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VIZIO SmartCast TM Devices Now Compatible With Google Home

by Isaac Oburu

Today, VIZIO, Inc. announced today that VIZIO SmartCast devices including TVs, displays, sound bars and speakers are now compatible with Google Home, Google’s new voice-activated speaker powered by the Google Assistant. With Chromecast built-in, …

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Vizio Adds Xumo VOD App

by Bob Raikes

Vizio has added support for the Xumo VOD app on its smart TVs and supports it on its SmartCast TVs. Vizio said that its SmartCast app has been recently updated to provide users with …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 48

VIZIO Announces Addition of XUMO to VIZIO SmartCastTM App Experience

by Isaac Oburu

VIZIO, Inc. announced today the addition of XUMO, the premier live and video-on-demand (VOD) over-the-top (OTT) service for the digital age, to the VIZIO SmartCast app experience. The service joins other top VIZIO SmartCast-enabled …

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LeEco to Cut Payroll by 10% – Vizio Deal in Doubt?

by Bob Raikes

Guangzhou-based Time Weekly has reported that LeEco is downsizing its 8,000 employees by 10% to help alleviate its cash demands. The company, which recently acknowledged it has cash flow issues related to its rapid …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 47

LeEco Cash Flow, Business Plans and Products

by Matthew Brennesholtz

I attended an analyst’s luncheon for LeEco (formerly LeTV and before that Le.com) on November 9th in New York. In addition to the analyst’s luncheon, the company had a showcase of their products including …

Tags:LeEco (formerly LeTV)| Virtual Reality| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 45

VIZIO SmartCast App Expands to Include FandangoNOW

by Bob Raikes

Vizio said that it has integrated FandangoNow (previously M-Go) into the Vizio SmartCast app, joining Vudu, Hulu and Google Play Movies and TV. Consumers can control their Vizio SmartCast displays from any room in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 43

VIZIO SmartCast App Expands to Include FandangoNOW

by Isaac Oburu

VIZIO, Inc. announced today the integration of FandangoNOW into the VIZIO SmartCast app. The premium on-demand video service joins other VIZIO SmartCast-enabled apps like VUDU, Hulu and Google Play Movies & TV, allowing consumers …

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LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 31

by Tom Allen

The new Bild 7 OLED TV from Loewe was announced in July (German Firms Move to OLED), but little information was shared. The firm has now said that it will support Dolby Vision, which …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| Consoles| Dolby Vision| Germany| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IHS Markit| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| OLED TVs| Panasonic| PlayStation| Pricing| Software| sony| UltraHD| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 31| xBox

LeEco: Today Vizio, Tomorrow the World?

by Ken Werner

When LeEco (Leshi Internet Information & Technology) exhibited at one of the press-and-analyst shows at CES 2016, it had not yet changed its name from Letv. Then, Letv showed prototypes and products that were …

Tags:China| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| Mergers & Acquisitions| USA| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 30

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 30

by Tom Allen

The Superbook (LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 19) by Andromium, a laptop ‘shell’ for a smartphone, reached Kickstarter last month. It has now passed several goals, one of which means that users …

Tags:BenQ| Blu-ray Players| Collaboration| Colour Critical Monitors| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Dolby Vision| Europe| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IWBs| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LFD - Large Format Display| Notebooks| Philips| Pricing| Promethean| Resolution| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Smartphones| Software| USA| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 30

Vizio Sells Out to LeEco

by Tom Allen

LeEco (formerly LeTV) of China has announced a definitive agreement to acquire US TV brand Vizio, for $2 billion. LeEco will operate the Vizio hardware and software business as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Vizio’s data …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| Mergers & Acquisitions| North America| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 29