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NA SVOD Subs to Exceed TV Households

by Bob Raikes

Digital TV Research in the US said that North America will have 112 million SVOD subscribers [for movie and TV services only – excluding sports, for example] by the end of 2016, up by …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SVOD| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 46

LRG Says US Pay TV down 255K in Q3 2016

by Bob Raikes

Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) said that the eleven largest pay-TV providers in the US — representing about 95% of the market — lost about 255,000 net video subscribers in 3Q 2016, compared to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 46

SNL Kagan Looks at US Multichannel and European SVOD

by Bob Raikes

SNL Kagan released the latest report on the US multichannel subscriber report and said that the combined cable, Direct-broadcast-satellite (DBS) and telecommunications (telco) sectors lost 430,000 video customers during the period. DBS ended in …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SVOD| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 45

CTA: Holiday 4K TV Sales to Top 4.5 million

by Bob Raikes

The CTA in the US described 2016 as a ‘banner year’ for UltraHD TVs, with TV sales with that resolution growing to 10 million units, up 40% over 2014. The group expects sales of …

Tags:CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 45

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More US Cable Operators Testing 4K via SES Satellites

by Bob Raikes

SES is working with four additional US cable operators to test UltraHD content delivery. (SES Boosts UHD TV in the US) SES has struck new Ultra HD trial agreements with Marquette-Adams in Wisconsin, Buckeye …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Charter Video Subs down 47,000 in Q3

by Bob Raikes

US cable provider, Charter Communications said that its network reached 49.0 million homes and served 25.9 million residential and SMB customers, up by 245,000 on the same period last year. Residential video customers decreased …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Customers Loyal to Branded Tablets

by Bob Raikes

US market researcher, J.D. Power has said that tablet buyers are less likely to comparison shop where their current product has a strong brand image. J.D. Power has studied customer satisfaction with tablets across …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 44

U.S. DoE Awards VR Prize

by Bob Raikes

The U.S. Department of Education is launching EdSim Challenge, a competition to design educational simulations in virtual and augmented reality with a cash prize pool of $680,000 and additional sponsor prizes from IBM, Microsoft, …

Tags:AR/VR| Education| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Save the Date: SID’s Display Week Returns to Los Angeles in 2017

by Isaac Oburu

The Society for Information Display (SID) will host its 54th International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition (Display Week 2017) at the Los Angeles Convention Center from Sunday, May 21, to Friday, May 26, 2017. Long …

Tags:Events| SID Display Week 2017| USA

VIZIO SmartCast App Expands to Include FandangoNOW

by Bob Raikes

Vizio said that it has integrated FandangoNow (previously M-Go) into the Vizio SmartCast app, joining Vudu, Hulu and Google Play Movies and TV. Consumers can control their Vizio SmartCast displays from any room in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Coates Uses VR for QSRs & Retail

by Bob Raikes

Coates Group, a specialist in digital merchandising software, kiosks, and digital drive-thrus, claims to be the industry’s first to use Virtual Reality (VR) from a B2B perspective, allowing brands to physically see and develop …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| QSRs & Menu Boards| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 43