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Ingram Micro Appoints New EMEA CEO

by Alan Spencer

Ingram Micro Pan EMEA has appointed Mark Chlebek, as the new EMEA CEO. Mark Chlebek was previously senior director advanced solutions EMEA, and began his career at Ingram Micro ten years ago. In his …

China to Expand AMOLED Panel Production

by Alan Spencer

According to Digitimes, in view of the growing demand for AMOLED panels, China-based panel makers will set up new production facilities or expand existing facilities to meet the demand. According to Photonics Industry and …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 10

HannsTouch Plans Production Boost

by Alan Spencer

According to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News, due to growing demand for touch sensors used in AMOLED panels, HannsTouch Solution will invest $58.3 million and expand production capacity to 48,000 units in the third …

Tags:Hannstar (Hannspree)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Three Taiwan Manufacturers Report Revenues for February

by Alan Spencer

three Taiwan manufacturers have reported mixed revenue figures for February. Foxconn Electronics reported consolidated revenues of NT$289.6 billion ($9.43 billion), which is a drop of 16.14% on month but a rise of 3.18% on …

Compal Sees Shipments Rise 31% in February

by Alan Spencer

Digitimes reports that notebook and PC shipments for Compal reached 2.9 million units in February, which is a rise of 31% from the January figure of 2.2 million. Although the shipment growth was 31% …

Tags:Compal| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Connected Home Introduced by comScore

by Alan Spencer

A new service called, Connected Home, has been announced by comScore, and is available immediately. Connected Home is claimed to be the first syndicated service to be based on the company’s Total Home Panel …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Nordic region leads Europe’s SVOD market

by Alan Spencer

SVOD subscriber market share in the Nordic region in Q4 2016According to Dataxis research, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, collectively known as the Nordic region, leads the SVOD market in Europe. The region represented …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Nordics| SVOD| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 10

LeEco Adds US Retail Partnerships

by Alan Spencer

LeEco has expanded its US national retail partnerships and has added HSN, BrandsMart USA, Best Buy and Fry’s to the list. The partnership with HSN covers the Super4 X43 Pro, X55, and X65. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Softbank to Sell 25% of Arm for $8 billion

by Alan Spencer

The Financial Times has reported that Softbank is about to sell 25% of Arm, equating to around $8 billion, to a new Saudi-backed $100 billion investment fund. It is only six months ago that …

Western European AR/VR Spending to Reach $2.5 Billion in 2017

by Alan Spencer

IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide update has forecast Western European revenues for the AR and VR market to be $2.5 billion in 2017. This represents a 131% rise of over …

Wistron’s February Growth is 22.5% Rise on Year

by Alan Spencer

Last month Wistron shipped 140,000 servers, 200,000 LCD TVs, 800,000 desktops and 500,000 LCD monitors. Revenues for Wistron fell 9.65% in February on month, but rose 22.5% on year to reach US$1.6 billion. Wistron …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 09

US Streaming Video Viewers Exceeds pay-TV Subscribers

by Alan Spencer

According to new research from the Consumer Technology Association, 68% of video subscribers in the US use free or paid streaming, and for the first time this is now greater than the number of …