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A volte-face – Apple should start selling TVs

1 Aug 2011 16:49 No comments

Apple has just reported yet another record quarter. As a company it is experiencing revenue growth rarely seen in any sector. Looking at its financials closely reveals that the company that once built its reputation as a computer manufacturer is now, for all intents and purposes, a mobile device manufacturer. It is striking that desktops now only account for about 5% of all of Apple’s revenues. But the continued success of all these mobile devices only serves to highlight where Apple is so very weak – the living room.

There has been a great deal of speculation about whether Apple will develop its own TV to compete with Samsung, LG et al. More...

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Andrew Ladbrook
Research Analyst at Informa Telecoms and Media
Office: Mortimer House

Joined industry in 2008
Based in London
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Andrew Ladbrook is a Research Analyst with Informa Telecoms & Media. In his role Andrew looks at the impact of the latest developments in home network technology and smart connected devices.Andrew originally joined Informa as an intern where he assisted with the Fttx: A Global Analysis report and researched DSLAM distribution in Europe. After this he joined the Broadband team as a Research Analyst where he focused on online content. In this position Andrew created a financial tracker following many of the key players in the online market including Google, Microsoft and Tencent. He also examined the state of online content markets across Western and Eastern Europe and Latin America. In 2010 he was the lead author on Informa’s Connected Home: Beyond the PC report and was a key contributor to the forthcoming Internet traffic forecasts.Andrew has a Masters of Theology from the University of St Andrews and spent a year at Bath University studying economics

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