Market share for top two tablet vendors Apple and Samsung fell to 43 per cent as total shipment volume growth slowed to 6.6 per cent in 2014. According to two new Strategy Analytics’ Tablet & Touchscreen Strategies (TTS) reports, growth is likely to continue along this trajectory but leading tablet vendors cannot rely on inertia […]
Findings from a survey of French adults by Harris Interactive and EBG indicate a growing awareness of and likely purchase intentions of Connected TV. The report – Troisième vague de l’Observatoire des Objets Connectés (Third wave of the Observatory of Connected Objects) seeks to measure changes in the level of knowledge, interest and purchase intention […]
Strategy Analytics has released data points from its latest Mobile World Market Metrics report. The data reveals
Findings included in the interim edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report reveal the top five apps in a given country dominate in terms of mobile traffic generated on smart devices. In the countries illustrated in the report – the US, South Korea, and Spain – they account for around two-thirds of all app traffic over […]
The UK’s consumer electronics market decreased by 2 per cent year-on-year in January 2015, according to GfK . TV sales rose by
Research specialist Futuresource Consulting has published its latest 4K report, reviewing the progress in the broadcast, video, and display industries, which notes that although TV set sales are expected to rise close to 700 per cent, the window for 4K may be short lived. According to Futuresource, with the 4K
With the PlayStation 4 (PS4), Sony is on a path to reproduce the success of the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii, having shipped 18.5 million units in its first year as total Game Console shipments grow 11 per cent year-on-year in 2014 to 34 million units. According to Strategy Analytics’ Connected Home Devices (CHD) report, […]
The forecasts for 4K/Ultra HD take-up this year have exceeded all expectations. 2014 saw around 200,000 UHD units sold in Britain (3 per cent of the market), and this year’s forecasts could see as many as 995,000 large-format 4K sets sold. The data comes from market analyst GfK, and were presented at the SES-sponsored 4K/Ultra […]
The switch of broadcast DTT standard definition MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 Full-HD could affect a quarter of the older TV sets across France next year. According to GfK, 25 per cent of the current 40 million TV sets sold before 2008 will have to be changed before the switch in order to keep receiving a TV […]
Ultra-HD TV sets were in 210,000 French households last year, and sales of 800,000 4K units are forecast for the country in 2015. According to GfK figures,