In a podcast interview for journalists, VFX editor Matt Carson describes how he was introduced to Technicolor PULSE when he was called in to help with production of Netflix's hit sci-fi series Stranger Things Season 2 early in 2017. He quickly discovered its power and its benefits.

According to the latest figures published by International Data Corporation (IDC), the overall tablet market for Western Europe declined 13.1 percent year-over-year (YoY), shipping 10.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017 (2017 Q4), indicating a continued weakening of the market.

Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled nearly 408 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, a 5.6 percent decline over the fourth quarter of 2016, according to Gartner.

Massive multiple-in, multiple-out (MIMO) antennas stand ready to deliver on the promise of cost-effective delivery of capacity density in LTE networks now and set the stage for 5G networks to come, ABI Research says in a new report.

The global cyber security-as-a-service market is expected to reach $87.59 billion in revenue by 2025 – up from $30 billion in 2016, according to a new report from Transparency Market Research.  That level of market expansion translates into an impressive compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.5 percent from 2017 to 2025.

The mobile payment market was valued at $601 billion in 2016, and is projected to reach $4,574 billion by 2023, according to a new report published by Allied Market Research.

The overall US video and Pay-TV market continues its healthy overall growth and is set to reach $140 billion by the end of 2018, according to the latest video entertainment report from Futuresource Consulting. This is despite the continuously evolving and challenging landscape.

Total IT spending by small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) will reach nearly $602 billion in 2018, an increase of 4.9 percent over 2017, International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts.

Worldwide data center Ethernet switch revenue grew 12 percent year-over-year (YoY) in 3Q17, reaching $2.9 billion, according to new research from IHS Markit.

The global 5G market will grow at an overall compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 97 percent and will be worth $251 billion by 2025, according to research from Netscribes.

The value of consumer spend on remote payments for digital and physical goods will surpass $3.3 trillion this year, up 10 percent from 2017’s total of $3 trillion, according to a new study from Juniper Research.

Both internal and external forces are motivating data center operators to seek renewable energy sources, according to new research from IHS Markit.

The market for specialized fitness wearables integrated into clothing and ear-based “hearables” will grow from an expected 4.5 million shipped in 2018 to nearly 30 million in 2022, an increase of more than 550 percent, Juniper Research forecasts.

Energy and utilities rank among the top three verticals in terms of Augmented Reality (AR) glasses shipments and total value chain revenues, according to ABI Research.  

Organizations are embracing self-service analytics and business intelligence (BI) to bring these capabilities to business users of all levels.

In 2018, 85 percent of operator respondents plan to create, or will have already deployed, smart central offices, according to a new operator survey by IHS Markit.  Specifically, operators will be installing servers, storage and switching to create mini data centers in selected central offices.

A new study from Juniper Research has found that global retailer spending on AI will reach $7.3 billion per year by 2022, up from an estimated $2 billion in 2018, as retailers target new avenues to increase personalization of the customer experience.

Annual 2016 U.S. dollar sales of home automation products experienced growth of 57 percent versus 2015, according to The NPD Group.  Security and monitoring products continued to lead the category, making-up over 60 percent of dollar share.

New consumer research from Parks Associates reveals that 10 percent of U.S. broadband households are likely to cancel their fixed broadband service over the next 12 months. According to 360 View: Mobility & the App Economy, these consumers would use wireless or mobile data services as a replacement for their traditional broadband service.

Forrester predicts that US business and government tech spending will surpass $1.5 trillion in 2018, up nearly 6 percent from 2017, Forrrester noted Dec. 21. In its newly published 2018 outlook for US industry tech budgets, Forrester reveals industries with the fastest-growing tech budgets as well as the technologies they’re choosing to invest in.