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As a friend has often said to me, covering major events is like ‘trying to drink from the fire hose’, so you never catch everything at the time. However, we like to cover as much as we can, so if we find things after the end of our report creation, we like to catch up. … Read more
The latest IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker has been published and shows that the Chinese smartphone market grew by 19% in 2016 when compared with 2015. In addition, the last quarter of 2016 saw growth of 17% compared to the previous quarter. Overall, the market grew by 9% in 2016 the top five vendors (see … Read more
Figures released by WitsView, a division of TrendForce, show that global shipments of LCD TV sets for 2016 increased 1.6% percent annually to reach 219.2 million units. Shipment growth was attributed to the strong sales in North America’s distribution channels and the increasing affordability of large-size TVs coupled with the robust housing market in China. … Read more
According to Digitimes Research, seven China-based panel makers have been expanding existing or setting up new AMOLED production capacities. Total annual capacity is estimated to increase from 272,000 m² in 2016 to 1.584 million m² in 2018. It is forecast to reach 4.464 million m² in 2019 and 7.864 million m² in 2020. This represents … Read more
According to Digitimes Research, Taiwan-based makers shipped 312.94 million small and medium-sized TFT-LCD panels (i.e. panels below nine inches) in the last quarter of 2016, This represents an increase of 1.0% on quarterly results and a rise of 10.2% based on 2015 results. Mobile handsets accounted for 78.5% of the shipments, with tablets accounting for … Read more
The global semiconductor business grew to $338.9 billion in 2016, a new record level, although up just 1.1% on 2015. Sales reached $31 billion in December, up 12.3% on the same month in 2015. “Following a slow start to the year, the global semiconductor market picked up steam mid-year and never looked back, reaching nearly … Read more
According to the South Korea-based Chosun Ilbo (Chosun Daily Newspaper), Samsung Display is in talks with the government of Bac Ninh Province of North Vietnam with the intention of reaching an agreement to provide additional investment of $2.5 billion to expand a factory making AMOLED modules in the province. The talks are focusing on administrative … Read more
Acer has been reported in Taiwan as winning an order for digital signage devices in Europe, although it was not clear from the reports that this order for 1,000 devices from a European supermarket was for displays (less likely) or media players (more likely). The company is also reported to have started shipments of the … Read more
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that it is circulating a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to authorize television broadcasters to use the ATSC 3.0 broadcast television transmission standard on a voluntary, market-driven basis. Introduction and SummaryIn this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), we propose to authorize television broadcasters to use the … Read more
The FCC in the US is circulating a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to authorise TV broadcasters to use the ATSC 3.0 broadcast television transmission standard on a voluntary, market-driven basis. The NPRM makes it clear that TV broadcasters should continue to deliver current-generation DTV broadcast service using the ATSC 1.0 standard to their … Read more
Ateme has announced that its video compression technology was used for the VR near-live coverage in UHD of the American football Super Bowl. On offer was a virtual and interactive lounge that presented highlights from the game in near real-time via the Fox Sports VR app for iOS and Android devices. This was intended to … Read more
Strand Consult, a mobile virtual network operator (MNVO) market consultancy, predicted that net neutrality and zero rating for MVNOs would become a nightmare of interpretation for EU telecom regulators. For example, the provision of a free Spotify service by car maker, Tesla, has meant that in Norway, the company is being regarded as a network … Read more
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