Acer to Double Smartphone Shipments
According to CEO John Chen, Acer plans to double its smartphone shipments this year, to about 10 million units. The company’s smartphones are now available in 53 countries worldwide.
Colombia Passes 8 Million TV Subs – Unofficially
The BB Business Bureau of Argentina estimates that there were almost 8.1 million pay-TV subscribers in Colombia at the end of 2014, up 4.3% YoY. Official figures from the Autoridad Nacional de Television put the number at 5.1 million; the BBBB’s result includes estimates for piracy and industry under-reporting, adding 15% and 11% to the total, respectively. … Read more
IPTV Continues to Lead in Montenegro
At the end of 2014 digital TV subscribers in Montenegro, across all platforms, fell 0.8% (1,242) QoQ, but were up 3.8% (5,692) YoY. The total subscriber base was 154,393, representing 79.26% of households. IPTV remained the leading platform (41.63% share), followed by DTH (33.27%) and MMDS and cable (12.97% and 11.8%, respectively).
New Google Play Highlights Software Focus
The Google stand was, naturally, dominated by Chromebooks – Google’s low-cost notebook product that is seeing rising adoption in the education market. However, the main news was Google Play for Education (GPE): an initiative for devices running the company’s Android OS, and which is now being launched in the UK. GPE provides teachers with a … Read more
LG Launches Pro:Centric Set Top Box For U.S. Hospitality Market
LG Electronics has introduced a new set-top box that will bring the power and convenience of its Pro:Centric Internet-protocol television (IPTV) platform to even more hotel rooms. Available now, LG’s new hotel set-top box, the Pro:Centric Smart STB-3000, provides advanced smart interactive IPTV functionality as well as a broad range of compatible third party System … Read more
Pay-TV and VoD Fails to Compensate for Falling AV
The recently-published 20th edition of the European Audiovisual Observatory’s Yearbook shows that Europe’s AV sector remained flat for a second year in 2013, despite the rise of VoD services that year. For the third year running, the market generated revenues near to €133 billion, although 2013 was the first time a slight (0.1%) fall was … Read more
Netflix tops 57m subs; accelerates expansion
Netflix has revealed that its customer base grew by 13 million last year, comparing favourably to the 11.1 million customers added in 2013. The result brings the company’s total subscribers to 57.4 million. 4.33 million were added in Q4’14. Netflix expects to end 2015 with 61.4 million members.
Uncertainty Surrounds Exterion Media
Exterion Media, which said earlier this month that it is ‘exploring strategic alternatives’ for the company, is reported to have announced a round of job cuts this week at its London base. Among the staff losing their jobs is thought to be Simon Harrington, Marketing and Business Development Director. Platinum Equity, the private equity company … Read more
Barco Completes Colombian Rollout
A rollout of more than 150 Barco projectors to Colombian cinema chain Royal Films has been completed. The chain chose several models, including the DP2K-10S and DP2K-32B. More installations are planned in the future as the company expands.
The State of Virtual Reality at CES 2015
At CES 2015, virtual reality was a topic of great interest. In our special coverage of this segment, there are lots of news stories on the personal eyewear and head mounted displays that will be needed for this experience. But the question remains: does this current wave of euphoria over virtual reality (VR) have legs? … Read more
Dynamic Focus on 46″ Full HD LCD Public Displays V22 Issue 05
This week we are highlighting LCD Public Displays in the 46″ Full HD category covering sizes 43.5″ to 48.49″ with 1920 x 1080 resolution. There are 11 brands featured in the advertising. Samsung is at the top of the PageShare for the combined three major countries, LG is second and NEC Displays is third. In … Read more
Celestica Result 21/01/2015
Celestica Inc. has announced its fourth quarter and full year results, recording a net loss in Q4 of $4.4 million compared with a net profit in the final quarter of the previous year of $22.1 million. Turnover for the quarter was flat year on year at $1.4 billion. For the year, the company reported a … Read more
