Year: 2021

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Panasonic To Close More TV Manufacturing

by Bob Raikes

What They Say JiJi Press reports that Panasonic has gone ahead with a plan to move production of its smallest sets (and most of its TV production according to the FT) to TCL in …

Tags:Panasonic| TV Production| TVs (TV Sets)

Hisense Enters Into MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License

by Artem Alekseenko

MPEG LA announced that Hisense International Co., Ltd. (“Hisense”) has become a Licensee to MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License (“AVC License”). As a result of this agreement, all legal disputes related to patent …

Tags:Hisense| MPEG| MPEG4 (H.264 AVC)| Patents

Links 15th December 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. We normally put these out on Tuesday and Friday, but we have already built up quite a few, …

Tags:Android| Apple| Desktop Monitors| Digital Signage| Game Playing| iPhone| LG Electronics (LGE)| Remote Controls| Retailers| Smart TV| STBs| Virtual Sets

The M&E Industry is Stronger, Healthier Together

by Andy Marken

Keeping a home entertainment budget under control today as the marketplace “matures” is a lot like keeping yourself in shape as you mature. Suddenly it’s OMG! “I’ve never, ever, ever, ever, ever met someone …

Tags:AVOD| Broadcast| Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Pay TV| Streaming Video| SVOD

Oppo’s Foldable Find N using Samsung Display’s OLED

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say The Elec reported that Oppo would release a folding smartphone with a 7.1″ UTG-based 120Hz LTPO OLED display from Samsung Display. The Find N would have a 5.45″ inch OLED from …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Glass| Samsung Display

AMOLED Materials Market to Grow to $2.2 Billion by 2025

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC said in its blog that the value of the AMOLED stack material market would grow by 32% this year and will grow at a 16% CAGR from $1.05 billion to …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| OLED Materials

Prediction: Roku gets bought out in 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Advanced TV reports predictions for 2022 that include the prediction that Roku could be bought by a major tech company, and suggests that it could be a ‘perfect fit’ for Apple. …

Tags:Apple| Netflix| Roku| Smart TV| Streaming Video| SVOD

Collapse of the Lira & Chinese Property Market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Turkish lira plummeted by 7% in a single night this week against the US dollar. Analysts are deeply sceptical about the policy of Turkey’s President Erdogan. The currency is around …

Tags:China| Europe| Macroeconomics

SmarDTV TV-Stick completes CI Plus 2.0 certification

by Bob Raikes

What They Say SmarDTV said that its USB 2.0 based Conditional Access Module, the TV-Stick has been granted CI Plus 2.0 certification. This will allow sets with USB to offer the same kind of …

Tags:Europe| Security