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Two markets going from strength to strength – DE/AT/CH and BENELUX

by Vanessa Browning

OVAB Europe’s Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) has been used to analyse the 2014 DACH and Benelux markets. In DACH, the Index began the year very positively; despite losing some momentum from Q2 …

4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Specs are Great but is it too Late?

by Tom Allen

Victor Matsuda, chairman of the Blu-ray Disc Association, has discussed the upcoming UltraHD Blu-ray standard and what it will offer over streaming video. Because physical media has a much greater bandwidth than most internet …

Tags:Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 04

ZVEI Predicts Low Growth in Germany

by Tom Allen

Klaus Mittelbach, CEO of Germany’s ZVEI trade association, has predicted that sales of electrical goods in the country will rise 0.5% this year, to almost €174 billion. Results from last year’s sales are still being …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04

TV Panels Remain Steady and Monitors Fall in January

by Vanessa Browning

TV panel prices have remained steady in early January, as global top tier brands are still showing strong demand, DisplaySearch data shows. Samsung and some leading Chinese vendors (with reasonable levels of demand in …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| IHS DisplaySearch| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Colombia Passes 8 Million TV Subs – Unofficially

by Tom Allen

The BB Business Bureau of Argentina estimates that there were almost 8.1 million pay-TV subscribers in Colombia at the end of 2014, up 4.3% YoY. Official figures from the Autoridad Nacional de Television put the …

IPTV Continues to Lead in Montenegro

by Tom Allen

At the end of 2014 digital TV subscribers in Montenegro, across all platforms, fell 0.8% (1,242) QoQ, but were up 3.8% (5,692) YoY. The total subscriber base was 154,393, representing 79.26% of households. IPTV …

New Google Play Highlights Software Focus

by Tom Allen

The Google stand was, naturally, dominated by Chromebooks – Google’s low-cost notebook product that is seeing rising adoption in the education market. However, the main news was Google Play for Education (GPE): an initiative …

Pay-TV and VoD Fails to Compensate for Falling AV

by Tom Allen

The recently-published 20th edition of the European Audiovisual Observatory’s Yearbook shows that Europe’s AV sector remained flat for a second year in 2013, despite the rise of VoD services that year. For the third …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Netflix tops 57m subs; accelerates expansion

by Vanessa Browning

Netflix has revealed that its customer base grew by 13 million last year, comparing favourably to the 11.1 million customers added in 2013. The result brings the company’s total subscribers to 57.4 million. 4.33 …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Uncertainty Surrounds Exterion Media

by Helen Vince

Exterion Media, which said earlier this month that it is ‘exploring strategic alternatives’ for the company, is reported to have announced a round of job cuts this week at its London base. Among the …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Barco Completes Colombian Rollout

by Vanessa Browning

A rollout of more than 150 Barco projectors to Colombian cinema chain Royal Films has been completed. The chain chose several models, including the DP2K-10S and DP2K-32B. More installations are planned in the future …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Dynamic Focus on 46″ Full HD LCD Public Displays V22 Issue 05

by Vanessa Browning

This week we are highlighting LCD Public Displays in the 46″ Full HD category covering sizes 43.5″ to 48.49″ with 1920 x 1080 resolution. There are 11 brands featured in the advertising. Samsung is …

Tags:dynamic focus| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Pricing| Vol 22 - Issue 05