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9 in 10 Spaniards downloading illegally

Online piracy is setting records in Spain, causing serious harm to the creative and digital content industries, with 2014 almost 88 per cent of all online cultural content being accessed illegally, according to research carried out by the consultancy GfK on behalf of Spanish creative industry coalition. According to the study

March 11, 2015By Colin Mann

Samsung leads 4K sales in US

LG might be holding onto the position as the world’s Number 1 supplier of 4K/Ultra-HD displays, but Samsung Electronics is claiming the dominant position as far as the US market is concerned. Last week Samsung held its North America ‘dealer summit’ in Orlando and told the 500 delegates that according to market research from NPD, […]

March 11, 2015By Chris Forrester

4K set for 50% of US homes

The US will emerge as the leading market for 4K or Ultra HD TVs in terms of household penetration by 2020 followed by the leading Western European markets, Australia, South Korea and China. According to Strategy Analytics’

March 5, 2015

Samsung, LG, Sony 42% of all TV shipments

Global TV brands, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Sony, gained market share and increased their year-over-year shares of LCD TV shipments by an average of 11 per cent in 2014, which is higher than the market average. According to IHS, the top three TV brands purchased more than one third (37 per cent) of the total […]

March 4, 2015

App users regularly use 8 apps on mobiles

Parks Associates research released at Mobile World Congress shows app users regularly use nearly 8 apps on their smartphone and nearly 7 apps on their tablet. The average user spends

March 4, 2015

2014 record year for broadband equipment

Technology market research firm Infonetics Research, now part of IHS, has reported that worldwide spending on broadband aggregation equipment rose 9 per cent in 2014, to $8.2 billion, driven by robust sales of Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) equipment, particularly in China. Infonetics’ early edition PON, FTTH, and DSL Aggregation Equipment report contains

March 3, 2015

102m ‘connected things’ in Nordics by 2018

The Nordic region is in pole position to capture ‘Internet of Thing’ (IoT) opportunities, driving business innovation and improving quality of life across the region. A report by TeliaSonera and Arthur D. Little expects there will be close to four connected devices per person in the Nordics by 2018, totaling

March 3, 2015

Connected TVs pass Blu-ray players for apps

Connected TVs have edged out Blu-ray Disc players to become the third most prominently owned device that delivers apps to TVs in the US. According to The NPD Group

March 3, 2015

DOCSIS channels double in 2014

Technology market research firm Infonetics Research, now part of IHS, has reported that DOCSIS channel shipments rose to record levels in 2014 — up

March 2, 2015

LG leads UHD sales

South Korean electronics giant LG supplied 1.86 million Ultra-HD panels in Q4/2014, and took 27.9 per cent of the global market by volume according to data from DisplaySearch. LG narrowly beat

February 27, 2015By Chris Forrester