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What They Say In a year end speech to employees, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that he would be “particularly focused” on technologies that deliver “a deeper sense of presence,” like augmented and virtual reality. What We Think After the debacle of Magic Leap, it’s pleasing that someone with big pockets is still happy … Read more
What They Say Amazon has now allowed the use of Netflix on the Echo Show Smart Display. Netflix support is available for all generations of Echo Show devices, from the first-gen down to the most recent Echo Show 8. The lone exception is the Echo Spot which does have a screen but one that’s too … Read more
What They Say Nikkei reports that Arçelik of Turkey has taken a 60% share in Hitachi’s overseas home appliances business for $300 million. The firm will use the investment to drive its business for appliances in most of Asia, including India, Southeast Asia and China. What We Think We don’t monitor the appliance business. However, … Read more
Visteon Corporation awarded New Vision Display the “Best Customer Focus Launch Performance: Asia” for 2020. The award recognizes suppliers for “delivering exceptional service to Visteon teams, working to win new business, supporting current projects and launching new programs”. The award was presented during Visteon’s livestream 2020 Strategic Supplier Virtual Conference on December 8th, 2020 and … Read more
Yeah, I know. Every time the bezel gets narrower or the “smart TV” interface gets a re-skin, it’s a “new generation.” But I’m talking about a significant technical improvement viewers can really see, and we’ll be seeing a good one in 2021. At the last real CES (January 2020), several manufacturers showed prototype TVs with … Read more
What They Say In reporting on new funding for Iljin Tech, to help the firm turn around its business, The Elec said that the company seems to be banking on Samsung Electronics using its metal mesh touch technology in notebook displays. From a peak at 221.5 billion Won ($202 million) in 2017 the firm saw … Read more
What They Say WarnerMedia and Roku have agreed ‘after protracted negotiations’ that Roku users will be able to get access to HBO Max, the premium streaming service. The access will start from 17th December. Reuters reports that HBO Max has 12.6 million “activations” or users, compared to 86.8 million paid subscribers for Walt Disney Co’s … Read more
What They Say Virgin Media posted data about its success in 2020 in the UK, despite, or because of the pandemic. When it came to upload traffic, Virgin Media’s network saw data use jump up by 64 per cent across the year, driven by people working from home, connecting with loved ones on video calls … Read more
MediaKind, a global change leader in media technology and services, announces the launch of Mediaroom Play, a new client solution that enables operators to deploy set top boxes (STBs) powered by Android TV rapidly. This launch represents a significant investment in Mediaroom, the world-leading IPTV platform, using the latest industry technologies and leveraging MediaKind’s strong … Read more
What They Say Futuresource Consulting said that the global TV market is expected to be 1.2% up in 2020 at more than 233 million units, worth $83.7 billion, down just 1%. The key factor has been the lockdowns in Western countries. North America will see 15% unit growth. In Western Europe, there has been upgrading … Read more
E Ink Holdings, “E Ink” (8069.TW), the leading innovator of electronic ink technology, announced that they have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with MICROVIEW Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. for the development and sale of ePaper modules for retail shelf labels, healthcare, wearables and various IoT applications. E Ink and MICROVIEW Electronics will use their … Read more
What They Say Samsung said in a blog post that it plans to expand the use of the S-Pen, used in the Galaxy Note devices, and also the range of foldable phones that are expected in 2021. As many as four devices may be available, two based on the Z Fold and two based on … Read more
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