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Last Hold-Out Sells in Wisconsin – but What Will Foxconn Do?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hat-tip to the Ojo-Yoshida Report for spotting that the last homeowner that was holding out against a compulsory sale to release for a possible factory for Foxconn in Wisconsin has just …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Investment| LCD Fabs| USA

Hisense NEXTGEN TVs come to retail

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hisense has released a pair of TVs that include an ATSC 3.0 tuner. The U7H and U8H are available from $799. What We Think This is the first ATSC 3.0 set …

Tags:ATSC| Broadcast| Hisense| USA

UST Projectors Put to the Test

by Bob Raikes

I recently saw a report on a shoot-out of Ultra Short Throw projectors that was conducted in the US by ProjectorScreen.com (a high end specialist retailer) and ProjectorCentral.com. I didn’t get there (I’m on …

Tags:Testing| USA| UST Projectors

Vizio hardware sales flat, but SmartCast platform revenue spikes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vizio saw its revenues rise by 2% compared to Q2 last year to $408.9 million with around ¾ of the value coming from hardware. TV and sound bar numbers were flat …

Tags:Financial Data| Smart TV| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vizio

Purchasers of New TCL Televisions in the State of California from April 24, 2016 through December 31, 2021, may be Entitled to Payment from a Class Action Settlement

by Artem Alekseenko

The following is being released by A.B. Data, Ltd., the Court-appointed Settlement Administrator for the Class Action Settlement in Christopher Julian, et al. v. TTE Technology, Inc. dba TCL North America, Case No. 3:20-CV-02857, …

Tags:TCL| USA

TCL Settles 120Hz Class Action in California Out of Court

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A class action in California has been settled by TCL for $2.9 million over a claim by TCL that its sets were deceptively advertised as having “120Hz CMI,” “120Hz Clear Motion …

Tags:Advertising| Litigation| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| USA

US VC’s Fundraising is Very Strong

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Economist Paul Kedrosky’s Daily Graph service has turned up another interesting one on US financing. This time, he has found a chart showing that US VCs are continuing to raise large …

Tags:Financial Data| USA

Alaska Airlines to launch E Ink based baggage tags

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Alaska Airlines is the next carrier to try using E Ink-based electronic baggage tags that it plans to make available initially to 2,500 regular flyers from San Jose, USA. Other frequent …

Tags:Aviation| E Ink| USA

Amazon Prime Day Discounts in US Signal Slumping Consumer Demand

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research joined in with sending signals of gloom in the US market when it pointed out that consumer sentiment in the US is the lowest it has been since the …

Tags:Amazon| Smartphone Market| TV Set Market| USA

71% of TVs Purchased Were Sold on Promotion Through April 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Highlighting the difficult conditions in the US TV market, NPD said that there has been a surge in TVs being sold on promotion. From January through April 2022, 71% of TVs …

Tags:Supply Chain| TV Set Market| USA

Orlando’s New Terminal C Will Open With Nearly 900 Screens

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sixteen-Nine Net reported that a new Terminal C at Orlando Airport in Florida will open shortly and will ahve 874 connected displays for Ticketing; Security; Info Desks; Concessions; Gates; Arrivals; Customs …

Tags:Aviation| Digital Signage| USA

Gamers on Smart TVs Difficult To Reach With Traditional Ads: Samsung Study

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A report by Samsung Ads said that it is harder to get to gamers using traditional linear media. NextTV said that compared to all Samsung smart TV users, gamers spend 42% …

Tags:Advertising| Game Playing| SVOD| USA