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Nintendo Switch Video Game System Selling Fast

by Alan Spencer

The new home gaming system that people can also use on the move, Nintendo Switch, sold faster in its launch month than any other video game system in Nintendo history. The gaming system sold …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Nintendo Consoles| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 15

And Finally…. Some Bizarre Market Data…

by Bob Raikes

We often see market research reports from unknown companies. Few are as bizarre as the one from ‘Persistence Market Research”. According to a press release, the global flat panel display market will be valued …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| PDP| Vol 24 - Issue 15

SAARC Pay-TV Revenues to Double by 2021

by Alan Spencer

Dataxis predicts that the major SAARC countries (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka) plus Myanmar will see their pay TV market doubled by 2021, to reach $16 billion compared to just $8 billion last …

Tags:India| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Global VR Industry Revenues for 2017 to Reach $7.2 Billion

by Alan Spencer

Greenlight Insights has published a research report, in collaboration with the RoadToVR blog, which forecasts that total VR revenues will reach $7.2 billion globally by the end of the year. Some $4.7 billion of …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Worldwide PCs Sales Dropped 2.4% in Q1 2017

by Bob Raikes

Worldwide PC shipments totalled 62.2 million units in the first quarter of 2017, a 2.4% decline Q1 2016, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. Q1 2017 was the first time since 2007 that …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Eastern Europe to See Poor Pay-TV Growth

by Alan Spencer

Digital TV Research is forecasting that poor results will be seen in pay-TV subscriber numbers in Eastern Europe. Migration coupled with low birth rates will mean that the populations will fall in 15 of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Worldwide End-User Spending on Devices to Grow 2% This Year

by Alan Spencer

PC, ultramobile and mobile users are spending higher amounts on new devices resulting in growth in end-user spending in 2017. Gartner has estimated that end-user spending will increase by 2% this year, to nearly …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| PCs| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Japan Tablet Shipments Experience Fall for the First Time

by Alan Spencer

While tablets shipments in Japan fell by 9.8% last year, Apple’s iPad still dominates the market. There were 8.51 million tablets shipped in Japan last year, which was a fall of 9.8% compared to …

Tags:Japan| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Digitimes Research Forecasts 8.6% Digital Signage Growth

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes Research has forecast that LCDs for digital signage applications will reach 4.4 million this year, with a CAGR of 8.6% and reaching 5.8 million units in 2020. Although the firm sees competition from …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Korea to Dominate OLED Materials

by Bob Raikes

UBI Research said that the market for OLED materials and components will rise from $8.7 billion in 2017 to $38.2 billion by 2021 as smartphones switch to OLED displays. Korea is expected to take …

Tags:Market Data| Materials Market| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Worldwide AR and VR Headset Market Expecting 58% CAGR

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, the worldwide AR and VR headset device market will reach 99.4 million units in 2021, a rise of nearly 10-times from the 10.1 million units shipped in 2016. This represents a …

Tags:Augmented Reality| IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Tablet Shipments Expected to Drop Globally in Q1

by Yvette Raikes

In Q1 2017, global unit tablet shipments will fall under 40 million for the first time in almost five years, according to Digitimes Research. Shipments are expected to be 39.3 million. Q1 is usually …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 10