SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Via Licensing Corporation, the collaborative licensing leader, today announced that Samsung has joined the company’s MPEG-H 3D Audio patent pool as both a licensee and a licensor. Launched in June 2021, Via’s pool enables innovators and implementors to license MPEG-H 3D Audio standard essential patents under fair and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — With the trend toward larger screen TVs accelerating, South Korea’s two electronics giants — Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. — are about to release new models with a screen size of about 100 inches. Samsung, which is leading the ultra large-sized TV market, is highly likely to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Shares of South Korea’s two chipmakers — Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. — have withered in recent days despite upbeat news that they are going to post record quarterly sales backed by brisk memory chip businesses. In its third-quarter earnings guidance released earlier this month, Samsung Electronics [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmakers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. may have to pay part of their corporate taxes to foreign countries where they earn profits under a new landmark global taxation scheme. A group of 360 countries agreed on a two-pillar deal Friday to impose a global minimum [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 80 percent of Samsung Group’s investment plan of 240 trillion won (US$205.5 billion) is expected to be spent on chips, analysts here said Wednesday, amid its push to bolster technology leadership in the semiconductor market. Samsung, South Korea’s largest conglomerate, announced Tuesday it plans to invest 240 trillion [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Group, the country’s top conglomerate, said Tuesday that its mainstay Samsung Electronics Co. and other affiliates plan to invest a combined 240 trillion won (US$205 billion) over the next three years in a move to secure future growth engines and expand technology leadership in the post COVID-19 era. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co’s foldable smartphone shipments are expected to be around 7 million units this year, about three times more compared to a year earlier, analysts here said Thursday, as its new models come with cheaper price tags even with upgraded features. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold3 and [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Two national museums simultaneously kicked off exhibitions highlighting works from late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s massive art collection Wednesday, allowing the public to take a peek at Korean masterpieces of various eras and formats. “A Great Cultural Legacy: Masterpieces from the Bequest of the Late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee” [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled BESPOKE Atelier, an exclusive app for the company’s family hub refrigerators that is designed to allow users to enjoy artworks through the refrigerator’s screen. The service enables owners of Samsung Family Hub refrigerators to enjoy 182 different works of art ranging from celebrated [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday unveiled a plan to build a museum dedicated to artworks donated by late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee in the country’s capital after months of deliberation on its location. Under the plan announced during a news conference here, Culture Minister Hwang Hee said the government will [...]