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Vivitek Appoints UK Distributor for NovoConnect Range

by Andrew Fenn

Vivitek has announced that it has appointed Stampede to distribute its NovoConnect family of products in the UK, effective immediately. As part of its on-going strategy to raise awareness of the NovoConnect family, Stampede …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Vivitek| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Eyevis Insolvency Administrator Announces Stabilisation

by Andrew Fenn

Business operations at Eyevis are now stable, five weeks after the company commenced insolvency proceedings, according to Invidis. (Eyevis Hits the Buffers – Files for Bankruptcy) Schultze & Braun’s Holger Leichtle, the company’s provisional …

Tags:Eyevis| Large Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Gartner

Gartner: Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Forecast to Grow

by Andrew Fenn

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $451 billion in 2018, an increase of 7.5% from $419 billion in 2017, according to Gartner. This represents a near doubling of its analysts’ previous estimate of …

Tags:Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 25 - Issue 02

MENA Pay-TV Revenues To Reach $3.62bn

by Damir Lokas

Pay TV revenues for the 20 countries covered in the eighth edition of the Middle East and North Africa Pay TV Forecasts report will reach $3.62 billion in 2023 – up by only 7.8% …

CES Market Forecasts and AR/VR Survey

by Norbert Hildebrand

During CES the focus is mostly on all the new products and technologies. As a side note CTA also dishes out some market news that often gets overlooked. Here is a short summary on …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2018| CTA (was CEA)| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Full Screen Smartphones To Take Over

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell Research has forecast that the trend to 18:9 format smartphones will continue, reaching 61% of the market in 2018 (0.9 billion) by volume. Looking by technology, AMOLED FullView displays will have hit 30% …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Tele2 to buy Com Hem of Sweden

by Bob Raikes

Tele2 a telco from Sweden is to buy local cable operator, Com Hem, in a deal that values the company at €2.65 billion. If the deal goes ahead, the new organisation will be the …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Sweden| Vol 25 - Issue 02

TiVo Files Two New Lawsuits in Fight Against Comcast

by Andrew Fenn

TiVo has filed new lawsuits in an ongoing legal battle against Comcast. The International Trade Commission recently came down on TiVo’s side, agreeing that Comcast had violated two of its patents with its Xfinity …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| STBs| Tivo| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Barco Silex Buys Barco Out to Become “Silex Inside”

by Andrew Fenn

Barco Silex has entered into an agreement with a group of private investors, acquiring all shares. On December 31st, 2017, the management team of Barco Silex completed the management buyout of the business from …

Tags:Barco| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Barco Silex Leaves Barco And Becomes Silex Inside

by Damir Lokas

Barco Silex, a leading provider of Security and Video IP cores, has entered into an agreement with a group of private investors acquiring all shares of Barco Silex. The new Silex Inside team is …