baseball in the US. The partnership will see Intel VR live streaming one game every Tuesday during the 2017 major league baseball (MLB) regular season without …

Tags:AR/VR| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Amazon Prime Video Coming to Apple TV Later This Year

by Alan Spencer

Apple’s tvOS has a large portfolio of popular apps but the world’s second-largest streaming service, Amazon Prime Video, has been missing since launch, but will now be added later this year. The new addition …

Tags:Amazon| Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Report Studies How Young Millennials Interact with Content

by Alan Spencer

A report by Anatomy entitled, The Young and The Brandless, provides an in-depth look at the media consumption, content discovery habits and network brand recognition capabilities of people aged 18 to 26, the age …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Worldwide Shipments of AR/VR Headsets Rise Q1 2017

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, worldwide shipments of AR and VR headsets continued to rise with a total of 2.3 million units shipped in the first quarter of 2017. IDC is also forecasting triple-digit growth for …

Tags:Augmented Reality| IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 21