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Younger Buyers Lead Growth in Chinese Notebook Sales

by Yvette Raikes

Growth in Chinese notebook sales is being driven by younger people, according to research from IDC China, based on figures from the annual sales on 18th June to celebrate eTailer Jing Dong (JD)’s anniversary. …

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

UHD Dominating UK TV Market Value

by Bob Raikes

Nick Simon of GfK spoke at a recent UltraHD conference held by SES in London and said that UltraHD sets are now the dominant HD TV type, especially in the over £350 price bracket. …

Tags:4k| GfK| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 23

GFU Surveys German Consumers on TV

by Bob Raikes

The GFU in Germany has released the results of a couple of surveys of Germany consumers, covering their appreciation of marketing terms in TV and the plans for the change to DVB-T2. The first …

Tags:Germany| GFU| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 24 - Issue 23

IDC Bullish on AR & VR

by Bob Raikes

IDC has forecast that AR and VR headset sales will grow with a CAGR of 57.7% from just under 10 million units to just under 100 million by 2021. VR headsets have led much …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Global Pay-TV Revenues Reach $202 billion

by Alan Spencer

The pay-TV revenues increased by $32 billion for 138 countries, between 2010 and 2016 to reach $202 billion. However, only $1.23 billion was added in 2016, according to research carried out by Digital TV …

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

Consumers Buy Larger TVs

by Yvette Raikes

Global TV shipments were down 4.7% to 46.7 million in Q1, according to IHS Markit, but the average screen size is still on the rise and has reached just over 42″. This was attributed …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Indian Wearable Shipments Rise in Q1 2017

by Alan Spencer

According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Tracker for the first quarter of 2017, total shipments for wearables in India were 612,000. This included smart wearables that can run third-party apps, and basic wearables …

Tags:IDC| India| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23| Wearables

VoD and Smartphone Viewing Most Popular with Teens

by Alan Spencer

Teenagers and children in the UK are increasingly watching TV through a smartphone and using an on-demand services. Research by MediaCom showed that 33% of teenagers regularly watch TV content via a smartphone, which …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Latin American Pay-TV Sees Growth

by Yvette Raikes

There has been strong growth in pay-TV in Latin America, according to research shown at the April seminar of the Pay-TV Innovation Forum held in Las Vegas. The research was done by MTM, an …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Market Data| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Challenging Conditions Affect Africa’s Mobile Phone Market

by Yvette Raikes

Q1 mobile phone shipments in Africa were 54.5 million, down 8.2% QoQ, according to figures from IDC. Smartphones in particular saw a drop of 17.6% to 21.2 million units. However, the YOY market rose …

Tags:Emerging Markets| IDC| Market Data| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Worldwide Pay-TV Subscriptions Reach 969 Million

by Alan Spencer

Digital TV Research has estimated that there will be 254 million additional pay-TV subscribers between 2010 and 2016 to take the worldwide total to 969 million, representing an increase of 35%. The information was …

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

Chinese OLED Production Forecast

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes Research has released its forecast for the growth of AMOLED manufacturing in China. Seven China-based panel makers have been expanding existing or setting up new AMOLED production capacities, with the total annual capacity …

Tags:China| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 22