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Europe Smartphone Market Gains 8% YoY in 2021; But COVID-19 Recovery Comes Up Short

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research added to the data it already released on the US and Chinese smartphone markets by releasing its data on Europe. It highlighted that the market had a rollercoaster year …

Tags:Europe| Market Data| Smartphone Market

What is SkyShowtime and where can you get it?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say SkyShowtime, the new streaming service from Comcast and ViacomCBS has got approval to start in business in Europe and will launch in 20 countries later this year – mainly the countries …

Tags:Europe| Streaming Video| SVOD

Sky sheds 200,000 subs in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In the report on Q4 from parent company, Comcast, Sky is reported to have lost 198K subscribers in the UK, Germany and Italy. Revenue was down in Q4 by 2.4% to …

Tags:Comcast| Europe| Financial Data| Sky

Nokia Brand Licensed for TVs`

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HDTVTest reported that new QLED TVs will be sold in Europe (initially in DACH) under the Nokia name and using QLED technology. The sets are being sold under a licence by …

Tags:Europe| Nokia| QLED| TVs (TV Sets)

Links Week Starting 24th January 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Sky Is Largest TV Company by Revenue …

Collapse of the Lira & Chinese Property Market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Turkish lira plummeted by 7% in a single night this week against the US dollar. Analysts are deeply sceptical about the policy of Turkey’s President Erdogan. The currency is around …

Tags:China| Europe| Macroeconomics

SmarDTV TV-Stick completes CI Plus 2.0 certification

by Bob Raikes

What They Say SmarDTV said that its USB 2.0 based Conditional Access Module, the TV-Stick has been granted CI Plus 2.0 certification. This will allow sets with USB to offer the same kind of …

Tags:Europe| Security

Links Week Commencing 6th December 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. RAW and more updates on the Ninja …

Behind the Screens: The Emerging Viewership Landscape

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has been building a business, run by Samsung Ads, to develop and exploit the huge installed base of Samsung SmartTVs and the firm has published, through DTV Europe, an interesting analysis of how …

Omdia Updates on Streaming and HbbTV

by Bob Raikes

HbbTV held its 9th Symposium and Awards event in Paris – a mixture of the live and virtual. We picked up on the live stream and were interested to hear what Paul Gray, Director …

EMEA PC Market Maintains Growth in 2021Q3, Despite Lower Consumer Spending and Continued Supply Issues, Says IDC

by Artem Alekseenko

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market, (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) grew 12.7% YoY in 2021Q3, for a total of 24.4 million units, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). A strong …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Europe| IDC| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)

Panasonic To Stop TV Production in Pilsen, Czech Rep.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Panasonic has been reported as stopping its in-house production of TVs in Pilsen, Czech Rep. The factory is expected to close by the end of March 2022 with the loss of …

Tags:Europe| Panasonic| TV Production