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Brands Shorten Lifecycles as Smartphone Slowdown Continue

by Tom Allen

Smartphone shipments will rise 3.1% YoY in 2016: a significant slowdown from the 10.5% growth seen in 2015, and 27.8% in 2014. The forecast is 2.6 percentage points lower than IDC’s previous prediction, and …

Apple Grows to Third-Largest STB Vendor

by Tom Allen

From ninth place in 2014, Apple surged in global set-top box revenue to reach third place in 2015, according to IHS. STB growth last year came from a strong increase in consumer retail OTT …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 21| Worldwide

Digital Penetration Rises to 75% Globally

by Tom Allen

Between the end of 2010 and end of 2015, digital TV penetration jumped from 40.4% to 74.6% of global households, says Digital TV Research. The figure represents an increase of about 584 million homes, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 19| Worldwide

TVs Rebound From Three-Month Decline

by Tom Allen

After three months of declines, LCD TV shipments returned to growth in March, says IHS. Largely thanks to the aggressive pursuit of export growth by Chinese brands, shipments rose 4.8% to 16.2 million units. …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Vol 23 - Issue 18| Worldwide

March Ends Five-Month Chip Fall

by Tom Allen

Semiconductor sales were up very slightly (0.3%) in March, compared to February, at $26.1 billion, says the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). However, sales throughout Q1’16 fell 5.5% QoQ and 5.8% YoY, to $78.3 billion. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 23 - Issue 17| Worldwide

North America Holding Back Global Pay-TV

by Tom Allen

Digital TV Research is conservative about global pay-TV revenues (including subscription fees and pay-per-view) over the coming years. The firm expects revenues to peak in 2018, growing ‘only’ $99 million between 2015 and 2021, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 16| Worldwide

Lenovo and Xiaomi Fall From Top Five

by Tom Allen

Although global smartphone shipments rose YoY in Q1’16, it was the smallest-ever recorded rise: just 0.4 million units, or less than 0.2%. IDC says that the low growth (from 334.5 million units to 334.9 …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 16| Worldwide

UltraHD STB Market to be Worth $3.65 Billion

by Isaac Oburu

Grand View Research has predicted that the global UltraHD set top box (STB) market will reach $3.65 billion by 2024. Increasing demand for UHD video content, as well as rising sales of compatible UltraHD …

VR Revenues to Rise 440%

by Tom Allen

JP Morgan has forecast that the global VR market will be worth as much as $13.5 billion by 2020, compared to just over $2.5 billion this year. Gaming and entertainment applications will see the …

Digital TV Rises Despite World Economy

by Tom Allen

Worldwide digital TV (DTV) homes will rise by 185% between 2010 and 2021, or almost 1.1 billion, according to Digital TV Research. In 2016 alone, the total will climb by 120 million, and by …

PC Decline at Worst Point in Nine Years

by Tom Allen

Global PC shipments fell 9.6% YoY in Q1’16 – the sixth consecutive quarter of declines. Shipments reached 64.8 million units: the first time that they have fallen below 65 million since 2007, says Gartner. …

Idemitsu Rises to Second Place in OLED Emitter Market

by Tom Allen

UBI Research says that the OLED emitter materials market grew 17% from 2014 to 2015. Universal Display was the largest supplier in revenue terms, but experienced a decrease in sales – as did Dow …