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Mexico Prepares to Open Digital Receiver Tender

by Tom Allen

Mexico is to open a tender for the provision of 10.4 million DTT receivers. The sets must comply with the Ministry of Communications and Transport’s (SCT) specifications. They will be distributed to low-income households …

Cable Falls But Remains Dominant in Switzerland

by Tom Allen

Swisscable has said that there were more than 2.6 million cable TV subscribers in Switzerland at the end of 2014; down almost 50,000 (1.8%) YoY. The cable platform remains Switzerland’s most popular TV reception …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Switzerland| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 11

The Project Ara Smartphone Moves Towards Implementation

by Arthur Berman

This Display Daily article will provide some background on Google’s Project Ara modular phone project and report on recent developments at phone maker Yezz (Miami, FL) that are turning this project into a product. …

Tags:Google| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Sony to Phase Out US Retail Stores

by Helen Vince

Sony is to phase out eight of its remaining 10 Sony stores in the US and expand its retail presence through the dealer channel by rolling out 100 more Sony Experience in-store locations. The …

Serbia is Not Prepared for ASO

by Tom Allen

Delegates at a roundtable discussion on digitisation and cable TV in Serbia have been told that as many as 43% of the population are still unable to receive digital TV signals. 100,000 digital receivers …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| Serbia| Vol 22 - Issue 11

HbbTV is Big in Germany

by Tom Allen

GfK says that HbbTV has firmly established itself in Germany; 92% of connected TVs sold last year – 4.2 million devices – were compliant with the platform. 60% of all TVs sold (4.8 million …

Tags:Germany| GfK| HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Televisa Reaches Pay-TV Milestone

by Tom Allen

Dataxis estimates that the Televisa Group passed 10 million pay-TV subscribers for the first time in its history in Q4’14. At the end of Q3’14, the company had almost 9.9 million pay-TV subs. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Pay-TV Climbs in Portugal

by Tom Allen

Figures from Portuguese regulator Anacom show that there were around 3.35 million pay-TV subs in the country at the end of 2014; a 5.7% YoY increase, and representing a 56.5% penetration rate. Cable remains …

AOC Continues eSports Sponsorship

by Tom Allen

AOC will be the official monitor provider to the ESL UK Premiership eSports competition. Covering teams from the UK and Ireland over three seasons, qualifiers began in late February. The finals, for games including …

TPK January Sales Drop 34% YoY

by Helen Vince

Taiwanese touch panel manufacturer TPK Holdings reported a 34% year on year fall in sales in February to NT$7.3 billion ($231.7 million), though this was almost 4% higher than January. So far this year, …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 11

by Tom Allen

The DS551LT7, a 7,000 cd/m² 55″ LCD display from Dynascan (ISE 2015 Roundup), will be released in the USA in Q1 this year. Imax released a home theatre system back in 2013 (Display Monitor …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 11

by Tom Allen

Asus‘ Zenfone 2 smartphone, which we saw at CES (Asus Swims Against Current With Mobile Announcements), is now on sale in Taiwan. It will also roll out to China, Hong Kong, Singapore and France …