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Free Ad-Supported TV (FAST): A Value Proposition

by Omid Rahmat

It all says to me that we are seeing traditional TV channels move from being destinations on a dial to being app icons on a platform. The interesting thing about the growth of FAST …

Tags:FAST| omdia| TV sales

MICROLED ON A 300MM WAFER. PHOTO: ALEDIA

The Monolithic RGB MicroLED

by Omid Rahmat

A technology that can dramatically increase the utilization and productivity of micro light emitting diode (LED) has been developed in Korea. It is gaining much attention on whether the popularization of micro-LED will be …

Tags:Lumens| MicroLED

LG Uses Samsung OLED in Laptop

by Omid Rahmat

The Elec is reporting LG is using Samsung Display’s OLEDs in its LG gram Ultraslim and LG gram Style laptops, the first OLED products of their kind for the company. LG Display doesn’t manufacture …

LG G3. PHOTO: LG

Large Screen OLEDs Set for Rise in Demand

by Omid Rahmat

We see (1) the mid-/large-size LCD (TV, IT) and large-size OLED (WOLED) segments remaining in the red as the global economic slowdown erodes demand and (2) the small-/mid-size OLED (P-OLED) segment’s profit margins affected …

Tags:LG| OLEDs

Update: ClearMR Standard for Motion Blur

by Omid Rahmat

The January/February 2023 edition of Information Display has paper by Frank Seto of VESA, and Dale Stolitka of Samsung, on the Clear Motion Ration (CMR) certification program, specifically pitching its value as a consumer …

Tags:ClearMR| Samsung| SID Society| VESA

3M’s Down But Investing in Display Technologies

by Omid Rahmat

In 2022, 3M saw a 3.2% drop in revenues from the previous year, and a miss on earnings targets. As a result it is reducing its workforce by 2,500 because of the loss of …

Tags:3M| Financial Data| LCD| OLED| optical film

The Deathknell of the STB

by Omid Rahmat

“Ultimately STB manufacturers are focusing on the needs of the purchasing company, which increasingly favour business rather than technology objectives, ” said Hans Jurgen Desor, CEo of iWedia. “Recently nothing from the technology side …

Tags:AndroidTV| iWedia| Smart TV| STBs

What the Super Bowl Tells Us About TV Buying

by Omid Rahmat

There’s nothing quite like the showcase of the NFL season, the Super Bowl, at least when it comes to TVs. The FIFA World Cup draws a much bigger worldwide audience and it can juice …

Tags:Apple TV| Hisense| Samsung| Super Bowl| TV pricing

Amorphyx Demonstrates New Thin Film Transistor Technology

by Omid Rahmat

In a post on LinkedIn, Amorphyx CEO and President had this to say: As Ian Hendry referenced on Display Daily before, Amorphyx is a strategic option for smartphone backplanes. The company claims the IGZO …

Tags:Amorphyx| LTPO TFT| Smartphones

Private Equity Giant, BlackRock, Ups Stake in Photronics

by Omid Rahmat

Fintel reports that BlackRock Inc. has filed a 13G/A form with the SEC disclosing ownership of 10,607,115 shares of Photronics, Inc. (PLAB). This represents 17.2% of the company. In their previous filing dated January 27, 2022 they reported …

Tags:FPD| Photronics