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TV Sets Sold in France for 2016 Reach 6.5 Million

by Alan Spencer

According to GfK figures, reported by Advanced Television, TV set sales in France for 2016 reached 6.5 million boosted by the Euro 2016 football tournament. Sales reportedly jumped by 1.4 million compared to 2015 …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Global Shipments of LCD TVs Increase by 1.6% in 2016

by Alan Spencer

Figures released by WitsView, a division of TrendForce, show that global shipments of LCD TV sets for 2016 increased 1.6% percent annually to reach 219.2 million units. Shipment growth was attributed to the strong …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Semiconductor Sales Record $339 billion in 2016

by Bob Raikes

The global semiconductor business grew to $338.9 billion in 2016, a new record level, although up just 1.1% on 2015. Sales reached $31 billion in December, up 12.3% on the same month in 2015. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Tablet Shipment on the Decline According to IDC

by Bob Raikes

The fourth quarter of 2016 marked the ninth consecutive quarter that tablet shipments declined. Based on preliminary data from IDC, vendors shipped 52.9 million which was a decline of 20.1% from the same quarter …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Most Smartphone Users Spend Nothing on Apps

by Bob Raikes

Over half of smartphone users spend no money on smartphone apps (paid-for downloads and in-app transactions) *, according to a new survey by Gartner, Inc. However, end-user spending on in-app transactions continues to rise. …

Tags:Gartner| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Panel Area Grows, but Units Drop in TV Panel Supply

by Bob Raikes

Witsview has reported that panel area shipped in 2016 grew by 6.5%, while units shipped dropped by 3.5% as average set sizes rose by 2.2″ to 43.6″, a bigger increase than in previous years.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Market Data| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Juniper Releases Smartwatch Forecast

by Bob Raikes

Juniper released its forecast for Smartwatches in 2021 and expects a market value of $21.5 billion. North America and Europe will represent more than half the market by that time.

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 03

WW Chip Revenue Grew 1.5% in 2016 – Gartner

by Bob Raikes

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $339.7 billion in 2016, a 1.5% increase from 2015 revenue of $334.8 billion, according to preliminary results by Gartner. The top 25 semiconductor vendors’ combined revenue increased by 7.9% compared …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Virtual Reality Headset Market Forecast CES Update

by Steve Sechrist

The VR AR space is a niche market at best, barely showing up as a rounding error in the recent CEA market update given on press day one at CES 2017. The CTA Extended …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2017| Emerging Markets| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Press Events| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 02

CTA Celebrates 50 Years of CES

by Bob Raikes

The CTA held the opening event which followed the traditional format with Shawn Dubravac and Steve Koenig of the organisation giving, first, a view on technology and then a report on global markets. Dubravac …

Tags:CES 2017| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Point Share Provides Interactive Map on Phone Shares

by Bob Raikes

While we were researching an article, we found this useful ‘interactive map’ showing the current market share of mobile phone operators in European countries. If you need the information, published by Point Topic, the …

Tags:Back Panel| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Enterprise Wearables to Shift to Body-worn Devices says ABI

by Bob Raikes

The enterprise wearable market is experiencing a shift from wrist-worn devices to body- and head-worn wearables said ABI Research which forecasts enterprise wearable shipments will grow from 30 million shipments in 2016 to nearly …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01| Wearable Market