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Ian Fogg is originally from the cable TV business, but now looks at the mobile industry for IHS. He gave a high bandwidth talk that started by looking at the mistakes that had been made in the mobile market. Apps drive the market, and transformed the market to new growth in 2008/9 when the mobile … Read more
Maverick, part of the Tech Data group, has signed a new partnership with Optoma. Optoma’s entire range of projectors will be made available to Maverick’s education, IT and Pro AV client base.
Tamura-san is from IHS and looked at the development of the panel industry. China is the biggest market for TVs (23% of global) and phones (33% of global) and that means that success in China is essential for global business (e.g. look at Apple’s business in the last couple of years). Although local brands dominate … Read more
Paul Gray of IHS then gave a summary of the market as he sees it. He said that the current situation looks like the “Triumph of the generalist” – the general purpose smartphone is dominating just as PCs, which are also general purpose devices did in the past. The smartphone is also cannibalising everything else … Read more
Paul Gray opened the sixth IHS (used to be DisplaySearch) conference and there was a message of support from Dirk Koslowski of IFA. Morrod of IHSThe first keynote was from Tom Morrod whose topic was “China is more than just a factory”. China accounts for around 65% of all production of consumer electronics across every … Read more
Euronics held its usual press event at the show and it’s always interesting to hear a retailer’s point of view. John Olsen from the company said it has announcements including a new Gulf partner, SharafDG and also Alser in Kazakhstan. The group now has 29 members in 35 countries. Sharaf is said to have around … Read more
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced it will receive a Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its work in enabling closed-loop statistical multiplexing of geographically distributed encoders. This will be Ericsson’s sixth Emmy® Award, which will be formally presented to the company at a ceremony on January … Read more
Innolux reported a 6.2% month on month and 27.2% year on year decrease in sales in August, to NT$27.8 billion ($857.6 million). Sales in the first eight months of the year reached NT$151.2 billion ($4.6 billion). The company’s large panel shipments last month fell 2.3% MoM to 9.5 million units and small and medium panel … Read more
With a recent sharp rise in the number of patent applications for flexible display technologies, the market for various types of flexible displays is expected to broaden. According to IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight, 312 patents for flexible displays were filed with the United States Patent and … Read more
AVMI has been selected as a strategic partner for the release of Microsoft’s Surface Hub in the UK. According to AVMI, it is one of the few companies in the world to become a strategic reseller for the device which is due to be released in January 2016.
More than half (51%) of total display shipments will be foldable units in 2020, says IHS. Global shipments of these devices are expected to rise at a 58% CAGR between 2016 and 2020, ending the forecast period at 180 million units. The first foldable tablets and smartphones are expected to be launched next year. Benefits … Read more
Brightsign media players are being used to deliver content to 390 screens at Shell garage forecourts throughout Turkey. According to the company, this is the first part of a 1,000-location rollout across the country. The network was designed, and is being installed and managed, by Linova Digital Medya Teknolojileri A.S. The Shell TV Network connects … Read more
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