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Worldwide Semiconductor Sales See 21% YoY Rise in April

by Yvette Raikes

Worldwide semiconductor sales were up 21% YoY to $31.3 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association, using WSTS figures. The market is predicted to grow by 11.5% this year and by a further 2.7% …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Media Strategy Driven by Direct-to-consumer Technology

by Yvette Raikes

Technological advances, such as VR, are driving direct-to-consumer strategies, according to the global entertainment and media outlook for 2017 to 2021 from PwC. The consumer VR content market is expected to be worth $15.1 …

Tags:Forecasts| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Xiaomi and Apple Lead the Wearables Market

by Yvette Raikes

The Q1 wearables market grew by 17.9% YoY, according to IDC, with 24.7 million devices shipped. Fitbit slipped down the rankings to third with Xiaomi and Apple challenging neck and neck for top spot …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 22| Wearables

Netflix Will Have 128 million subscribers by 2022

by Yvette Raikes

Subscribers to Netflix will rise by 44% from 2016 to number 128 million in 2022, according to the figures published by Digital TV Research with the number of non-US subscribers outnumbering US subscribers by …

Tags:Forecasts| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Auto Display Business Conference at SID 2017

by Steve Sechrist

The 2017 business conference track, co-hosted by SID and industry display research pioneer, Ross Young’s Digital Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC). This year the business track included an automotive market focus conference targeting Automotive Displays. …

Tags:Automotive| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Press Events| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 21

European Desktop Monitor Market is Positive

by Bob Raikes

The European Desktop market saw some year on year growth from 2016 in Q1 by 3.6%, although the market was down from Q1, a typical seasonal decline according to Meko’s DisplayCast service. On a …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Worldwide Shipments of AR/VR Headsets Rise Q1 2017

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, worldwide shipments of AR and VR headsets continued to rise with a total of 2.3 million units shipped in the first quarter of 2017. IDC is also forecasting triple-digit growth for …

Tags:Augmented Reality| IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 21

UHD Blu-ray to Grow Slowly in 2017

by Bob Raikes

Futuresource Consulting has said in a report published by 4K.com that 8.4 million UltraHD Blu-ray disks will be sold in 2017, representing just 4% of all disc sales during the year and a very …

Tags:4k| Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 21

BC06 O’Brien Looks at the State of the Consumer Market

by Bob Raikes

Bob O’Brien, a founder of DSCC, opened up the second session of the business conference which looked at the ‘Current State of the Consumer Electronic Market’. O’Brien started by looking at the big picture. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Quantum Dots| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 21

UBI Bullish on OLED Prospects

by Bob Raikes

UBI Research of Korea has put out its report on OLED sales in Q1 and estimates the value at $4.31 billion in Q1 2017, up 15% from the same quarter a year ago, with …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Automotive Touchscreen Shipments Are Growing

by Yvette Raikes

Automotive touch panels are now almost standard, despite safety concerns about operation whilst driving, according to IHS Markit. Touch panel shipments for automotive use are expected to be over 50 million in 2017, up …

Tags:Automotive| IHS Markit| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Indian Tablet Market Sees Dip

by Yvette Raikes

The Indian tablet market saw a 18.6% YoY drop in Q1, with 701,000 units shipped during the period, according to IDC. The consumer segment was the worst hit, with a fall of 28% YoY, …

Tags:IDC| India| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 21