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Supply chain sources have said that TV vendors are aiming to ship 34 million UltraHD TVs next year – up 120% from 2014. The largest market will be China (no surprises there – TA) and demand will continue to climb for 50″+ sizes.
Orders for curved, UltraHD monitor panels are increasing in 24″, 27″, 28″ and 32″ sizes, say Asian reports. Samsung, LG, Sharp, Acer, Dell, Asus, Chimei and BenQ are said to be placing orders, with AUO and Innolux responsible for supply. At the same time, UltraHD panels are being ordered by TV vendors, in 43″, 48″ … Read more
Set-top box take-up changes significantly by country in Europe, says Parks Associates. In the UK, 55% of broadband households use such a device, compared to 36% in Spain and 20% in Germany. The same applies – to a lesser extent – for internet-connected consumer electronics, such as consoles and PCs. 54% of German broadband households … Read more
The UK’s free satellite TV service, Freesat, was available to 1.9 million households at the end of September. 8,000 new subscribers were added in Q3, and 32,000 in the first 9 months of 2014.
Pay-TV is the largest segment of the overall consumer video services market, representing 96.3% of spending this year. Gartner expects this to fall to 94.2% by 2018, while subscription VoD (SVoD) services will grow. The SVoD segment holds the strongest growth potential; Gartner predicts 28.1% growth this year and 18.2% in 2015. North America and … Read more
Micahel Probst, director of the EU-supported Hbb-Next project, has said that HbbTV 2.0 will “hopefully” be released this year. V2.0 will also include four new features contributed by Probst’s group, including synchronised video content across devices and control of TVs using face- and gesture-recognition.
A new HDMI dongle – apparently the first using an Intel chip – is now being sold in China. The ‘Meegopad T01’ is more expensive, but also more powerful, than similar ARM-powered units. Costing $125, the device features an Intel Bay Trail Atom processor and supports Windows 8.1, Android and Linux (so can be used … Read more
Funds have been secured for Montenegro’s digital switchover. The launch of the country’s digital platform is scheduled for 1st December, with ASO on 17th June 2015. Almost
46,000 new customers joined BSkyB in Q3, with the company ending the quarter at 10.73 million subscribers. 273,000 households were added compared to the same period last year. Of the total subscriber figure, roughly half (5.3 million) were taking HD services, compared to 4.9 million last year.
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has issued a report on digital switchover in Armenia. According to the report, the technical components of the switchover are the most advanced, but many provisions of the legislative framework do not comply with international standards. For example, the introduction of new players and expansion of … Read more
A deadline of 30th June 2015 has been set to apply for a free (government-subsidised) set-top box in Serbia. Demand for digital receivers, which is currently low in the country, is expected to increase when the ASO date approaches next year.
A draft report on the future of Europe’s ultra-high frequency (UHF) band (470 – 694MHz) has been finalised. The report was authored by Task Group 6, under the ECC. ‘Draft ECC Report 224’ will be reviewed by the ECC at a meeting in late November. The report focuses on possible uses for the UHF band, … Read more
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