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Digital TV Research: Africa to Reach 10 Million SVoD Subscribers by 2023

by Andrew Fenn

Digital TV Research forecasts 9.99 million SVoD subscribers across 35 Sub-Saharan Africa countries by 2023, up from 1.56 million at the end of 2017. Although massive growth will take place, the report estimates that …

BeIN Media Chooses Metrological to Develop Its New TV App

by Andrew Fenn

Dutch TV application provider Metrological has been selected by BeIN Media, a pay TV operator based in Qatar, to develop a new TV app for its hybrid satellite, IP legacy and OTT television services, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Daktronics LED Displays Chosen for Al Arabia Advertising

by Andrew Fenn

Daktronics has partnered with Al Arabia and the Arab External Advertising Company to deliver new LED digital displays for their “digital paintings in the streets of the capital” campaign in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. More …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Dataxis: SVOD Subscribers in Middle East to Reach 14 million in 2023

by Andrew Fenn

Dataxis’ latest research sheds light on the evolution of the digital video market in the Middle East, which is expected to grow significantly in the next five years. The growth will mainly be driven …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| SVOD| Vol 25 - Issue 21

BrightSign Powers Digital Signage at New Dubai Department Store

by Andrew Fenn

BrightSign has announced that the Emirates’ newest department store — the 18,581m² flagship Robinsons store in the Dubai Festival Centre Mall — features an extensive networked digital signage installation based entirely on BrightSign players, …

Opening of Saudi Cinema Market is a Big Deal

by Chris Chinnock

On April 18th, the first cinema to show a movie in Saudi Arabia in 37 years debuted with a special screening for VIPs of the “Black Panther” movie. It was a historic event on …

Tags:Cinema| CinemaCon 2018| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Visitors to The World’s Tallest Building Can Jump Off It in VR

by Andrew Fenn

Emaar Properties, the owners of the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, has collaborated with HTC, media firm Digicomm, and UK tech agency Inition — the one behind VR experience “The View from …

LG OLED Video Wall Takes the Gold at AV Technology Europe Awards

by Andrew Fenn

The LG OLED video wall installed at the Dubai Mall was recently named Best Use of Projection/Display Solutions at the first ever AV Technology Europe Awards. The wall is 50 metres wide, two stories …

IDC: Africa Smartphone Market Declines Despite Strong Performance of Region’s Biggest Markets

by Andrew Fenn

Africa’s smartphone market experienced a quarter-on-quarter decline of 6.4% during the fourth quarter of 2017, according to the latest insights from IDC. The new data shows smartphone shipments were down to 20.3 million units …

Tags:Market Data| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Acer Wants to Boost its Share in MEA Enterprise Notebook Market

by Andrew Fenn

Acer will make a concerted effort to increase its presence in the Middle East and Africa enterprise notebook market during 2018, according to Digitimes. Citing comments from country manager Paul Collins, the publication revealed …

IDC: Strong PC Demand Dampens Decline of MEA PCD Market

by Andrew Fenn

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations and tablets, declined 6.2% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to the latest …

Gartner: MENA IT Device Spending to Reach $27 Billion in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

IT device spending in the Middle East and North Africa region is projected to reach $27.4 billion in 2018, a 1.6% increase from $26.96 billion in 2017, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. …