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LG Smart TVs To Deliver GameFly Cloud Gaming
LG is bringing console-like gaming to its smart TVs without requiring the purchase of a game console. GameFly, the console-game subscription service, will be...
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Unlocked Smartphone Market Keeps On Growing
U.S. unlocked smartphone shipments grew 140 percent in the U.S. to a record 14.6 million units in 2015, and sales will grow another 58...
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Vudu Expands Selection Of 4K Titles With Dolby Vision, Atmos
Vudu has expanded its selection of 4K streaming titles in Dolby Vision to 33 with the launch of Warner Bros. Pictures’ “The Intern” and...
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MWC16: 5G Cellular Speeds Along, Verizon Targets 2017
5G wireless is competing with smartphone introductions for the wireless spotlight at Mobile World Congress, where the wireless industry talked up visions of 25Gbps...
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2016 MWC: LG Adds Modular Metal-Unibody G5 Smartphone
LG Mobile said it is focusing on “practical innovations” with the Mobile World Congress launch of its flagship G5 smartphone, positioned as the first...
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B&O, LG Tag-Team For Better Smartphone Sound
Bang & Olufsen continues to extend its brand outside its core luxury A/V lineup with the announcement it’s bringing its audio expertise to LG...
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Smart TVs Turn Into The Hub Of A Smart House
Three major TV companies – LG, Samsung and Sony – are launching TVs that serve as home-automation hubs or connect to a hub to...
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LG Previewing Signature OLED TV At Select Retailers
LG promoted OLED display technology in its first-ever Super Bowl commercial and is following up with the launch of retail preview events for one...
Industry
LG’s First Super Bowl Ad Revealed
LG opened the curtains on its first-ever Super Bowl ad, which promotes OLED TV technology and stars Liam Neeson as “the man from the...
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LG Announces Super Bowl TV Promo Prices
LG, running its first Super Bowl ad ever this year, has released TV prices in its big-game-tied promotional campaign. At the top of the...
Financial
LG Loss Narrows On Majap Sales
LG Electronics rode brisk sales of major appliances and improved profitability for its OLED TVs to a narrower loss in the fourth quarter. The...
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LG Teases Its First Super Bowl Ad, Starring Liam Neeson
LG Electronics teased its first Super Bowl TV commercial, which will star Liam Neeson as “The Man from the Future.” The 50th Super Bowl...
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iPhone 6s, 6s Plus Didn’t Prevent Apple From Losing Q4 Market Share
Apple lost U.S. smartphone share in the fourth quarter of last year despite the September launch of the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus,...
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IHS: Samsung, LG Step Up TV-Panel Outsourcing To China
TV makers Samsung and LG continue to outsource more of their TV-display production to Chinese factories and rely less on their own display-making factories,...
Keeping Current
LG Electronics Restructures Home Entertainment Unit
LG routinely rotates its senior management. In the latest reorganization, home entertainment chief Kwon Bong-seok will directly oversee TV and convergence audio video (CAV)...
Appliances
LG Signature Series Targets Luxury Appliance Market
LG Electronics on Tuesday unveiled at CES 2016 an ultra-premium Signature series of major appliances and OLED TVs aimed squarely at the luxury niche...
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CES 2016: LG Expands OLED, HDR & Launches Super UHD LCD TVs
LG is expanding high dynamic range (HDR) technology to all of its new 4K OLED and 4K LCD TVs, launching a new upper tier...
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Asus, LG To Tout New Smartphones’ Camera Performance At 2016 CES
Asus and LG are coming to CES to tout the camera performance of their new smartphones, with Asus launching a $399 ZenFone Zoom 64GB...
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LG Plans Premium LCD-Based Super UHD, 8K TVs At CES 2016
LG will launch its first Super UHD line of premium LCD/LED TVs at CES, includings it first production-ready 8K Super UHD model. The premium-LCD...
Home Automation
LG To Step Up Smart Home Presence At CES 2016
LG plans a CES introduction of its first smart home hub, which will communicate with connected appliances and sensors using the wireless AllJoyn Alliance...
Appliances
LG Preps LG Signature Line Of Premium TVs, Appliances
LG Electronics will go to next month’s CES with its first Signature line of premium home entertainment and appliance products. The line is positioned...
