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Motorola Returns as US Smartphone Shipments Hit 40 Million in Q3 2017

by Bob Raikes

Strategy Analytics reported that US smartphone shipments were 39.5 million in Q3 2017, down 2% from 40.1 million last year, with Motorola, owned by Lenovo, growing from 1.1 million last year to 2.1 million, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Top 10 US Pay-TV Providers Lose 835,000 Subscribers

by Andrew Fenn

The top 10 television service providers in the US lost 835,000 subscribers between them in the first quarter of 2017, according to the Informitv Multiscreen Index. DirecTV lost 251,000 television subscribers, falling to 20.6 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 43

AMC Enters US Home Entertainment Market

by Andrew Fenn

US cinema chain AMC is entering the home entertainment market, saying it has “strong studio support” enabling it to do so. CEO and president Adam Aron made the announcement at the company’s third-quarter results …

Tags:Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Epeat Hosting Sustainable Mobile Phone Webinar

by Andrew Fenn

Sustainable electronics firm Epeat will be running a webinar on Tuesday 7th November at 11am PST. According to the press release, the webinar will cover: How the EPEAT ecolabel works EPEAT’s environmental criteria How …

Apple and Samsung Widen Brand Lead in US

by Andrew Fenn

Parks Associates have released new research, revealing that Apple and Samsung have widened their brand lead over LG and Motorola in the US. LG now has a 9% brand share, lagging behind Samsung on …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Bluewater Expands LED Rental Inventory with Absen M2.9 Panels

by Andrew Fenn

Audiovisual event technology specialist Bluewater in the US has added 950 Absen M2.9 Indoor LED panels to its rental inventory. The new additions brings Bluewater’s tally to over 4,000 panels, of which more than …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Rental and Staging| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 41

MDM Vol 24 #41 Round-up

by Bob Raikes

BLU, which claims to be the largest supplier of unlocked smartphones in the US, has done a deal with Sprint and launched the 5.2″ HD (1280 x 720) IPS smartphone. The IPS LCD display …

Micro Center Introduces PowerSpec Gaming Notebooks

by Bob Raikes

Micro Center in the US is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its PowerSpec desktop computer brand by offering the first PowerSpec mobile computers ever – the PowerSpec 1710 and 1510 gaming notebooks. PowerSpec’s 1st …

PMA Research Reveals Growth in US Sales of UHD Displays

by Andrew Fenn

PMA Research has released its new sell-through tracking report on large-sized flat-panel displays being sold in the United States. The report shows that sales of professional Ultra HD displays in the US grew again …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Market Data| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Leyard and Planar Announce Plans to Expand US Presence

by Andrew Fenn

LED co-manufacturers Leyard and Planar have announced plans to expand their presence in the US by adding an LED video wall production line to their factory in Hillsboro, Oregon in 2018. Over the past …

Dish Hands Free TV Brings Alexa Voice Control to Whole Home

by Andrew Fenn

Dish has extended its Hands Free TV functionality to Joey clients, allowing users to control their TVs with Amazon Echo’s Alexa voice recognition in any room of their house. Amazon Echo support was integrated …

Nintendo Switch Boosts Console Sales in the US

by Andrew Fenn

Nintendo Switch has been the best-selling console in the United States for five out of the seven months since its release in March, despite ongoing stock issues. The company announced in a press release …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Nintendo Consoles| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 40