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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

IDC

MEA Tablet Market Sees Decline

by Alan Spencer

IDC has reported that in the last quarter of 2016, the Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market declined 24.2% on year to total 3.07 million units. For the whole of 2016, the decline …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Chinese SVoD Market Driven by the Young

by Alan Spencer

According to Futuresource, the uptake of SVoD in China is being driven by the young consumers, with some 66% of SVoD users being in the 16 to 35 age group, plus there is a …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| SVOD| Vol 24 - Issue 10

African Pay-TV Subscribers Reached 18.7 million in 2016

by Alan Spencer

According to figures from Dataxis, Africa pay-TV subscribers were approximately 18.7 million at the end of 2016, which is a rise of approximately 2 million subscribers compared to 2015. DTH subscribers amounted to 14 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Western European AR/VR Spending to Reach $2.5 Billion in 2017

by Alan Spencer

IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide update has forecast Western European revenues for the AR and VR market to be $2.5 billion in 2017. This represents a 131% rise of over …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Europe| IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 10

IDC

IT Spending Growth to Slow

by Milos Pavlovic

IDC has forecast that overall IT spending growth will slow down from the 5%-6% seen between 2102 and 2015 to around 3%, bringing spending this year to $3.5 trillion. The IT industry will see …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 09

IHS Markit Talks Up 4K and 8K

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit put out a press release highlighting that the UltraHD TV market will be dominated by China which is expected to take 42% of all the UHD TVs in 2017. The data was …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 09