According to research from Strategy Analytics, global smartwatch shipments reached 8.1 million units in Q4 2015, compared with 7.9 million Swiss Watch shipments. It is the first time ever that smartwatches have outshipped Swiss watches on a global basis. Cliff Raskind, Director at Strategy Analytics, said, “We estimate global smartwatch shipments reached 8.1 million units […]
Ericsson is to become a global partner in 20th Century Fox’s Innovation Lab, an initiative dedicated to raising and accelerating the bar for next generation content and devices. According to Ericsson, the popularity of video content amongst consumers across the world has never been greater; the Ericsson November 2015 Mobility Report states that by 2021, […]
The worldwide digital media adaptor (i.e., Media streamers, OTT boxes) market is forecast to grow strongly and approach 60 million shipments in 2019, detailed in Futuresource Consulting’s digital media adaptor report. Dominated by a few large brands outside of China, including Apple and Google
CCS Insight’s latest global wearables forecast indicates strong growth over the next five years, with revenue poised to reach $14 billion in 2016. Wrist-worn devices continue to be the trailblazers in the wearables market, with fitness, activity and sports trackers accounting for almost half
Flat-panel display (FPD) equipment spending this year will reach its highest level since 2011, according to IHS. Driving this growth are two trends: In South Korea there is a rush to expand capacity to produce high volumes of flexible active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) panels for smartphone applications; while in China, supported by a wide […]
South Korea’s LG Display is back in the top position as far as shipments of Ultra-HD displays are concerned. Research specialist IHS says that the global market for UHD displays during Q4/2015 topped 11.25 million units, down slightly on the 11.52 million achieved during Q2 last year. Shipments fell back because of over-supply during Q4. […]
Just 5.1 million TV sets were sold last year in France, some 700,000 units less than in 2014 and well under the 5.5 million sales forecasts. 570,000 of the units sold were HD, a figure also under expectations, according to GfK. The average screen-size of purchased screens was 37 inches in 2015, with the market […]
Britain is ignoring true FTTH solutions which are available now without going through BT, according to a report from Anglo-Italian cable manufacturer and global supplier Tratos. The Report – Britain’s Broken Broadband – presented to MPs – points out how Britain could solve its broadband connectivity and download speed problems now. Working around BT/Openreach, Tratos […]
YuMe, the global audience technology company powered by data-driven insights and multi-screen expertise, has announced the launch of its new white paper, 2015 China Connected TV Market Development Blue Book, in partnership with Nielsen CCData and UPOTV. The Chinese CTV media and advertising industries are seeing rapid growth, with the video audience in China estimated […]
Virtual reality is still very much in the ‘innovation’ stage, but this will start to change over the coming months as a variety of major first generation headsets hit the market, according to findings in a report – Virtual Reality – Niche or Mass Market? – from Futuresource Consulting. Some of the world’s largest and […]