PlayStation 4 Price Drops in Europe
by Bob Raikes
Sony has cut the price of PlayStation 4 to €349, which is the same price as the 500GB XBox One.
Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PlayStation| Vol 22 - Issue 42
Google Unveils YouTube Subscription Service
by Milos Pavlovic
Google is to introduce a subscription service for video that will allow access to exclusive content, extra features and eliminate advertising as well as allowing access to YouTube Gaming and YouTube Music. The service …
Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 22 - Issue 42| YouTube
Taiwan Smartphones Down 10% in Q3
by Bob Raikes
Digitimes Research said that smartphone shipments from Taiwan-based brands and ODMs dropped by 10% to 19.54 million in the third quarter of 2015. Compal was the top producer in Taiwan, followed by Asustek which …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 42
Xiaomi UltraHD 60″ TV Costs Under $800
by Bob Raikes
Xiaomi of China has announced a 60″ UltraHD TV that uses an IPS panel and includes upscaling and Smart TV features including an MStar 6A928 SoC quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM with 8GB …
Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 42
Zappware Nominated for Deloitte Award
by Tom Allen
Zappware has been nominated for the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 competition, for Belgian companies. The award will be granted to the fastest-growing technology company in Belgium, with the winner announced at a ceremony in …
Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Belgium| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 43
Mitsubishi Develops Laser Backlight
by Bob Raikes
Nikkei reports that Mitsubishi showed a new laser-based display at the recent Ceatec show in Japan. The set is said to use RGB laser diodes for the backlight of a 50″ LCD display and …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Laser TVs| LCD Backlights| Mobile Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 22 - Issue 42
Sky Result 23/10/15
by Dhruv Dayal Gupta
Broadcaster, Sky PLC, reported strong Q1 operating profit of £375 million ($578.4 million), a 10% YoY increase from £340 million ($524 million). Turnover increased by 6% to £2.79 billion ($4.3 billion), from £2.65 billion …
Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sky| Vol 22 - Issue 42
Technicolor Result 20/10/15
by Dhruv Dayal Gupta
Technicolor announced increased turnover of €877 million ($987.9 million) for Q3 versus €843 million ($949.6 million), indicating an increase of 4% YoY. In terms of segments, Entertainment Services was the strongest, with a 28% …
Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Technicolor| Vol 22 - Issue 42
Verizon adds 42,000 for FiOS Video
by Bob Raikes
Verizon said that it has added 42,000 additional FiOS Video connections in Q3 2015, with 114,000 new fios internet connections. The total video connections is now 5.8 million, up from 5.533 million for the …
Tags:FTTH| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Verizon| Vol 22 - Issue 42
Videocon d2h Boosts Subscribers in Q3
by Bob Raikes
Videocon d2h has added 0.2 million net new subscribers in India in Q3 2015, to bring its total up to 14.27 million which it claims as a 21% market share of the DTH market.
Tags:India| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 22 - Issue 42
Global STB Market to Hit $24 Billion by 2022
by Milos Pavlovic
Transparency Market Research released a new report that forecasts that the global STB market will reach a value of $24 billion by 2022, with CAGR of 6.4% from 2015 onwards. The firm said that …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 42| Worldwide
45% of WE Broadband Homes Have a Smart TV
by Bob Raikes
Parks Associates said that 45% of Western European broadband households own a smart TV, with the highest percentage in Germany, where over 50% of broadband households have this type of internet-connected CE device.
Tags:broadband| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 22 - Issue 42
