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TCL Launches the U.K.’s First-Ever QLED Roku TV

by Artem Alekseenko

TCL, a leading consumer electronics brand, and Roku, Inc., a pioneer in TV streaming, announced the launch of the RC630K series – the U.K.’s first-ever QLED Roku TV. The highly anticipated 4K UHD resolution product …

Tags:Roku| TCL| UK (United Kingdom)

Links Week Starting 14th November 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 first part of this week.  Interested in VFX? – BorisFX held a …

Tags:Aviation| BBC| Desktop Monitors| Flexible Displays| Game Playing| LED| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| OTT Video| Roku| Samsung| Smartphones| Sports and Stadiums| The Metaverse| UltraHD & 4K

Mid-week Links – Week Ending 11th November 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 middle of this week. Connected TV Advertising’s Big Secret: Two Can Be …

Tags:Application Processors| Augmented Reality| AVOD| Desktop Monitors| Financial Data| Investment| MMD (AOC Philips)| Roku| Samsung| Smart TV| Smartphones| Virtual Reality

Roku to Launch New Smart Home Products at Walmart

by Artem Alekseenko

Roku, Inc. and Walmart announced the launch of Roku’s new suite of smart home products, including security cameras, video doorbells, lighting, plugs, and more. This expansion of Roku’s product line provides a broad offering …

Tags:Roku| Smart Home & Home Networks

Xperi Expands on the Vewd Acquisition

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The acquisition of Vewd by Xperi (the owner of Tivo) was announced a couple of days ago (Xperi Acquires Vewd Software) and Next|TV caught up with the Experi Products Chief, Geir …

Tags:Android| Google| Roku| Tivo| TVs (TV Sets)

Will Streaming Take Over?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Kagan said after a survey of US adult internet uses that it estimates that US households used 6.8 streaming video services on average in March 2022. The result showed that paid …

Tags:Advertising| Roku| Smart TV| Streaming Video| USA

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Roku / Netflix Acquisition Rumor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Last week there were rumours that Roku was to be bought by Neflix. Commentators speculated that Netflix could use such an acquisition to accelerate its expected advertising-subsidised membership plans. From Roku’s …

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Netflix| Roku

Links Week Starting 23rd May 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 first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

Tags:Apple| Automotive| Forecasts| Google| LED| Litigation| MicroLED| MPEG| Outdoor Displays| Patents| Perovskite| QD OLEDs| Roku| Samsung| tablets| Testing| Transparent Displays| TV Set Market| TVs (TV Sets)| Virtual Sets

Roku CEO predicts LG, Samsung and Vizio will Give Up their Own TV OSes

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Roku’s CEO, Anthony Wood, has said at a Morgan Stanley Technology conference, that smartTV makers will ‘eventually’ give up and license operating systems from Roku, Amazon or Google. He sees an …

Tags:Amazon| Google| LG Electronics (LGE)| Operating Systems| Roku| Samsung

Roku Planning to Make its Own TVs?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Business Insider reports that Roku is exploring the feasibility of making its own brand of smartTVs and apparently ran a focus group. Someone told the blog: “They showed different models, feature …

Tags:Roku| Smart TV| USA

Smart TV Viewing Time Surges, Dongles Decline

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol Entertainment reported data from Conviva that showed that we have reached a tipping point in the use of streaming dongles. Global viewing using dongles declined by 2% in the year …

Tags:Android| Apple| Consoles| Market Data| Roku| Smart TV| Streaming Video