The transition from older-style can-type tuners to silicon TV tuners finally began to occur in 2010. Today, the top TV set manufacturers are actually putting silicon tuners directly on their main TV chassis boards and many ODMs are using can-type modules that contain silicon tuners and demodulators. In addition, mobile video services in China, Brazil, […]
The share of STBs shipped to emerging digital TV markets such as China, India, Russia and Latin America is forecast to account for more than 45 per cent of global STB shipments between 2011 and 2015, according to IMS Research. Shipments of STBs in Russia, India, China, and Latin America jumped more than 65 per […]
Shipments of Internet-enabled consumer electronics devices will exceed those of the PC for the first time in 2013, according to IHS iSuppli. Shipments of Internet-enabled consumer electronics devices, a category including a wide range of products from televisions to video game consoles, to Blu-ray players will surge to 503.6 million units in 2013, up from […]
Southeast Asia TV set buyers helped boost sales of LCD displays by almost 30 per cent says market research specialists GfK. The TV market in Southeast Asia expanded in the first six months of 2011 compared to the same period last year, with consumers in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam having spent over […]
Emerging markets will experience TV set shipment growth through 2015, which will offset a weakening TV market in developed regions. Global market research firm IMS Research has updated its Television Shipment Database and Forecast with new information regarding TV set shipments split by technology, screen size, and feature in addition to TV households split by […]
Operators around the globe are waiting for the price of next-generation Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) technologies to drop before they replace existing FTTH equipment, according to a report from Infonetics Research. The next-generation FTTH technologies which currently feature prominently on operators’ shopping lists are believed to include 10G EPON, XGPON1 (asymmetric 10G PON) and WDM-PON. However, despite […]
Nearly 10 million TV sets were sold in the UK in 2010, almost all of which were HD ready. There were nearly 1 million Internet-enabled TV sales during 2010, and 125,000 sales of TVs with 3D capabilities according to Ofcom research. The UK TV industry collectively generated revenue of £11.7 billion in 2010, a 5.7 […]
Apps are increasingly popular with owners of Smart or Connected TVs, but they are only using apps they are already familiar with, according to a study carried out by the Strategy Analytics Digital Home Observatory. The research found that the most popular apps were Netflix, YouTube, Hulu Plus, Pandora and iPlayer. By contrast, usage of […]
In the latest DisplaySearch – Quarterly Advanced Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report – the total global TV shipment outlook for 2011 has been reduced by about 3 per cent to 252 million units, as demand in many developed countries continues to be very soft. TV shipments in North America are only expected to grow […]
With the giant IBC broadcast technology show barely 40 days away, this report from the International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers (IABM) is welcome news. The IABM’s 4th edition of its Global Market Valuation and Strategy to 2015, commissioned from IHS Screen Digest, says there will be an average 6 per cent growth within the global […]