2021 – Page 188 – Display Daily

Gartner Says Worldwide Smartphone Sales Declined 5% in Fourth Quarter of 2020

by Artem Alekseenko

Global sales of smartphones to end users declined 5.4% in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales declined 12.5% in full year 2020. “The sales of more 5G smartphones and …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Smartphone Market

Chinese monitor market to grow 3% in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell that said that sales of monitors in the Chinese market in 2020 were 34.5 million units. The forecast for 2021 is 3% in volume to 35.6 million units. 144Hz monitors …

DSCC TV Cost Report Highlights Battle Between OLED and MiniLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published some interesting information based on its TV cost report and highlighted that MiniLED-based TVs would compete at around the same price as WOLED sets. DSCC reports that LGD expects …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| MiniLED| OLED TVs| Pricing

Steering Board approves DVB-TA watermarking and DVB Home Broadcast spec

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The DVB Steering Board has approved a new and an updated specification. The update was to the DVB Targeted Advertising specification to include watermarking as an alternative way to signal where …

Tags:DVB| SAT>IP

Steering Board Approves DVB-TA Watermarking and DVB Home Broadcast Spec

by Artem Alekseenko

Last week’s meeting of the DVB Steering Board approved the publication of two BlueBooks, one an updated specification and the other a new specification. The DVB Targeted Advertising specification has been updated (BlueBook A178-1r1) …

Tags:Broadcast| DVB

Huawei Smartphones to be Down by More than 50% in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that Huawei has advised its suppliers that it expects its component orders to fall by more than 60% in the face of US sanctions. It expects to make 70-80 …

Tags:5G| Forecasts| Huawei

VIZIO Ads Launches Glass-Level Frequency Control For TV Advertisers

by Artem Alekseenko

VIZIO Ads, the award winning TV company’s direct-to-device advertising business, unveiled Universal Frequency Control, a new capability that enables brands to set limits on how often a VIZIO TV within a household is exposed …

Tags:OTT Video| Vizio| VOD

Roku Has a Good Q4

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Roku had a good Q4 and good year in 2020 overall. The company went past 50 million active acounts, via players and Roku TVs and the company claimed 38% share of …

Tags:Roku| Smart TV

Solas OLED Settles Patent Disputes with LG Display Co

by Artem Alekseenko

Solas OLED Ltd., an Irish company that specializes in OLED technologies that it licenses to consumer electronics manufacturers, has announced that it has entered into a Settlement and License Agreement with LG Display Co. …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs| sony

Vuzix Expands and Enhances the Connectivity of its Smart Glasses with LiFi Support

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vuzix put out a press release (it sends almost more than anyone!) that set out that it would support Signify’s Trulifi LiFi technology for low latency two-way wireless connectivity to its …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Li-Fi| Optics| Vuzix

UDC Has Strong 2020 & Q4

by Bob Raikes

What They Say OLED material supplier UDC has reported a strong end to a good year for its business. It reached record quarterly revenue of $141.5 million, up from $101.7 million in 2019. Material …

Tags:Financial Data| OLED Materials| UDC

Apple TV+ Moves onto Google TV Platforms

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google has announced that the Apple TV+ streaming service is now available on Google TV, with the first implementation on Chromecast with Google TV. The service will become available later on …

Tags:Android| Apple| Google| Streaming Video| SVOD

Year: 2021