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Jumptuit: The iOS Smart TV Connection

by Tom Allen

Jumptuit has added an all new iOS App to a seamless multi-platform solution that connects smart phones, tablets, PCs, smart TVs and leading cloud services. The all new Jumptuit iOS App is developed in …

Tags:iOS (Apple)| PCs| Smart TV| Smartphones| tablets

Research Reports Look at Gestures and Materials

by Tom Allen

Two new paid reports have been released; we have a summary of both, as well as a link to the relevant website. An analysis of the gesture recognition market for smart TV is available …

Tags:Gesture Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Smart TV| Vol 22 - Issue 28

SPI/FilmBox and LG Announce A New 4K Deal

by Helen Vince

LG Electronics and SPI International/Filmbox are announcing a collaboration to promote the new line of LG Super UHD televisions (in the U.S., U.K. Turkey, Morocco known as LG Prime UHD) and to make more …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Smart TV| UltraHD & 4K

UltraHD Needs Demystifying in Retail, Says Uden

by Tom Allen

Andrew Uden is the senior technical manager at UK supermarket chain, Asda, which is owned by Walmart. He spoke about developments in the TV industry, starting with an informal poll to see how many …

Tags:DTG| DTG Summit 2015| Formats| HDTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Retailers| Smart TV| Standards| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 20

MIC: Smart TVs Will Exceed 40% of LCD TVs in 2015

by Tom Allen

88 million smart TVs will be shipped worldwide this year, representing around 41.2% of the worldwide LCD TV market, according to Taiwan’s MIC. Smart TV penetration has exceeded 50% in Japan, thanks to consumers’ …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Market Data| Smart TV| Vol 22 - Issue 20| Worldwide

Roku Announces Sharp Roku TV Models

by Helen Vince

Roku, Inc. today announced that it has added the Sharp brand to the Roku TV program. Sharp Roku TV™ models will soon be available for purchase exclusively at Best Buy stores as well as …

Tags:Roku| sharp| Smart TV

TV Units Rise Faster Than Revenues

by Tom Allen

TV set sales in Western Europe were up 3.2% YoY last year, writes Germany’s GFU, based on data from GfK. More than 34 million units were sold, taking €16.3 billion in revenues (up 0.2%). …

Tags:Europe| Germany| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Market Data| Smart TV| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Vestel Commits to Android

by Tom Allen

TVs abounded on Vestel’s stand, naturally, but were mainly being used to show off the capabilities of the company’s peripherals. Still, the 55″ curved UltraHD model from IFA (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smart TV| STBs| TV Connect 2015| Vestel| Vol 22 - Issue 18

TV Viewing Falls, Makes Way for Mobiles

by Tom Allen

Market researcher Accenture has bad news for the TV market. In a new research report titled ‘Digital Video and the Connected Consumer’, TV was the only product category to experience double-digit usage declines across …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| PCs| Second Screens| Smart TV| Smartphones| Streaming Video| tablets| TV Viewing| Vol 22 - Issue 16

TV Sales Rise 3% in Europe, but ASPs Fall

by Tom Allen

Market research by GfK, published by Germany’s Association for Consumer and Communication Electronics (GFU), shows that TV set sales in Western Europe rose 3.2% YoY in 2014. Unit sales exceeded 34 million units, while …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 16

QD Vision and Konka Partner to Launch Quantum Dot TVs in Chinese Market

by Helen Vince

At the China Information Technology Expo (CITE), Konka, one of China’s leading HDTV manufacturers, unveiled a pair of new quantum dot UHD TVs based on QD Vision’s Color IQ™ optics. QD Vision’s quantum dots …

Tags:IHS DisplaySearch| Konka| QD Vision| Smart TV| UltraHD (4KTV)