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Links Week Ending 19th November 2021

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 second part of this week. The Economist Looks at the Metaverse ($) …

Tags:Cinema going| Dell| Desktop Monitors| Gesture Recognition| Investment| LED| Nvidia| Pricing| Roku| Smart TV| Streaming Games| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TCL| The Metaverse

Sharp connects with Roku to re-enter TV market in U.S.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that Sharp will re-enter the US TV market in the spring of 2022 with a range of 50″ to 75″ LCD TVs built around the Roku OS and assembled …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Roku| sharp| Smart TV| TVs (TV Sets)| USA

As Expected, Roku Launches in Germany

by Bob Raikes

What They Say As expected (Roku to Launch its Players in Germany) Roku has formally announced that it is releasing its streaming sticks in Germany including the Roku Express, Roku Express 4K, Roku Streaming …

Tags:Germany| Roku| Streaming Video

Roku Presents Streaming Player Line-Up for Germany Starting at €29.99

by Artem Alekseenko

Roku introduced its streaming player line-up for Germany, including the Roku Express, Roku Express 4K, Roku Streaming Stick 4K and Roku Streambar. Roku streaming players offer German consumers an easy and affordable way to …

Tags:Germany| Roku| Stream TV| UltraHD & 4K

Report: 25% of global advanced STBs running on Android TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dataxis reported the market shares of advanced set-top box middleware in the installed base. It highlighted that Android TV has dropped from 40% in 2015 to around 25% now, as RDK, …

Tags:Android| Operating Systems| Roku| STBs

Roku Introduces All-New Roku Streaming Stick 4K and Roku Streaming Stick 4K+

by Artem Alekseenko

Roku, Inc. unveiled the all-new Roku® Streaming Stick® 4K (MSRP $49.99), offering powerful 4K streaming in a portable form factor and the Roku Streaming Stick 4K+ (MSRP $69.99), which features the Roku Voice Remote …

Tags:Image Retention (sticking and burning)| Roku| Streaming Video| UltraHD & 4K

New Roku Streaming Stick 4K supports HDR10+ & Dolby Vision

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Roku has upgraded its streaming sticks with support for HDR10, HDR10 and Dolby Vision as well as a faster CPU and better Wi-Fi. The Roku Streaming Stick 4K and Roku Streaming …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Roku| Streaming Dongles| Voice Input

Roku to Launch its Players in Germany

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters reports that Roku is planning to to launch its streaming technology in Germany to compete with Amazon Fire TV stick and Google Chromecast. What We Think Of course, its streaming …

Tags:Germany| Roku| Smart TV

TCL Offers Google TV Option

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TCL, which has previously used Roku as its high end sets, with some lower end Android-based sets, is bringing TV sets powered by Google TV to the market in its 5- …

Tags:Google| Roku| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)

Roku Reaches 55M Active Users as Total Streaming Hours Fall Behind

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Just after I published the article on Roku’s customer, TCL (TCL Electronics Bullish on First Half of 2021), yesterday, I spotted an article in the Hollywood Reporter that highlighted that Roku …

Tags:Financial Data| Roku| Streaming Video

TCL Electronics Bullish on First Half of 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TCL reported profits up 122.9% for the first half of the year at $133 million. Revenues were up 103.7% for the year to $4.49 billion. TCL smartTV sales rose to 11.27 …

Tags:Europe| Roku| TCL