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Further Reforms Cause Drop in Indian PC Market

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Overall Q2 PC shipments to India were 1.75 million, down 18.9% QoQ and 18% YoY, according to IDC. Consumer shipments were 0.81 million, down 22.6% QoQ and 22.7% YoY. Commercial sales went down 15.3% …

Tags:IDC| India| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Chinese Smartphone Shipments Down in Q2

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Smartphone shipments to China were 94.1 million in Q2’17, down 11.8% YoY although similar to Q1, according to Digitimes Research. Chinese shipments were 28.9% of the global number. In particular, the top three telecom …

Tags:China| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Roman LED Sign Comes to Las Vegas

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There is an 85′ (25.9m) sign in Las Vegas outside Caesar’s Palace in front of The Forum Shops. It has 10mm pitch and looks as though there are Roman columns on each side of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Outdoor Displays| Retail| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Immersv Attracts $10.5M Investment

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Interactive advertising company Immersv has completed a Series A round of funding. The financing has been led by Rogers Venture Partners and the round has raised $10.5 million towards VR technology in advertising. Immersv …

Tags:Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Google’s YouTube TV in Half of US Homes

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Following last week’s story about Facebook’s challenge, Google says that its YouTube TV is available in half of US homes now, following a rollout in 14 new areas. The company announced that 17 more …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 31| YouTube

DTG Plans Another UK Plugfest

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DTG Testing will host a second UK Interoperability Plugfest at its London Offices on 20th and 21st of September. This will be a chance to validate devices and applications updated since the June plugfest, …

Tags:Back Panel| DTG| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

DVB Switch Drives Hemix Index Growth in Germany

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The German Home Electronics Market Index (HEMIX) is a joint project of the Federal Association of Retail Technology (BVT), GfK Retail and Technology and GFU Consumer and Home Electronics. It has shown 2.2% YoY …

Tags:CE (Consumer Electronics) Data| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

EE TV Adds Alexa Voice Control

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BT-owned EE TV is offering support for Alexa voice control, the first UK operator to do so. Customers will be able to ask what’s on or record shows, using the same source as Freeview …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Multiple Display Use Continues to Rise

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Users believe that productivity can go up by 42% if multiple displays are used, according to a survey conducted by Jon Peddie Research. However, this view of the increase in productivity has remained the …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

US Pay-TV Providers Lose Out to Internet

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Six months ago (Vol 24 No 11), the Leichtman Research Group published figures showing a drop in US pay-TV users, with subscribers moving to internet-delivered services. At that time, the biggest providers in each …

Tags:Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Next Light Field Streaming Workshop Announced

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The next Streaming Media for Field of Light Displays event will be added to Display Summit in Sterling VA, USA. The SMFoLD workshop will take place on 3rd October followed by the conference on …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Large Display Monitor| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Samsung Offers Shazam on Smart TVs

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Samsung is now offering music app Shazam on the Smart Hub of its 2017 Smart TVs. Shazam allows the viewer to identify songs playing on TV shows or films using voice recognition technology. Once …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 30