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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%). …

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) …

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 …

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)

LGE Announces ‘Netflix Recommended TV’ Designation For 2015 4K OLED, LED Smart TVs

by Helen Vince

New 2015 OLED and LED 4K Ultra HD (UHD) TVs from LG Electronics are among the industry’s first to be designated “Netflix Recommended TVs” – a program that helps consumers identify televisions that offer …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Netflix| Smart TV

Red Button Rebranded

by Tom Allen

The BBC’s Connected Red Button service will be rebranded to ‘Red Button+’ this month, with new features launched, such as picture-in-picture browsing of news, weather and video highlights. The service will be available on …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Eye Tribe Shows Low Cost Eye Tracking at MWC 2015

by Bob Raikes

Danish software developer, The Eye Tribe, was showing its latest low cost eye-tracking software at MWC in a use case of controlling a TV.

TVs Pass Blu-Ray Players in Connected Device Popularity

by Tom Allen

Connected TVs are now the third-most-common device that delivers apps to a TV in the USA, according to The NPD Group. Connected TVs overtook connected Blu-ray players to achieve this spot. As of Q4’14, …

Is Your Smart TV Getting Too Smart?

by Aldo Cugnini

Be careful what you say and do in front of your TV – it just might be watching and listening to you – and blabbing to others about you. In a scenario that sounds …

Tags:Privacy| Samsung| Smart TV| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Samsung Listens to Its Smart TVs

by Norbert Hildebrand

Smart TVs have been all the rage recently and together with 4k/UHD technology are seen as the high end technology available in today’s TV sets. Some see smart TVs as one of the reasons …

Haier Chooses Foxxum

by Tom Allen

Haier has signed an agreement to put the Foxxum smart TV platform on its TVs. The deal will cover units sold in CEE, LATAM, Russia and the Middle East.