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Lang Invests in New Outdoor LED Display Products

by Andrew Fenn

In June 2018, twelve LED screen manufacturers took part in a product shoot-out at the headquarters of Lang AG in Lindlar, Germany. The company says that the focus of the evaluation was on outdoor …

Tags:Germany| Lang| Large Display Monitor| LED| Rental and Staging| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 25 - Issue 30

BBC R&D to Demonstrate UHD HLG Streaming Via IP Multicast

by Andrew Fenn

The BBC’s research and development team will demonstrate Ultra HD Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) HDR streaming over IP multicast at this year’s IBC conference in Amsterdam. The demonstration will take place as part of …

Tags:4k| BBC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2018| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Computer Virus Delays Shipments at Several TSMC Facilities

by Andrew Fenn

Production equipment across several Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) fabs was hit by a computer virus late last week, the company has revealed, as reported by Digitimes. The company has denied rumours that a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| TSMC| Vol 25 - Issue 30

CTA: Total Consumer Tech Revenue to Reach Record $377 Billion in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

AI, voice recognition technology and fast connectivity — critical ingredients for smart speakers, smart home technologies and smartphones — will help spur overall US consumer technology industry revenue to $377 billion in retail revenues …

Tags:CE (Consumer Electronics) Data| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Amazon Prime Video App Coming to Comcast’s Xfinity X1

by Andrew Fenn

Amazon Prime Video is coming to Comcast’s Xfinity X1 platform later this year, providing customers with access to the service’s thousands of TV shows and movies. Customers will also be able to search Prime …

Tags:Comcast| Large Display Monitor| STBs| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 30

65% of US Broadband Households Bought at Least One CE Device in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

New research from Parks Associate finds that 65% of US broadband households bought at least one CE device in 2017. According to the report, US broadband households now own an average of 8.6 connected …

Tags:broadband| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smart TV| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 30

NES Classic Outsold PS4, Xbox One and Switch in the US in June

by Andrew Fenn

NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella sent out a tweet reporting that the best-selling games console in the US during the month of June 2018 was Nintendo’s NES Classic, a compact remake of the original Nintendo …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Nintendo Consoles| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Daydream View Headset Heavily Discounted at Verizon

by Andrew Fenn

A few months on from the release of Lenovo’s Mirage Solo standalone headset running on Google’s Daydream VR platform, Daydream View is being heavily discounted as companies seemingly wind their stocks down. When we …

Tags:AR/VR| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 30

IDC: Tablets Shipments Continue to Decline in the Second Quarter of 2018

by Andrew Fenn

The worldwide tablet market declined 13.5% during the second quarter of 2018 as global shipments fell to 33 million, according to IDC, which paints a poorer picture of the market compared to market data …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 25 - Issue 29

NPD Group: 17% of US Population Solely Use SVoD Services

by Andrew Fenn

While the majority of consumers in the US view video content from a variety of sources, in both physical and digital formats, the number of people using only Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SVOD| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Strategy Analytics: Apple, Huawei and Microsoft Take 40% of Tablet Market

by Andrew Fenn

The latest research from Strategy Analytics shows an extremely competitive tablet market, where many Android vendors are losing share and revenue due to falling prices and little innovation compelling new consumer sales. Apple, Huawei …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 25 - Issue 29

Pico Interactive Announces G2 Headset and Results of Series A Funding Round

by Andrew Fenn

VR and AR company Pico Interactive, based in Beijing, China, has announced the conclusion of its Series A round of funding, having raised $24.7 million for its forthcoming standalone headset. GF Qianhe and GF …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 29