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Foxxum Scores Sharp Win

by Tom Allen

UMC, the European licence holder of the Sharp TV brand (Sharp ‘Leaves’ TVs in Europe) has signed an exclusive five-year contract with Foxxum. Foxxum’s smart TV solution will be built into all newly-developed Sharp …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Licensing| sharp| Smart TV| UMC| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Sharp 80″ TV Starts Shipping

by Bob Raikes

Sharp US has now started shipping the 80″ LC-80LE661U Smart TV that was announced at the beginning of June (Sharp Introduces New Line Of Commercial AQUOS™ LED Smart TVs). The product uses an edge-lit …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| sharp| Smart TV| Vol 22 - Issue 30

NetRange and Vonetize Collaborate

by Helen Vince

NetRange, a provider of white label Smart TV solutions, says it has finalised an agreement with VoD services company Vonetize to launch global channels on Smart TVs worldwide. Users of NetRange’s Smart TV portals …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| VOD| VOD in UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Samsung Brings New 4K SUHD TV to the Masses

by Helen Vince

Samsung Electronics America, Inc., the leader in home entertainment for nine consecutive years, today launched the JS7000 SUHD TV. Following the successful launch of Samsung’s flagship SUHD TV line, this new 4K SUHD TV …

Tags:Samsung| Smart TV| UltraHD & 4K

Jumptuit: The iOS Smart TV Connection

by Tom Allen

Jumptuit has added an all new iOS App to a seamless multi-platform solution that connects smart phones, tablets, PCs, smart TVs and leading cloud services. The all new Jumptuit iOS App is developed in …

Tags:iOS (Apple)| PCs| Smart TV| Smartphones| tablets

Research Reports Look at Gestures and Materials

by Tom Allen

Two new paid reports have been released; we have a summary of both, as well as a link to the relevant website. An analysis of the gesture recognition market for smart TV is available …

Tags:Gesture Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Smart TV| Vol 22 - Issue 28

SPI/FilmBox and LG Announce A New 4K Deal

by Helen Vince

LG Electronics and SPI International/Filmbox are announcing a collaboration to promote the new line of LG Super UHD televisions (in the U.S., U.K. Turkey, Morocco known as LG Prime UHD) and to make more …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Smart TV| UltraHD & 4K

UltraHD Needs Demystifying in Retail, Says Uden

by Tom Allen

Andrew Uden is the senior technical manager at UK supermarket chain, Asda, which is owned by Walmart. He spoke about developments in the TV industry, starting with an informal poll to see how many …

Tags:DTG| DTG Summit 2015| Formats| HDTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Retailers| Smart TV| Standards| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 20

MIC: Smart TVs Will Exceed 40% of LCD TVs in 2015

by Tom Allen

88 million smart TVs will be shipped worldwide this year, representing around 41.2% of the worldwide LCD TV market, according to Taiwan’s MIC. Smart TV penetration has exceeded 50% in Japan, thanks to consumers’ …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Market Data| Smart TV| Vol 22 - Issue 20| Worldwide

Roku Announces Sharp Roku TV Models

by Helen Vince

Roku, Inc. today announced that it has added the Sharp brand to the Roku TV program. Sharp Roku TV™ models will soon be available for purchase exclusively at Best Buy stores as well as …

Tags:Roku| sharp| Smart TV

TV Units Rise Faster Than Revenues

by Tom Allen

TV set sales in Western Europe were up 3.2% YoY last year, writes Germany’s GFU, based on data from GfK. More than 34 million units were sold, taking €16.3 billion in revenues (up 0.2%). …

Tags:Europe| Germany| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Market Data| Smart TV| Vol 22 - Issue 19