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Links Week Commencing 8th 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 first part of this week. DSCC Raises Display Equipment Spending Forecast on …

Tags:Dell| Desktop Monitors| Market Data| Nintendo Consoles| Notebooks| Samsung| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TV Viewing| USA

Links Week Commencing 1st 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 first part of this week. Strategy Analytics: Samsung Leads North American Smartphone …

Tags:Amazon| Ambient Sensors| Apple| Awards| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Dolby Vision| Game Playing| HP Inc| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| Market Data| OLEDs| Outside Broadcast| Smart TV| Smartphones| USA

The Uncharted Waters of Streaming Media

by Pete Putman

15 years ago, no one in entertainment had ever heard the term “over the top,” or knew what the acronyms SVOD and AVOD meant. Today, they are an integral part of every conversation about …

Tags:AVOD| Smart TV| Streaming Video| SVOD| USA

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