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PC Market “Shows Some Signs of Improving”

by Tom Allen

Worldwide PC shipments reached 64.3 million units in Q2’16, down 5.2% YoY – the seventh consecutive quarter of declines, says Gartner. However, the market is showing some signs of improvement. Weakening local currencies against …

Chips Fall on Soft Demand

by Tom Allen

Worldwide semiconductor sales value was $26 billion in May, says the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA): a 0.4% MoM increase but 7.7% YoY fall. Sales held steady compared to last month in all regions; China …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 23 - Issue 26| Worldwide

Mobile Video Revenue to Reach $25 Billion by 2021

by Isaac Oburu

Worldwide revenue from mobile video will reach $25 Billion by 2021, according to the latest research by Strategy Analytics. Growth in mobile video revenue will be driven by advertisers seeking to reach an increasing …

Tags:Mobile TV| Streaming Video| Worldwide

Pay TV Subs Rise in Q1

by Tom Allen

Worldwide pay TV subscriptions rose 6.9 million (1.7%) QoQ in Q1’16, according to Informitv’s Multiscreen Index. 60 of the top 100 companies showed gains. The greatest rise was in APAC, with 5.4 million new …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 26| Worldwide

Smart TVs Pass Milestone

by Tom Allen

Early 2016 marked a turning point in the TV industry: more than half of all sets shipped in Q1 were smart TVs. IHS says that the acceleration in adoption was led by China, where …

Samsung Shows Off Immersive TV in Experience Zones

by Tom Allen

To promote its 2016 TVs, Samsung is opening pop-up experience zones in cities around the world. Beginning in Jakarta, Indonesia, the zones – where customers can see the TVs and share photos on social …

IDC: Watches Will Take Share From Wrist Bands

by Tom Allen

Wearable shipments will grow 29% this year compared to 2015, says IDC, reaching 101.9 million units. With a CAGR of 20.3%, wearable shipments will reach 213.6 million units in 2020. The wearables market is …

IHS: 32 Million M² of WCG Displays by 2020

by Tom Allen

Wide colour gamut displays (including OLED and quantum dot technologies) will reach a shipment area of 32 million m² in 2018, says IHS: 17% of total display shipment area. According to senior analyst Richard …

IDC Revises PC Forecast Downward

by Tom Allen

PC shipments will fall 7.3% YoY in 2016, according to an updated forecast from IDC, followed by progressively smaller declines through 2017, and stabilisation in 2018. The new forecast is roughly 2% lower than …

Semiconductors Continue Down in April

by Tom Allen

Worldwide semiconductor sales totalled $25.8 billion in April: down 1% MoM and 6.2% YoY, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). The SIA uses data from the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS), which projects …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Industry| Vol 23 - Issue 22| Worldwide

Gartner: Smartphone Growth Will Halve

by Tom Allen

Gartner’s predictions for the global smartphone market are slightly – but only slightly – more positive than IDC’s recent figures (Brands Shorten Lifecycles as Smartphone Slowdown Continue). Gartner expects growth to roughly halve YoY, …

Tags:Gartner| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 22| Worldwide

TiVo Approaches 30% Growth

by Tom Allen

TiVo finished Q1’16 with more than 7.1 million subscribers, worldwide: a 28% (1 million) increase from last year. Net additions in Q1 were up by 312,000 and gross additions rose 8% YoY. Churn, at …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Tivo| Vol 23 - Issue 21| Worldwide