Research: 71% US homes still pay-TV subs
by Bob Raikes
What They Say US analyst Leichtman Research Group said that 71% of US TV households have some form of pay TV service – down from 82% in 2016, 87% in 2011, and 86% in …
Tags:Pay TV| USA
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
Comcast Launches its XClass SmartTV
by Bob Raikes
What They Say I was just catching up with a story about Comcast being about to launch its XClass TVs in the US when I spotted that it has happened. The TVs are being …
Tags:Comcast| Smart TV| TVs (TV Sets)| USA
US Army Delays Hololens Adoption
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Reuters reported that the US Army said that it was deferring the date for the start of its use of the Microsoft Hololens headsets to September 2022, but remains committed to …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Military & Defence| USA
Roku Ahead of Amazon in the US for Connected TVs
by Bob Raikes
What They Say eMarketer said that it expects Roku monthly users in the US to reach 111.7 million this year, an increase by 11.5% and making up a third of the US population. Amazon …
Tags:Market Data| Smart TV| Streaming Video| TVs (TV Sets)| USA
Hisense’s Makes a 100 Day Money-Back Offer
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Hisense in the US has offered consumers a “100 day guarantee” with a money-back refund available. It applies to the firm’s laser TV sets at 75″ (U800GR 8K $2699) to 12″ …
Tags:Hisense| Laser TVs| Projection| USA| warranty
Location-based VR lives on: What’s next for Dreamscape
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Protocol’s Next Up letter gave an update on Dreamscape that is a player in the location-based VR industry which has been hit hard by the pandemic and the blog said that …
Tags:Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| USA
Why Comcast is getting into the smart TV business
by Bob Raikes
What They Say We published a link last week to an article that reported that Comcast was planning to get into the SmartTV market in the US. The Protocol published an article that looked …
Tags:Cable| Comcast| Hisense| Smart TV| TVs (TV Sets)| USA
NAB Cancelled
by Bob Raikes
What They Say I was just looking around for my last WBS article today, when in popped a PR statement from Grass Valley lamenting the cancellation of the NAB Show. We reported a couple …
Tags:Covid-19| Events| USA
SmartTV Gets to an Inflection Point
by Bob Raikes
This week I spotted an interesting looking forecast that suggested that the top three US Smart TV brands (Samsung, LG and Vizio) would see a big growth in revenues from advertising over the next …
Tags:Advertising| LG Electronics (LGE)| Samsung| Smart TV| Streaming Video| USA| Vizio
Links Week Ending 17th September 2021
by Bob Raikes
Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. Major Broadcasters Launch NEXTGEN TV on Five …
Tags:Acer| ATSC| Comcast| Financial Data| Interactive Displays| Market Data| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Samsung| Smart TV| USA| VideoConferencing
Amazon to Ship Own-Brand TVs in the US
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Business Insider ($) reports that Amazon plans to release its own branded TVs in sizes from 55″ to 75″ in the US, perhaps as soon as October. Although they have had …
Tags:Amazon| TVs (TV Sets)| USA
