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Fewer Subscribers for Dish in Q2

DISH Network has recorded a decline of 281,000 net pay TV subscribers in Q2’16, compared to approximately 81,000 in Q2’15. Gross ...

Daktronics Claims First Belgian Free Form Display

Daktronics said that a 61.1 m² 50mm pitch LED display that is installed on the Post-X Building in Berchem, Belgium is ...

VR Comes with an Age Restriction

In a recent interview with Re/Code, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe spoke about the age restriction they are putting on their VR ...

MENA Region IT Spending to Reach $155.8 Billion in 2017

The latest Gartner forecast predicts that IT spending in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is projected to reach $155.8 billion ...

US Broadcast-Only TV Households Increase to 15.8 Million in Last Five Years

Ion Media commissioned Nielsen to study the growth of broadcast-only TV households and their overall impact in the marketplace. The report ...

A VR Cinema is Open in Amsterdam

The Virtual Reality Cinema is an entertainment concept developed by &Samhoud Media (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), a creative agency and online publisher ...

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CCO to Split Management of US and International Units

by Helen Vince

Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) is to separate the management of its US and international businesses, just three years since the two units were brought under the control of a single CEO. William Eccleshare, who …

Tags:ClearChannel| Large Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Microsoft to Close Two China Phone Plants

by Helen Vince

Microsoft is reported to be planning to close two mobile phone manufacturing factories in Dongguan and Beijing, China by the end of this month. The two plants were previously operated by Nokia and came …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Coretronic Expects Monitor BLU Growth and Tablet Fall

by Tom Allen

Sources at Coretronic say that the company expects its shipments of backlight units to rise 10% YoY in 2015. Total shipments last year were just under 93 million units: a 20% YoY increase. Q4 …

Tags:Coretronic| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LCD displays| LCD TVs| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Microsoft Looks to China From Taiwan

by Tom Allen

Microsoft is increasing its orders to Chinese smartphone makers, as it switches away from Taiwanese manufacturers, say supply chain sources. The company has apparently made the shift to reduce its costs. Truly Optoelectronics is …

Tags:China| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 10

No One Company Rules PMA’s January Projector Data

by Tom Allen

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in January. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘large venue’. Optoma took the top spot in the …

Tags:Asus| Epson| InFocus| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Optoma| PMA Research| Projectors| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 10

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Cambrios and Heraeus Announce New Conductive Material

by Norbert Hildebrand

Cambrios and Heraeus have announced a new class of flexible, transparent and conductive material. Both companies already produce materials that produce such conductive layers. Heraeus is the supplier for Clevios a PEDOT:PSS organic solution, …

Tags:Cambrios| Flexible Devices| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Silver Nanowire| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Monitor Market Finishes 2014 Slightly Up

by Bob Raikes

The European Desktop Monitor market managed to end the year just 1% up on 2013, according to Meko’s DisplayCast service. Although the growth was low, it follows four consecutive years of decline. “There was …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 22 - Issue 09

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Connected Cars to Drive Display Forward

by Steve Sechrist

A new study on connected cars of the future predicts that the growing market for displays/sensors and micro controllers will move the auto industry well beyond a niche market. It tracks a new wave …

Tags:Automotive| Display Supply & Demand| Emerging Markets| LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Networks| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Wuaki Reaches Italy, Has Big Plans in Europe

by Tom Allen

Spanish VoD service Wuaki.tv has now been launched in Italy. It aims to be in 15 European countries by the end of the year, having finished 2014 in four, with two million users. Ireland …

Tags:Austria| Europe| IPTV| Ireland| Italy| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| VOD| Vol 22 - Issue 10

IPTV Grows With Deutsche Telekom

by Tom Allen

65,000 new customers joined Deutsche Telekom’s IPTV platform, Entertain, in Q4 last year. The platform had 2.44 million subscribers at the end of the year.

Tags:Europe| Germany| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 10

US Pay-TV Sees Low Growth in 2014

by Tom Allen

The 10 top US pay-TV operators lost 20,600 subscribers collectively in Q4’14, according to Informitiv’s Multiscreen Index. This compares to a loss of 45,000 in Q3. Despite these results, the companies gained 82,000 subscribers …

Tags:AT&T| Comcast| DirecTV| Dish Network| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Pay TV| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Pay-DTT Rises, But IPTV Rules Croatia

by Tom Allen

According to HAKOM, the Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency, pay-DTT was the fastest-growing segment of the Croatian TV market last year, with subscriptions rising 52.5% YoY to 47,900. However, IPTV had the most …

Tags:Cable| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Satellite| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 22 - Issue 10