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Digital TV Research: Pay TV and OTT to Make $283 Billion by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

Covering 138 countries, pay TV and OTT revenue combined will reach $283 billion by 2022, up 18% from $239 billion in 2016, according to Digital TV News’ OTT and Pay TV Forecasts report. OTT’s …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Apple Buys VRVana

by Bob Raikes

Apple is reported to have bought an AR start-up called VRVana which has apparently developed an AR headset, called the Totem, but had not shipped it. Reports put the value of the deal at …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 46

First European IMAX VR Experience Centre Opens in the UK

by Andrew Fenn

IMax has launched its fifth VR Experience Centre at the Trafford Centre in Manchester, United Kingdom, the first of its kind in Europe. The centre operates in a similar fashion to other global IMax …

Tags:AR/VR| IMAX| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 46

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IDC: Worldwide Wearables Market Grows 7.3% in Q3 2017

by Andrew Fenn

The worldwide wearables market took another step forward in the third quarter of 2017, with total shipment volume reaching 26.3 million units, up 7.3% year-on-year, according to the IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 46| Wearable Market

Yole Looks at Phosphor Development

by Bob Raikes

Yole Développement’s Eric Virey has released information on the market for phosphors and quantun dots and believes that the market is headed for rationalisation as there are a lot of suppliers, but little differentiation …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Phosphors| Vol 24 - Issue 46

New Samsung Flip Phone Features Variable-Aperture Camera

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung’s newly-announced W2018 flip phone comes with a variable-aperture camera. The W2018, which launches exclusively on China Telecom as part of its Heart of the World charity series, packs a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera with …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Mini LED Revenue Expected to Reach $1 Billion in 2023

by Andrew Fenn

Simon Yang.LED Inside, a division of TrendForce, reports that LED manufacturers are turning to mini LED, due to micro LED’s technological bottlenecks, which make it harder to commercialise in the short term. (Why Do …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 46

German Pay-VOD Subscribers Up 10%

by Andrew Fenn

The German paid video-on-demand market saw healthy growth in the third quarter of 2017, with a 10% uptick in subscribers, according to data from Goldmedia and based on a survey of 65,000 viewers. The …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| SVOD| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Romania Heading for 100% Pay TV Penetration

by Andrew Fenn

Romania will end 2017 with “effectively 100% pay-TV penetration” according to Broadband TV News’ Chris Dziadul. Dziadul cites data from Ancom, which shows that Romania was already on 98% at the end of June, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Samsung and PlayNitride Acquisition Talks in Final Stages?

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung and Micro LED developer PlayNitride are reported to be in the final stages of acquisition talks, according to LED Inside, a division of TrendForce. Citing “anonymous sources from the industry”, the publication confirmed …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Touch Panel-Maker JTouch Declares Bankruptcy

by Andrew Fenn

Touch panel-maker JTouch has declared bankruptcy, according to Digitimes. The publication did not name a source, but said that the firm is in the process of laying of its staff. The announcement is a …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Touch Market| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Tap Systems Announce Wearable VR Keyboard and Mouse

by Andrew Fenn

Tap Systems has officially revealed its wearable virtual reality keyboard and mouse peripheral. Claimed to be “fast, accurate, easy, eyes-free and stylish”, Tap is a system of interconnected rings that, when worn by the …

Tags:AR/VR| Keyboards| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 46