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Q2 Positive for European DTM Market

by Bob Raikes

There was some good news for the Desktop Monitor market in Q2, with sales up 14.0% on Q2 2015, although there was a drop from Q1, which is in line with historic seasonal trends. …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Xbox OneS Launches 4K Game Console Era

by Steve Sechrist

As part of its global game strategy in a market poised to grow to plus $100 billion by next year, Microsoft is shifting into high gear with the recent Xbox One S game console. …

Tags:Consoles| Game Playing| Market Data| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 23 - Issue 33

The Dragon is Awake: Chinese Dominate Mobile Phone Rankings

by Tom Allen

Although smartphone sales are slowing, they still grew 4.3% YoY in Q2’16, to 344 million units, says Gartner in its recent report on the mobile phone market. Total mobile phone sales, including featurephones, were …

PDs in Europe Fit the Seasonal Pattern

by Bob Raikes

Over recent years, the Public Display market in Europe has settled into a clear pattern, with most growth being concentrated in Q4 of one year and Q1 of the next. Q2 in 2016 saw …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Market Data| Vol 23 - Issue 32

Tablet Market Stabilizing as ASPs climb 9 percent in Q2 2016, says Strategy Analytics

by Isaac Oburu

Global Tablet shipments fell 8 percent year-on-year in Q2 2016 to 46.7 million units while average selling prices (ASPs) went the other way, climbing 9 percent during the same period. Consumers and enterprises alike …

Tags:Market Data| tablets

IT Market Growth Shrinks

by Tom Allen

The European IT Observatory (EITO) has published a report on the growth of the European ICT market. Following strong (3% YoY) growth in 2015, EITO expects a slowdown in 2016. Revenues are projected to …

Ex-DisplaySearch and -LG Execs Open New Research Company

by Tom Allen

Wasn’t sure about this one. Delete if you think it’s too much talk about competition – T Ross Young, founder of DisplaySearch (now owned by IHS) and Bob O’Brien, formerly of LG Philips Display …

The Art of Technology Forecasts

by Norbert Hildebrand

When a new technology is introduced through prototypes, demonstrators or even first products, the technology-centric press like the one you are reading right now, soon starts writing about the wonderful new technology and what …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| Vol 23 - Issue 24

DS15 Couldwell Introduces Analysts

by Bob Raikes

The fourth session of the day was on market trends and was moderated by Clive Couldwell of AV Magazine. The first presentation was by Chris McIntyre-Brown of FutureSource Consulting. After introducing his firm, he …

IHS Flexible Wearable Business Conference – Market

by Steve Sechrist

In the IHS-organised Wearable-Flexible business conference at Display Week, highlights included a market survey of current conditions (where the market is) and a survey of trends portending where the technology is headed. To quote …

STRATEGY ANALYTICS: 1 in 8 Homes in North America to Own an Ultra HD TV by End 2016

by Isaac Oburu

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, more than 11 million North American homes will own an Ultra HD TV by the end of 2016 as prices drop to increasingly affordable levels and …

Tags:Market Data| North America| TV Set Market| UltraHD (4KTV)

BC20 O’Brien Combines GfK & NPD Data

by Bob Raikes

Bob O’Brien was once with Corning (and was previously with LG.Philips Displays) but is now an independent consultant. O’Brien has been working on a new global brand report with GfK and NPD POS data …