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Global TV Subscriptions Up Over 4 Million in 2017 Q4

by Andrew Fenn

The 100 leading television services in the informitv Multiscreen Index added a total of 4.33 million television subscribers in the last quarter of 2017, compared to 3.70 million in the previous quarter and 4.03 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Pay TV| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Charter Residential Video Customers Down in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

Charter has reported its financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2018. Residential video customers decreased by 122,000 in the first quarter of 2018, compared to the first quarter 2017, when video …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Megacable Adds 61,000 Video Subscribers in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

Megacable has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2018. At the close of the quarter, the video segment reached 3,101,244 subscribers, a 6.6% growth or 193 thousand net adds year-on-year, continuing …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Digital TV Research: vMVPD and D2C Revenues to Rocket Eightfold

by Andrew Fenn

vMVPD and D2C revenues will reach $24 billion by 2023 — eight times the $3 billion recorded in 2017, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. vMVPD will overshadow D2C, with its …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 17

T-Mobile US and Sprint Announce Merger

by Andrew Fenn

T-Mobile US and Sprint have announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction. Based on closing share prices on April 27th, this represents a total implied enterprise value …

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 17

DSCC Examines Leading Panel Suppliers’ 2018 Q1 Results

by Andrew Fenn

During the first quarter of 2018, Chinese suppliers outperformed Taiwan and Korean suppliers, helped by government subsidies, lower labour and fab costs, and the exclusion of interest payments in odd quarters, according to DSCC. …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 25 - Issue 17

DELL DISPELLS STEREOTYPES TODAYS DYNAMIC COMMUNITY OF GAMERS

New Gaming Study Debunks Long-Held Stereotypes

by Andrew Fenn

The gaming market exceeded $30 billion in 2016 and is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 6% through 2019, according to Dell. The company’s gaming subsidiary, Alienware, partnered with a third-party research firm, …

Tags:Dell| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Suning Rolling Out Unmanned Stores All Over China

by Andrew Fenn

Suning Commerce Group opened four automated stores in China towards the end of last year, close to the country’s largest annual shopping spree, the “11/11 Shopping Festival”. After rolling out its first self-service store …

Tags:Back Panel| China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Apple

Apple Developing AR/VR Headset with 8K Resolution Per Eye?

by Andrew Fenn

Apple is reportedly developing a new AR/VR headset with an “8K” resolution per eye, to be launched in 2020, according to an anonymous individual “familiar with Apple’s plans”. The device will apparently feature inside-out …

Tags:Apple| AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Report: No More 3D Touch for iPhone from 2019?

by Andrew Fenn

KGI Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo has released more speculative information regarding Apple’s next generation of iPhones, stating that future iterations of the device will eliminate the 3D Touch feature first introduced in the iPhone 6S …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Foxconn Will Use 7 Million Gallons of Water from Lake Michigan Every Day

by Andrew Fenn

Foxconn has received permission from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to drain up to 7 million gallons of water from Lake Michigan — one of the five Great Lakes of North America — …

Tags:Environment| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Cisco NDS Sale Negotiations Circle Back to Original Owner

by Andrew Fenn

Cisco’s negotiations to sell NDS Group — a video software and STB unit it acquired from private equity firm Permira for $5 billion six years ago — have come full circle, with the company …

Tags:Cisco| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 17