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Chinese TV maker Hisense has announced its ambitious plan to unseat Samsung Electronics as the number one brand in the United States, and has said it hopes to do this in the next two years.

Streaming services continue to accelerate, and there’s no reprieve for the cinema or physical media sales, which further declined in popularity in the third quarter.

TV manufacturers are stooping to a new low as the industry shifts to an advertising revenue-based model, and they’re even prepared to sell new televisions at a loss, industry analysts say.

Applied Materials, the company that supplies LG Display, Samsung Display and other OLED display makers with manufacturing equipment, has announced a new, maskless technology known as “MAX OLED”. The new tech is said to pave the way for those companies to make “superior OLED displays” in high-end smartphones, tablets, PCs and televisions.

Microsoft has said that Samsung Smart TV and Amazon Fire TV stick owners can now stream any games they have purchased directly to their TV, with no console required.

Samsung Display’s QD-OLED technology might see some dramatic improvements next year, with the company’s plans including the launch of its first 500Hz QD-OLED panels.

LG Display’s upcoming G5 OLED TV will feature 4K resolution and a 165Hz refresh rate, according to new database listings.

Premium LCD TVs made by Samsung Electronics and TCL will likely feature much wider viewing angles next year, as they’re going to implement an upgraded display technology.

TCL is best known for its TVs and far less known for its projector models, mainly because it doesn’t sell any. Or at least, it never used to. But that has changed as of this week.

If one of your family members has a new TV on their Christmas wish list, beware that you might not just have trouble fitting it under the tree, but even struggle to get it inside the living room.