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LG Plans To Boost IQ Of Smart TVs
LG will update its smart TV platform at CES with new features said to make it easier to find and switch among broadcast TV,...
Appliances
Whirlpool Charges Samsung, LG With Predatory Pricing
Says Koreans avoided penalities by moving production to China Whirlpool has filed an antidumping petition with the U.S. Commerce Department and the U.S. International...
Appliances
LG Appliances Attain New Heights. Literally.
The sky was the limit for LG Electronics last night, when it showcased its new family of black stainless steel kitchen appliances on the...
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LG’s 1st Super Bowl Spot Promotes OLED TV, Enlists Ridley Scott
LG Electronics will run its first Super Bowl TV commercial during the 50th Super Bowl, airing a 60-second spot to promote its OLED TV...
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LG Soundbars To Go With The Music Flow At CES
Three new soundbars that LG will introduce at CES feature the company’s Music Flow Wi-Fi mesh-network multiroom-audio technology and a series of new features...
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LG Minibeam Projectors Brighten Up, Lighten Up
LG’s Minibeam projector lineup will get additions at CES with the launch of three models that are brighter and smaller than current models. All...
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LG Changes Organizational Structure To Speed Decision Making
LG Electronics created a new global leadership structure that it says will give its four operating companies more autonomy “to respond quickly and decisively...
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LG V10 Selfie-Friendly Phone With 2 Screens Comes To AT&T, T-Mobile
LG’s V10 smartphone, optimized for multimedia consumption and creation, is coming to the AT&T and T-Mobile networks. The V10 smartphone features dual front displays,...
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LG: We’ll Sharpen Focus On Premium TVs, Improve Cost Competitiveness
Global TV demand will remain sluggish in the fourth quarter, and intensifying competition will “continue for awhile,” but LG said it will bolster its...
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Video & Audio Center Readies Launch Of ‘All-Digital, All-Touch’ Superstore
Udpated!Video & Audio Center will open its fourth location, a new flagship store in Woodland Hills, Calif., this week, described as “the first all-digital,...
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LG & Best Buy Bring 4K To NYCWFF
What do you get when you mix sauté with 4K? LG and Best Buy teamed up over the weekend to host an event series...
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LG At CEDIA: OLED-TV Supplies On The Rise
Steadily rising yields at LG’s OLED-panel manufacturing facilities enabled the company to roll out OLED TVs to more than 2,000 brick-and-mortar stores, drop prices...
Keeping Current
Review: The Best High-End TV Gets Flat-Out Better
CNET’s David Katzmaier gives the LG EF9500 4K Ultra HD OLED TV rave reviews in just about every performance category, but its price may...
CES-2016
LG Slashes Prices Of 4K OLED TVs By 30% to 45%
LG is slashing the prices on its OLED Ultra HD 4K TVs. It announced 30 to 45 percent price reductions on its lineup, and...
CES-2016
LG V10 Phone Gets 2 Screens & 2 Front Cameras
If you thought you couldn’t be any more glued to the single screen in your pocket, you might want to take a look at...
CES-2016
LG Brings Laptops To U.S. Market
LG Electronics is launching its first three U.S.-market laptops. The Gram-series Windows 10 laptops each weigh 2.16 pounds, are priced from $899 to $1,399...
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New Mobile Devices, Streamer On Way From Google?
New Nexus-branded smartphones, a new Nexus-branded tablet and a new Nexus streaming-media player could be in store from Google on Sept. 29, when it...
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Global TV Shipments See Biggest Decline Since 2009
Global TV shipments saw their steepest decline in a quarter since Q2 2009, when worldwide demand slumped amid the global recession, according to research...
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LG Getting Ready To Roll Its Own TVs
LG might go to CES 2016 with a prototype of a rollable OLED TV, though mass-production models wouldn’t be available unit three or four...
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LG Ramping Up OLED UHD TV Production
LG Electronics plans to sell five times as many OLED TVs in the second half as it did in the first half by expanding...
CES-2016
Amazon 4K HDR Streams Come To LG TVs
LG is getting in on the high dynamic range (HDR) action. Flat and curved 4K Ultra HD OLED TVs in LG’s 2015 OLED lineup...