Empowering display industry professionals with cutting-edge insights and analysis
TPK Holding saw sales in August rise 23.9% sequentially and 12.1% year on year to NT$11.8 billion ($362.3 million), bringing sales so far this year to NT$74 billion ($2.3 billion). The company has said it expects to record a 50% quarter on quarter increase in revenue in Q3 to around NT$35 billion ($1 billion), thanks … Read more
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted a temporary licence to One Media, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Coherent Logix, to conduct a trial of the ATSC 3.0 standard in the Washington DC and Baltimore area.
Inverto has announced that it will offer its HTML5 browser and HbbTV software stacks to Android-based STB and TV manufacturers. Inverto developed the software to support its hybrid STB range for the HD+ market in Germany. The company will also pursue discussions on offering these makers its SAT>IP and Terrestrial>IP Server and Client software stacks … Read more
New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) finds that about 83% of all households nationwide subscribe to some form of pay-TV service. The percentage of households that subscribe to a pay-TV service is down from 87% in 2010, but up from 81% in 2005. While the total number of subscribers for the top … Read more
Vestel is one of the world’s largest display makers, but most people visiting IFA will have never heard the name. This is because the majority of TVs and public displays made by the company are sold to OEMs, who then re-brand the units. Vestel is not at IFA for the consumers, but for its dealers … Read more
Taking place in the Grand Hyatt Hotel again, Digital Focus is a press event that is – technically – not affiliated with IFA. Unlike Showstoppers, companies do not need to have space on the show floor to take space here, so it tends to be an ideal location for smaller companies with lower budgets. However, … Read more
The Panasonic press event took place in part of its (large) booth. The first speaker was the Panasonic Europe Chairman and CEO, Laurent Abadie and he said that Panasonic’s focus is on “smarter living” and he showed a video of “life in 2020”. Next he turned to Panasonic’s turn around to profitability. Nubo is claimed … Read more
AV company Electrosonic has selected Eyevis’ slim cube technology for a new traffic control centre in the UK. Eyevis is supplying its LED illuminated DLP 50″ HD Slim Cube rear projection system, to replace an existing 4×2 rear projection video wall. The company’s EC-50-LHD-Slim Cube was chosen because it allows all installation and servicing from … Read more
Acer had a bigger than usual conference that was full with press. Clearly, the difficult financial times have not stopped the company from trying to market its message! Jason Chen, who clearly sees himself as the “star of the show”, started by saying that Acer will be the sponsor for the International Olympiad in Informatics … Read more
The first keynote of IFA was by Intel and the firm started with a video highlighting the latest generation of PCs with “6th generation” Core processors (Skylake). The first speaker was Kirk Skaugen, head of the Intel PC group who started by looking back at some milestones in mobile PCs, from Intel’s point of view. … Read more
During the first press day, the IFA organisers gave their traditional update on the market and the fair. This year there were a record number of exhibitors, 1,645, and they took floor space of 150,000 m² between them – a record amount. The gfu, which runs the show, has renamed itself as gfu Consumer and … Read more
Valens has been nominated as one of the recipients of the 67th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards, for the “Development and Standardisation of HDBaseT Connectivity Technology for Commercial and Residential HDMI/DVI Installations”. The Technology & Engineering Awards honour development and innovation in broadcast technology and recognise companies, organisations and individuals for breakthroughs in technology … Read more
Jon Peddie Research
4 St. Gabrielle Ct.
Tiburon, California 94920
415-435-9368
© 2025 Jon Peddie Research
