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Criticism of display refrigerated cabinet doors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis published an interesting article on displays used in refrigerator doors, especially by Cooler Screens which had raised $100 million to develop the category and had a contract to install doors …

Tags:Retail| USA

Everyone in the M&E Industry Wants the Same Thing … Viewers

by Andy Marken

You may not realize it, but the entertainment food chain has changed dramatically over the past few years. In fact, according to MPA’s (Motion Picture Association’s) head, Charles Rinkin, it’s on the cusp of …

Tags:Broadcast| Content Creation| Movies & Content| Streaming Video| SVOD| USA

For Streaming Media, Everything Old Is New Again

by Pete Putman

A story published March 9 at Forbes illustrates how the video streaming landscape continues to shift dramatically. What started out largely as a science experiment 18 years ago with YouTube has now become the …

Tags:Broadcast| Disney| Netflix| Streaming Video| USA

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

Samba TV’s Q4’21 State of Viewership Report is Here!

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samba TV released three reports on the ‘State of Viewership’ in TV in the US, the UK and Germany and in Australia. The reports look at the reach and impressions of …

Tags:Europe| Market Data| Streaming Video| TV Viewing| USA

U.S. pay TV penetration to fall below 50% in 2026

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DigitalTVResearch forecast that traditional pay TV penetration in the US will slip below 50% of TV households in 2026 – down from 91% in 2010 and down from 60% in 2021. …

Tags:Pay TV| Streaming Video| TV Viewing| USA

SmartKem, Inc. Begins Trading on the OTCQB in the US

by Artem Alekseenko

SmartKem, Inc. announced that its common stock has commenced trading on the OTCQB Venture Marketplace (“OTCQB”) in the United States under the ticker symbol “SMTK”. The OTCQB is a US trading platform that is …

Tags:Semiconductors| USA

NBC to Bring HDR, UltraHD and Atmos to Beijing 2022 Olympics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say NBC will cover the Winter Olympics in UltraHD and with HDR for US viewers. NBC Sports will provide live coverage of the NBC broadcast network’s Olympics primetime and Prime Plus shows …

Tags:Dolby Atmos| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Olympics| Sports and Stadiums| UltraHD| USA

Counterpoint Releases Smartphone Data on World, China and US

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research published some interesting data on the smartphone market in the US and China as well as looking at the overall development of the market over the last five years. …

Tags:Apple| China| Market Data| Samsung| Smartphone Market| USA| Xiaomi

Panasonic Projects Immersive Worlds in Las Vegas

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We featured the Area15 entertainment location in Las Vegas (Defining Times for Immersive Destinations) last year. Invidis has now reported on a deal with the location for Panasonic to supply projectors …

Tags:Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Panasonic| USA

Tizen Smart TVs claim 27% of US broadband homes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Parks Associates said that in Q3 2021, 27% of US broadband subscribers reported the Samsung Tizen Smart TV is their primary device for consuming video content. Eric Sorensen, Senior Contributing Analyst, …

Tags:broadband| internet| Samsung| Streaming Video| SVOD| USA