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LG Expands UltraHD in CEE

by Tom Allen

SPI International, owner of the Filmbox brand, has entered into an agreement to promote LG’s UltraHD TVs in Eastern Europe. The company will also make more UltraHD content available to LG TV owners in …

Slingbox Comes to Europe

by Vanessa Browning

Sling Media has launched its Slingbox M1 in Europe. The Slingbox can send HD TV content from a user’s home to a mobile device, worldwide.

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 21

IDC: Commercial Tablets Drive Growth in Europe

by Tom Allen

Western Europe’s tablet market faced challenges again in Q1’15, declining 10.5% YoY to 8.5 million units. IDC’s data shows that the contraction was mainly down to slow consumer demand; commercial adoption grew, with volumes …

Tags:Europe| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Commercial Tablet and 2-in-1 Expansion Accelerates in Western Europe, Says IDC

by Helen Vince

According to figures published by International Data Corporation (IDC), the overall tablet market in Western Europe remained challenged in 1Q15, declining 10.5% year over year with total shipments totaling 8.5 million units. The contraction, …

Tags:Europe| IDC

Horizon Cannot Save Liberty From Losses

by Tom Allen

Liberty Global lost 169,000 video subscribers in Q1, due to the under-performance of the Ziggo service. However, Horizon performed well. Liberty’s ‘next-generation’ video platforms added a total of 274,000 subscribers, including a record 171,000 …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Nanoco Reiterates Position Against Cadmium QDs

by Tom Allen

The issue of cadmium in quantum dots has been discussed at a meeting of the European Parliament. The meeting was ongoing at the time of writing, so we cannot talk about the result – …

Toshiba Notebook Storage Expands

by Tom Allen

Toshiba’s new Portege Z30-B and Tecra Z40-B notebooks expand users’ options for RAM and storage. All four new models run on Intel Broadwell processors. These enable longer battery life – up to 13.5 hours …

TV Units Rise Faster Than Revenues

by Tom Allen

TV set sales in Western Europe were up 3.2% YoY last year, writes Germany’s GFU, based on data from GfK. More than 34 million units were sold, taking €16.3 billion in revenues (up 0.2%). …

Orange Branches Out With TV Stick

by Vanessa Browning

Orange has launched an HDMI dongle, simply called the TV Stick. The product acts as a small form factor STB. It will be deployed in Romania first, followed by France and other European countries. …

Tags:Europe| HDMI| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 18

European IPTV to Pass Satellite in 2015

by Tom Allen

Digital TV Research says that the impact of cord-cutting will be ‘minimal’ in Western Europe. Despite market maturity, pay-TV penetration is expected to grow from 56.7% at end-2014 to 60.4% in 2020. Subscribers will …

Berlin Prepares for SMPTE Forum

by Tom Allen

The SMPTE Forum will take place on 7th and 8th May in Berlin, Germany. The title of this year’s event is ‘Entertainment Technology in the Internet Age: A European Perspective’. Register at http://tinyurl.com/q5ee5mo.

EMEA PC Fall In-Line With IDC Predictions

by Tom Allen

20.2 million PCS were shipped in the EMEA region in Q1’15, IDC data shows – a 7.7% fall YoY. Following a strong 2014, the market returned to decline, as expected, following the end of …