SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest TV maker, has made a surprising comeback in the OLED TV market after withdrawing 10 years ago due to yield problems. The company recently introduced a new product that will compete directly with its biggest rival, LG Electronics, which has been leading the OLED market. [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The demand for larger television sets has been growing over the past few years in South Korea, industry data showed Thursday, alongside lower average prices. Industry data showed the average size of Samsung Electronics Co.’s TVs sold in the country came to 54 inches last year, up sharply from [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday it will further strengthen its audio business in 2018 after acquiring Harman Kardon two years ago to secure a new growth driver. In March in 2016, the tech giant bought the U.S. audio company for 9.37 trillion won (US$8 billion). Harman Kardon posted an [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) - The third season of “Youth over Flowers,” a tvN travel reality show, will take four male leads of the same network’s soap opera hit “Reply 1988″ to Africa, its producers said Thursday. Star producer Na Young-seok, whose shows have consistently ranked high in viewership charts, will continue to direct the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. is set to release its first quantum dot TV at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) taking place in Las Vegas starting on Tuesday (U.S. time), as the world’s top tech firm steps up to find its next-generation growth driver.Dubbed the “SUHD TV,” with the S representing [...]
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., June 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics America, Inc., the leader in TV technology for 8 years, today announced the introduction of a new 85” model to the HU8550 Series and two new, Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV series – the HU7250 Curved UHD TV and the HU6950 UHD TV series. The [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and Delivery Agenttoday announced that Samsung Smart TV viewers can now shop directly from their TVs simultaneously while viewing their favorite TV shows, enabling a true contextual shopping experience. Consumers can use their remote control to shop, receive promotional offers, or request additional information related to TV [...]
It has turned out a huge success; Mashable praised the collaboration between Usher and Samsung as a “A Blueprint for Viral Success.” In fact, the average Samsung TV video ad receives about 2 million views, making this one by the far the biggest to date, according to Samsung. And Adage reported that “Samsung’s Jay-Z promotion may [...]
![[FastKorea] Samsung acquires United States set-top box maker](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Samsung-Smart-TV-app-800x533.jpg "[FastKorea] Samsung acquires United States set-top box maker")
Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest television maker, acquired Boxee, a New York-based start-up whose set-top box can record broadcasts and stream online video. Terms weren’t disclosed. Boxee makes video streaming applications for phones and tablets based on Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS operating systems, in addition to the software that powers its connected TV box. [...]