Online TV and Movie Piracy Losses to Soar to $52 Billion By 2022
Revenues lost to online piracy will nearly double between 2016 and 2022 to $51.6 billion, according to the Online TV Piracy Forecasts report. Covering 138 countries, these forecasts include revenues lost to TV episodes and movies – but not other sectors such as sports or pay TV.
B2B E-commerce Will Reach $1.2 Trillion By 2021, Forrester Predicts
The U.S. B2B E-commerce industry will total $889 billion by the end of 2017 and will have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.4 percent, bringing its value to $1.2 trillion by 2021, Forrester Research projects.
Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 2.4 Percent in First Quarter of 2017, Gartner Says
The PC industry experienced modest growth in the business PC market, but this was offset by declining consumer demand, according to a new report from Gartner. In the U.S., PC shipments totaled 12.3 million units in the first quarter of 2017, a 2.4 percent decline from the first quarter of 2016.