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Google Cardboard VR has 69% VR Share in 2016

by Alan Spencer

VR headset shipments for 2016 show that Google’s Cardboard platform dominated with 69% of volume shipments and installed base according to Strategy Analytics. Samsung Gear had an impressive volume shipment of 17% of the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Fire TV Stick Now in UK, Germany, Japan

by Alan Spencer

Amazon is introducing voice control to its new Fire TV Stick. The new Fire Stick will be sold in UK, Germany and Japan and will feature Alexa voice control. Alexa voice control is currently …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Unitymedia To Switch-Off Analogue TV

by Alan Spencer

The analogue TV channels will be switched off in stages in five regions of Germany by cable operator, Unitymedia. The switch off will occur starting 1st June 2017 and running through until the end …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Cable| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 07

PC Market Declines Further in India

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, the PC market in India fell 15.2% year-on-year for 2016 with shipments of 8.58 million units. If special projects are discounted, the overall India PC market dropped 7.5% in 2016. The …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Elan Expects Looks for Fingerprint Growth

by Alan Spencer

Elan Microelectronics, the IC design house that specialises in touchscreen controller chips, is expecting its new fingerprint sensor product line to produce revenue growth in 2017. The company believes that this new product has …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch Controllers| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Taiwan to ship 1.2 Million VR HMD Devices in 2017

by Alan Spencer

According to Digitimes Research, the forecast shipments for 2017 of VR head-mounted displays from Taiwan, including ODM models, will be 1.2 million units. The figures were compiled by the Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute. …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

TeleSoftas to Develop a VR Application to Treat Phobias

by Alan Spencer

TeleSoftas, based in Lithuania, but with offices in the US, Switzerland and Dubai, has announced that it has received EU funding to research and develop VR applications for a new mental health project. The …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

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Flex to Acquire AGM Automotive

by Alan Spencer

Flex, a company that designs and builds technology products for different industries, has acquired AGM Automotive, a supplier of automotive interior components. The combined company should enable new solutions to be developed for automotive …

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 07

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Ingram Micro Backs Fujitsu Projects

by Alan Spencer

Ingram Micro is offering its retail partners special conditions if they order Fujitsu built-to-order products. For projects worth more than €50,000, the customers will receive an extended payment term of 45 days plus and …

Tags:Distribution| Fujitsu| Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Wind Chooses Zappware for Cloud-Based TV Rollout

by Alan Spencer

Wind Hellas has signed an agreement to use Zappware’s NeXX 4.0 cloud-based TV solution to launch multiscreen video service by the end of the year to Wind’s customers in Greece. Zappware’s solution provides client …

Tags:Cloud TV| Greece| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Globo.com to Deliver New 4K VOD Service

by Alan Spencer

Globo.com has chosen Elemental Technologies to provide video processing solutions for the new Globe.com 4K VOD services. Globe.com has been using Elemental’s solutions for over five years and now will be able to process …

Tags:Brazil| Large Display Monitor| VOD in UltraHD & 4K| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Aoto Supplies Fine Pitch Screens for Manhattan

by Alan Spencer

Aoto has announced new outdoor LED screens with 2.8 mm pixel pitch, which are believed to be the world’s first outdoor offering such a fine pitch. A total of 58 (covering 300 m²) of …

Tags:DOOH| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 07