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SmarDTV Wins in South Africa

by Bob Raikes

SmarDTV, a Kudelski Group company, said that its third generation System-In-Package (SIP) technology was selected by Altech UEC of Durban, South Africa, to be included in a brand new HD set-top box for OpenView …

Cestel Wins Istanbul FIDs Contract

by Bob Raikes

Reuters has reported that Vestel of Turkey has won the contract for the flight information displays system to be installed in the new Istanbul 3 airport which is due to start operations in 2018. …

Tags:Flight Information (FIDs)| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vestel| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Philips Unveils B-line Borderless Monitor Series in MEA

by Bob Raikes

MMD has released new B-Line monitors in the Middle East. The monitors are in three sizes and two resolutions and have borderless designs with PowerSensor presence sensing. Analyst Comment No details were put out …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 24 - Issue 16

EMEA Notebook Market Sees Growth in 2017 Q1

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, the EMEA region PC market showed growth of 1.6% in the first quarter of 2017, and hit 17.4 million units. There was strong performance from notebooks which grew 8.9% in the …

New DOOH Signs Added in Beirut

by Alan Spencer

Lebanon’s Pikasso is continuing the digitisation of Beirut City with the completion of an additional 15 4’×3’ (1.2m x 0.9m) screens in key districts of the capital. The new network, called the Beirut Digital …

Only 3% of MENA TV Channels are HD

by Alan Spencer

A report from Noorsat on TV viewing in MENA, indicates that although 80% of viewers in the region are already equipped to receive HD TV, the region is lagging behind the rest of the …

Pay-TV Households in Middle East and North Africa Exceed 5 Million

by Alan Spencer

For the first time, the number of Middle East and North Africa pay-TV households, rose above the five million mark, making the region one of the fastest growing globally. The rise took place, despite …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Wearables See Strong Growth in Middle East & Africa in 2016

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, shipments of wearables for the Middle East and Africa region are at an all-time high of 746,000 units in the last quarter of 2016, up 29.0% compared to same quarter in …

Tags:IDC| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 12| Wearables

Eutelsat and Nilesat HD Channel Count up 50% in MENA

by Alan Spencer

Eutelsat has announced that its satellite combination at 7/8° West, which is occupied by Eutelsat and Nilesat satellites, is now offering 175 HD channels, 100 of which are exclusive. This announcement was made at …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Ooredoo Launches First 4K/UHD Channels in the Middle East with Harmonic

by Milos Pavlovic

Harmonic, the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure, today announced that Ooredoo, an international telecommunications operator headquartered in Doha, Qatar, has launched the first 4K TV channels in the Middle East using a next-generation …

Tags:MEA (Middle East & Africa)| UltraHD & 4K

Ooredoo Launches 4K TV in the Middle East with Harmonic

by Alan Spencer

Ooredoo, a telecommunications operator based in Qatar, has launched a 4K TV service in the Middle East using Harmonic’s Electra VS convergent video system. Ooredoo’s new multiscreen channels, called FunBox UHD and C4K360, offer …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Africa Pay TV Revenue to Reach $6 Billion in 2021

by Isaac Oburu

According to the latest data by Dataxis for the year ending 2016, Africa Pay TV subscribers stand at approximately 18.7 million subscribers which represent an increase of approximately 2 million subscribers compared to the …

Tags:MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Pay TV