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What Bob Saw on the Net 01/05/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Report: …

Tags:Europe| Financial Data| GPUs| LG Electronics (LGE)| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Nvidia| OTT Video| SVOD| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Virtual Reality| Vuzix

What Bob Saw on the Net 30/05/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) LG …

Tags:Europe| Huawei| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| Retail| Samsung Display| Semiconductors| TSMC| USA| Vapour Deposition| warranty

IDC: Commercial Renewals Maintain Stability in EMEA PC Market

by Andrew Fenn

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market remained stable in the third quarter of 2018, with the market turning positive (0.5% growth year-on-year) and totalling 18.1 million units, according to IDC. …

Tags:Europe| IDC| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 25 - Issue 41

4KUniverse Launches on Hotbird over EMEA

by Andrew Fenn

At MIPCOM 2018, 4KUniverse, a 24-hour Ultra HD and HDR general entertainment TV channel, confirmed it will be launching on the Hotbird video neighbourhood on November 1st. Once positioned on Hotbird, the channel will …

Tags:4k| Europe| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Satellite| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 40

NEC Partner Award Winners Named at Forum

by Andrew Fenn

NEC Display Solutions Europe has revealed the winners of the 2018/19 Display Trends Forum EMEA Partner Awards at its customer event in Valencia, Spain. The ceremony recognises achievements by NEC channel partners who supply …

Tags:Back Panel| Distributors| Europe| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Vol 25 - Issue 40

Hitachi Confirms TV Plans

by Bob Raikes

We reported last week that Hitachi had pulled out of the TV market in Japan, but there was uncertainty about other regions. Thanks to the company for this statement, which clarified what is happening …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 38

Eclair and Samsung Partner to Bring Onyx Cinema LED Tech to Europe

by Andrew Fenn

Eclair, a provider of content services for the motion picture and television industries, has entered into an agreement with Samsung for the installation of the Onyx Cinema LED solution at its facility in Paris, …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| LED Cinema| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 37

European Monitor Market is Positive

by Bob Raikes

The European desktop monitor market was positive in Q2 of 2018, with growth of 8.5% – producing the best volume result for seven years in that quarter according to Meko’s DisplayCast market research service. …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 25 - Issue 36

Energy Saving Slips in Europe with New TVs

by Bob Raikes

Advanced Television spoke to Markus Kick, a GfK specialist in Consumer Electronics who explained that the move to higher quality TVs is having a negative impact on the purchase of energy-saving TVs. He said …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Power Consumption| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 34

IDC: Smartphone Sales Slacken in EMEA — Vendors Take a Wider Aspect View

by Andrew Fenn

The EMEA mobile phone market continues to lose steam, according to IDC. Total smartphone shipments in the total European market including Russia and the CIS were marginally lower than in the same quarter last …

Tags:Europe| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Arte to Conduct Ultra HD and HDR Trial Next Month

by Andrew Fenn

Franco-German TV network Arte has announced it will be running a UHD and HDR trial from September 12th – 22nd, in collaboration with Amazon CloudFront, AWS Elemental, Anyware Vidéo, ATEME, Cobalt, Globecast, Molotov, Philips, …

Tags:4k| Europe| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 32

IDC: Apple and Huawei Flex Their Strength in a Declining Tablet Market

by Andrew Fenn

According to the latest figures published by IDC, the overall tablet market for Western Europe declined 10.1% year-on-year, with 6.3 million units shipping in the second quarter of 2018. Slates exhibited a degree of …

Tags:Europe| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 25 - Issue 31