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Worldwide PC Shipments Drop 3.6% in Third Quarter

by Alan Spencer

According to Gartner, worldwide PC shipments reached 67 million units in the third quarter of this year, which is a 3.6% fall from the previous quarter. This is now the 12th consecutive quarter of …

Tags:Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Western European TV Market Worth $118 Billion

by Alan Spencer

As reported by 9Colonne, quoting data from a report by ITMedia Consulting – “Turning Digital, The Future of Streaming Content”, at the end of 2016, the TV services market in Western Europe reached $118 …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Italian OTT Subscribers Reach 19.1 Million

by Alan Spencer

As reported by Advanced Television, the number of Italians using OTT services reached 19.1 million in June 2017, which is up by 2.9 million or 18% compared to September 2016 figures. According to a …

Tags:Italy| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Global SVOD Subscriptiosn to Reach 546 million by 2022

by Alan Spencer

According to the Digital TV Research, Global SVOD Forecasts report, SVOD subscriptions are forecast to reach 546 million by 2022, which is double the 263 million recorded at the end of 2016. Subscriptions in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SVOD| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Mirada Wins Bolivian Cable TV Contract

by Alan Spencer

Mirada has announced a new contract win for its Iris multiscreen solution with the award of a five-year contract with Digital TV Cable Edmund, a pay-TV operator and broadband services provider based in Santa …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 38

IHS Markit Presented its Analysis of the Telco Video Business at IBC

by Alan Spencer

At Amsterdam’s annual International Broadcasting Convention tradeshow, IHS Markit presented its analysis on the evolution of the telco video business. As part of the presentation, 50 leading telco video groups were identified by subscription …

Tags:IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| Telecomms| TV Reception| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Pay-TV Market in Africa Reaches 23.7 million Subscribers

by Alan Spencer

The latest research from Dataxis, shows a steady expansion of the pay-TV market in Africa. For the second quarter of 2017, the total number of pay-TV subscribers reached approximately 23.7 million, which represents a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Young TV Viewers Increasingly Use the Internet and Smartphones to Watch TV

by Alan Spencer

Médiamétrie and Tape Consultancy presented their first half of 2017 review on TV audiences in Europe. Young viewers are continuing to use the Internet to watch programmes but TV sets still remain as the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Korea Telecom Now Using Alticast Apex Virtualisation Platform

by Alan Spencer

Alticast has announced that Korea Telecom is using Apex, from Alticast, to deliver a graphics user experience for both linear and on-demand content, completely virtualizing STB functionalities across nearly five million already-deployed IPTV STBs …

Tags:Korea| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Egypt’s PC Devices Market Declines Due to Rising Prices

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, Egypt’s PC device market, which comprises desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, experienced a steep decline of 55.3%, in the second quarter, compared to the same quarter in 2016. IDC’s Quarterly PCD …

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Kopernikus Selects CryptoGuard for New Pay-TV Offering

by Alan Spencer

Kopernikus, the Serbian cable TV operator, has selected CryptoGuard’s Conditional Access System (CAS) to secure its content revenues. Kopernikus is currently working on digitalisation of its entire network and is expanding its offering with …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Security| Vol 24 - Issue 37