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U.S. Homes Adding SVOD Services Falls To 3.9% in 2Q, Kantar Reports

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Kantar has released data on the subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) market in the US and that highlights a slow down in growth in the market with just 3.9% of U.S. homes taking …

Tags:Market Data| SVOD| USA

IPValue acquires over 1,200 display related patents from Mitsubishi Electric

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An IP specialist, IPValue Management, Inc, said that it has bought 1,200 display-related patents from Mitsubishi Electric, which date back up to twenty years and cover LCDs and OLEDs. What We …

Tags:Mitsubishi| Patents

Olympic Stadium Berlin Gets Digital Signage Upgrade

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis reports that the Olympic Stadium in Berlin is going through a major refurbishment in preparations for hosting at least six games in the 2024 Euros football championship. The total cost …

Tags:Digital Signage| Germany| LED| Sports and Stadiums

TV Set Sales Revenues Stable in Germany

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The GFU in Germany said, based on data from GfK, that TV sales in Q2 in the country were up just 1% on last year, with revenues of €831 million, although …

Tags:Germany| Market Data| TVs (TV Sets)

VR Growth To Outstrip All Other Media By 2025

by Bob Raikes

What They Say VRFocus reported data from PwC that predicts that VR will see the highest revenue growth of all media from 2020 to 2025 going from $1.8 billion last year to $6.9 billion. …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| Virtual Reality

Chinese Brands to Use UTG in New Foldable Phones

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say The Elec has a detailed round-up on the topic of barriers for foldable smartphones and highlighted that there is a significant move to Ultra-Thin Glass (UTG). The article details the suppliers …

Tags:Corning| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Glass

Acer Still Gaining from the Pandemic

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Acer said that it had its highest revenues for seven years in June at $1.07 billion, up 16.9% year on year and up 21% on May. Q2 revenues were up 21.7% …

Tags:Acer| Chromebooks| Financial Data| Game Playing

“Black Widow” Suggests that Streaming and Theaters Could Coexist

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article in the New York Times highlighted that a Marvel movie called ‘Black Widow’ has shown that it is possible for cinema and streaming releases to co-exist successfully. The title …

Tags:Cinema| Disney| Streaming Video

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Details Leaked

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Verge has collected together a number of tweets from ‘noted leaker’ Evan Blass that show gifs of the products that Samsung is expected to release in its next Galaxy Unpacked …

Tags:Samsung| Smartphones| Smartwatches

Rethink Forecasts STB Decline

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Rethink Research of the UK released extracts from its report on “Set Top Box, Smart TV, and Connected TV Device Operating System Forecast – 2020-2026”. The report forecast that the winning …

Tags:Operating Systems| Smart TV| STBs

LCD TV Panel Prices Peaking

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC have confirmed that panel prices are now peaking and are likely to decline for the rest of the year as supply has improved and demand growth slowed. Still, the prices …

Sony Employs Robots to cut TV Production Costs by 70%

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An executive, Kimio Maki, from Sony has said to the FT that the firm is automating its TV production facility in Malaysia to cut costs by up to 70% in 2023 …

Tags:Production| sony| TVs (TV Sets)