• Virtual Reality, 4K and HDR Will Be the Major Themes at IBC 2016

      All major movies will have a 360-degree trailer by the end of 2016 Until 2018, people's first experience of a 4K TV service will come from Web and telecom players, not traditional broadcasters London, 5 September 2016: From 360-degree movie trailers to the emergence of 4K TV services from Web and telecom players, today, ...

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  • Sales of VR Headsets Take Off Faster Than Expected as Awareness Grows and Content Improves

      New forecast from CCS Insight expects global sales of smartphone VR headsets to grow fivefold, rising to 72 million by 2020 Sales of dedicated VR headsets will grow to 21 million units by 2020 — a tenfold increase over 2016 Augmented reality device market is growing but taking longer than expected given its primary ...

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  • Fitness Bands and Basic Smartwatches Fuel Sales of Wearable Devices

      Waning enthusiasm for full-touch smartwatches will be offset by more smart analogue watches from traditional watchmakers Wearable devices sales to triple between 2016 and 2020 to reach 300 million units Market value expected to double from 2015 to reach $20 billion by 2020 14 million wearable cameras to be sold in 2016, with proportion ...

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  • UK Wearables Sales to Reach Five Million Units in 2016

    1.7 million fitness trackers to be sold this year CCS Insight expects 14 million smart wearables will be sold in 2020 as the market breaks through £1 billion  London, 11 May 2016: CCS Insight's latest forecast of the UK market for smart wearable devices underlines the potential of this category of emerging technology. The research ...

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  • LTE-Capable Mobile Phones to Account for Half of All Shipments in 2016 as China Remains Powerhouse of Growth

    CCS Insight forecasts 2.2 billion mobile phones to be sold in 2020 China is world's biggest market, accounting for over 420 million shipments in 2016, or 21 percent of the global market  By 2020, a staggering 7 billion mobile phones will be in use, with over three-quarters being smartphones  London, 5 April 2016: CCS Insight's ...

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  • Wearables Momentum Continues

    Market Poised to Reach $14 Billion Revenue and 123 Million Units in 2016 CCS Insight forecasts 411 million smart wearables worth $34 billion to be sold in 2020 Virtual reality on track for record growth in 2016, as 13 million smartphone VR headsets are sold and dedicated VR approaches a $1 billion business China is ...

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  • Continued Innovation Coupled with Market Consolidation and High Profile Acquisitions Lead to Tech Industry Flux in 2016, Says CCS Insight

    Internet Players Spearhead Creation of Professional Virtual Reality Content London, 19 November 2015: High profile acquisitions and market consolidation will fundamentally change the telecoms and tech market in the next few years as companies such as BT, Google and Apple makes steps to dominate. This is according to global analyst firm CCS Insight’s, 2016 predictions ...

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  • Seasonal Gifts Boost Wearable Device Sales in Fourth-Quarter Leap

    Ten percentage point rise in consumer awareness of smartwatches as Apple Watch takes the market by storm One third of wearables currently in use were received as gifts London, 27 October 2015: New research published by technology analyst firm CCS Insight highlights that the past 12 months have been a bumper period for the wearables ...

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  • Exclusive Programming to Boost Adoption of Multiplay Bundles in the UK

    Number of Households Taking Four Services from a Single Provider to Double in 2016 By the end of 2019, almost 85% of UK households will have signed up to bundles of at least two telecom and media services from the same provider. According to a new multiplay services forecast by global analyst house CCS Insight, ...

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  • Mobile Phones Remain the Most Prolific Consumer Electronics Devices on the Planet

    More Than 2 Billion Units Set to be Sold in 2015 Smartphones dominate, accounting for 72% of shipments in 2019 Analysts forecast explosive 4G adoption with sales rising 75% year-on-year London, 14 October 2015: The global mobile phone market is expected to reach 2.24 billion unit sales in 2019, with smartphone shipments of almost 2 ...

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