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EMEA Monitor Market Up in Q1

by Bob Raikes

Given the poor conditions in the PC market, it’s surprising to be reporting that the market for desktop monitors in EMEA was up on last year in Q1 2016 according to Meko’s DisplayCast DTM …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 23 - Issue 19

CJ Brings Immersive Cinema to Eastern Europe

by Tom Allen

Korea’s CJ 4DPLEX (part of the CJ Group) has entered into a partnership with Cineworld Plc in Slovakia. Through this agreement, CJ is bringing its 4DX immersive cinema experience to the country. Cineworld operates …

Turkcell Uses Ericsson in LTE Broadcast Trial

by Tom Allen

Ericsson and Turkcell have worked together to deliver a live streaming mobile experience, using LTE Broadcast, in Turkey. The demonstration took place at a basketball game, and was part of Turkcell’s deployment of Ericsson’s …

Maverick Extends Smart Agreement

by Tom Allen

Maverick has extended its contract with Smart Technologies, and will now distribute the Smart Kapp products across the UK, Italy, Spain and Portugal – in addition to Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, the …

Tags:Distribution| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Smart Technologies Inc| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Post Luxembourg Adds UHD

by Tom Allen

IPTV provider Post Luxembourg has launched the Funbox UHD channel (LG Expands UltraHD in CEE), which can be received using the new N7900 set-top box.

Challenges in the Public Display Market

by Bob Raikes

It’s been a very busy week at our company as we finalised our quarterly data for the Public Display and Desktop monitor markets and Tom was at a UK TV event, as well as …

EMEA Public Display Sales See New Value High

by Bob Raikes

Sales volumes in the EMEA Public Display market slipped back in Q1 2016, by 4.7% on a quarterly basis, but 8% up over Q1 2015, according to Meko’s DisplayCast Public Display service as the …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Market Data| Vol 23 - Issue 18

Mergers: Commission Prohibits Hutchison’s Proposed Acquisition of Telefónica UK

by Isaac Oburu

The Commission has blocked the proposed acquisition of O2 by Hutchison under the EU Merger Regulation. It had strong concerns that UK mobile customers would have had less choice and paid higher prices as …

Tags:Europe| Mergers & Acquisitions

Much-Leaked Samsung Tablet is Official

by Tom Allen

Back in March, a new tablet appeared on Samsung’s website before being swiftly removed. The tablet featured a 10.1″ display and was known as the Galaxy Tab 10.1 A. At the end of last …

Tags:Europe| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 19

IHS Analysts Look at VR & Media Trends

by Bob Raikes

IHS held an analyst’s briefing meeting at the end of the recent TV Connect event in London and we went along to see what the company had to say. It was a short event, …

Deutsche Telekom Grows Base in Q1

by Tom Allen

Deutsche Telekom has added 70,000 TV customers in Q1’16 from Q4’15 – 53,000 of them in its home market of Germany. Subscriber numbers across Europe (excluding Germany) were up 0.4% QoQ and 4.8% YoY, …

Flexible OLED Project Reaches Completion

by Tom Allen

The European Flex-o-Fab project (Flex-o-Fab Demonstrates Flexible OLED from Roll to Roll Process), run by the Holst Centre, has completed its goals in the area of flexible OLEDs. Launched in January 2013, the €11 …