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Links Week Ending 8th July 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the end of this week. Football hero John Terry’s Samsung The Wall cinema …

Tags:Asus| Desktop Monitors| Eizo| Germany| Home Cinema| Interactive Displays| MicroLED| Mirror Displays| Notebooks| OLEDs| PlayStation| Production Equipment| Projectors| Samsung| Smart Home & Home Networks| Smart TV| Smartphones| Streaming Video| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Testing| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

HB Solution secures Kateeva’s QD-OLED inkjet patents as collateral

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported that HB Solutions of Korea has invested in inkjet printer maker, Kateeva, and is securing this investment with rights over a number of Kateeva patents. HB Solution was …

Tags:InkJet Deposition| Kateeva| QD OLEDs| Samsung Display

Asus Upgrades Its Gaming Smartphone

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Asus launched a new ROG Phone 6 gaming smartphone handset with a virtual event. The phone has two variants, the Phone 6 and the Phone 6 Pro. The handset is based …

Tags:Asus| Game Playing| Smartphones

Sigmaintell Releases VR Forecast

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Chinese market researcher, Sigmaintell, has issued a new report on AR and VR and said that sales of VR headsets reached 11.2 million in 2021, up 65% year on year. It …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Market Data| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Xperi Acquires Vewd Software

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Xperi said that it had bought Vewd for $109 million. Vewd software is used in more than 30 million connected TVs per year. The transaction will give Xperi access to an …

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Smart TV| Tivo

Xperi Acquires Vewd Software

by Artem Alekseenko

Xperi Holding Corporation announced it has acquired Vewd Software Holdings Limited for $109 million through a mixture of cash and debt. Vewd is a leading global provider of over-the-top (“OTT”) and hybrid TV solutions …

Tags:OTT Video| Software

Samsung Reducing TV Plans

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In line with the general trends towards reduced demand expectations in the market, the Elec has quoted a forecast that Samsung has reduced its TV volume forecast to 40 million from …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| MiniLED| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)

More on the Samsung/Cynora Deal

by Bob Raikes

Last week, when I wrote about the Samsung purchase of the IP from Cynora, I wrote that at Display Daily, we try not to instantly fire off an article as the time for reflection …

Tags:Blue Light| Investment| Mergers & Acquisitions| OLEDs| Patents| R&D (Research & Development)

The Age of Peak TV is Ending

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reported that ‘The Age of peak TV is ending’ as mid-level film plans are being shelved and budgets for content are shrinking by up to 30%. Networks are ‘slowing the …

Tags:Movies & Content| Virtual Sets