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2015’s ‘Sluggish’ Performance Will Continue

by Tom Allen

While 2015 was a roller coaster one for the display industry, 2016 will be ‘sluggish’, according to IHS. 2015 began with ambitious business plans set by panel makers, based on an optimistic outlook at …

Pay-TV Subs Enjoy Small Rise

by Tom Allen

The top 100 pay-TV providers worldwide increased their subscriber base by 0.95% YoY in Q3’15, according to Informitv’s Multiscreen Index. They accounted for around 380 million subscribers, adding 3.74 million customers in the quarter. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 48| Worldwide

Emerging Markets Boost Smartphones to 15.5% Growth

by Tom Allen

Worldwide smartphone sales were driven by continued demand for affordable models in emerging markets in Q3’15, says Gartner. Global sales reached 353 million units: up 15.5% YoY. The increased availability of low-cost smartphones in …

SVOD Market to Add 50 Million Subs in Five Years

by Tom Allen

Digital TV Research predicts that Netflix will reach 115 million subscribers worldwide by 2020. At the end of this year, there will be around 161 million total SVOD subscribers, growing to 306 million by …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netflix| VOD| Vol 22 - Issue 46| Worldwide

TiVo Reaches International Milestone

by Tom Allen

TiVo has passed 4 million international subscribers to its “traditional” Tivo offering.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Tivo| Vol 22 - Issue 45| Worldwide

Tablet Adoption Slowing, but Hybrids are ‘Opportunity’

by Tom Allen

A survey by Gartner has found that 17% of consumers in mature markets intend to buy a tablet in the next 12 months. 19,000 consumers were surveyed in early summer, across the UK, USA, …

Tablets Fall Again in Q3

by Tom Allen

Q3 was the fourth consecutive quarter of falling worldwide tablet shipments, says IDC. Despite signs of a slight seasonal improvement, shipments slipped 12.6% YoY to 48.7 million units. Many mature markets, such as North …

Smartphone Vendors Ship over 340 Million Units in Q3, as Chinese Market Slackens

by Isaac Oburu

Leading mobile analyst firm Juniper Research estimates that the number of smartphone shipments reached 342.5 million in Q3 2015, with a slowed y-o-y growth of 8.4%. Apple Reports Record Profits and Bets on China, …

Tags:Smartphone Market| Worldwide

Smartphones Approach Record High, Despite Challenges

by Tom Allen

355.2 million smartphones were shipped worldwide in Q3 this year, according to IDC: 6.8% up from the 332.6 million shipped a year ago. Although the result represented the second-highest quarter of shipments on record, …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 43| Worldwide

Wearables Use Case Still Unclear

by Tom Allen

Juniper Research has found that the value proposition for wearables is still unclear – even among ‘tech savvy’ buyers. This lack of a convincing use case is a major obstacle to adoption. The firm …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 43| Wearable Market| Worldwide

Global STB Market to Hit $24 Billion by 2022

by Milos Pavlovic

Transparency Market Research released a new report that forecasts that the global STB market will reach a value of $24 billion by 2022, with CAGR of 6.4% from 2015 onwards. The firm said that …

Asian Consumers Buy New iPhone at Twice the Global Rate

by Tom Allen

Statistics from Localytics – an app marketing and analytics firm – has shown where Apple’s iPhone 6S had the biggest impact. While 13 million models were sold worldwide on the phone’s opening weekend, adoption …

Tags:iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 42| Worldwide