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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 increased its shipments. Acer and HTC were both and Sony & Microsoft reduced their orders. Demand from LG, TCL and others … Read more
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 of flash memory. The smart processing unit is included in a separate audio bar, so the main display is just 11.6mm … Read more
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 Brussels on the 18th November. Zappware creates digital TV and UI solutions for telecom operators, pay-TV providers and broadcasters.
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 is said to achieve 98% of the Rec 2020 gamut. Diffusion of the light from the lasers is achieved using a … Read more
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 ($4 billion), assuming exchange rates are constant for both periods. Strong customer growth in terms of addition of 134,000 new customers … Read more
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% increase to €423 million ($476.5 million) from €330 million ($371.7 million), supporting the group turnover increase in spite of a fall … Read more
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 same period a year ago.
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.
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 digitization continues to be a factor. 31% of the market is in the Asia Pacific region which also has the highest … Read more
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.
Revenue generated by the German AV market will exceed €10 billion this year for the first time. The forecast comes from the Association of Commercial Broadcasters and Audiovisual Services in Germany (VPRT). VPRT expects the market to rise 5.5% YoY, based on a total revenue generation of €10.2 billion. VPRT forecasts 8.3% growth in the … Read more
Omantel said it would work with Du of Dubai to bring IPTV to Oman, using technology from Du.
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