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TiVo Announces Second-Quarter Earnings and “Strategic Alternatives”

by Andrew Fenn

TiVo has reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2018, recording $160.2 million in revenue, down from $173.7 million during the same period in 2017, an 8% decline year-on-year. During an investors’ …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Tivo| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Latin America OTT Revenues To Climb By $4 Billion

by Damir Lokas

Revenues from OTT TV episodes and movies for 19 Latin American countries will grow by $4 billion to $6.43 billion in 2023; up from the $2.47 billion recorded in 2017. According to the Latin …

JapanNext Offers a Curved Gaming Monitor with State of the Art Specs

by Arthur Berman

A review of commercially available curved gaming monitors indicates that they typically do not achieve the same state of the art specifications that can be achieved in a similarly sized flat gaming monitor. JapanNext …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Samsung Unpacked 2018: The Galaxy Note 9 is Here

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung took to the stage today to officially launch the Galaxy Note 9, alongside its new Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Home smart speaker and enhanced integration with Bixby voice control and Spotify music across the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart Home & Home Networks| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Taiwan Small Panel Shipments Up in July

by Yvette Raikes

Monthly shipments of small and medium panels for the four main Taiwanese suppliers were up 6.0% MoM and 14.6% YoY to 115.249 million. Hannstar Display saw turnover for July of NT$1.6 billion ($52.9 million), …

Tags:AUO| CPT| Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Innolux| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Blackbird Technologies Settles Patent Infringement Case with Lenovo

by Andrew Fenn

In March 2016, Blackbird Technologies filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Lenovo in the US District Court for the District of Delaware on a patent relating to a computer display system that transforms from …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Conviva: Smart TVs Losing Viewing Share to Streaming Boxes

by Andrew Fenn

One of the most interesting aspects of streaming TV in 2018 is the diversity of devices viewers can use to stream video, Conviva says. The company classifies devices into three groups: mobile (smartphone and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| TV Viewing| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Large Taiwan Panel Suppliers See Better July Sales

by Yvette Raikes

Monthly shipments of large panels for the four main Taiwanese suppliers were down 2.2% MoM but up 17.9% YoY to 21.11 million. AUO posted July sales of NT$25.8 billion ($841.8 million), down 8.5% YoY. …

Tags:AUO| CPT| Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Compal Announces Sale of Its Stake in Notebook Firm to JVP Lenovo

by Andrew Fenn

Back in 2012, Compal Electronics purchased a 49% stake in Lienpal Hefei, a notebook manufacturing joint venture with Lenovo, for $147 million. Compal announced this week that it will sell its 49% stake in …

Tags:Compal| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Sinclair Launches Data Driven OTT Ad Platform

by Damir Lokas

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) announced that it is launching a new over-the-top advertising platform exclusively focused on OTT advertising. CompulseOTT, a division of Sinclair, will offer advertisers commercials in :15 and :30 …