Vizio
American consumer electronics company
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| December 3 2024 | Walmart completes the acquisition of Vizio, enabling the retailer to enhance its advertising business and compete with Amazon's ad platform. |
| February 2024 | Walmart announces plans to acquire Vizio for $2.3 billion. |
| May 13 2022 | Federal district court judge Josephine Staton sided with Software Freedom Conservancy and granted a motion to send the lawsuit back to Superior Court to address breach-of-contract claims. |
| December 2021 | Bill Baxter resigns as chief technology officer. |
| November 29 2021 | Vizio filed a request to remove the Software Freedom Conservancy lawsuit to US federal court. |
| October 2021 | Vizio was sued by the Software Freedom Conservancy for violations of the GNU General Public License by failing to provide source code and not informing customers about copylefted software rights. |
| June 2021 | Vizio updated their SmartCast platform with a new Vizio voice feature, enhancing the user interface and interaction capabilities of their smart TVs. |
| March 2021 | Vizio becomes a public company via an initial public offering. |
| 2020 | Vizio released the Elevate soundbar, which was the first Atmos soundbar featuring innovative rotating speakers. |
| 2018 | Vizio released its first Dolby Atmos soundbars, expanding their audio technology capabilities. |
| 2018 | Vizio released its first Quantum Dot LED 4K TV, expanding its television technology offerings. |
| 2018 | Vizio launches WatchFree, a free streaming service powered by Pluto TV, on its SmartCast platform. |
| 2017 | Vizio relaunched its smart TV platform, adding direct on-screen apps including Amazon Prime Video and Netflix. |
| April 2017 | LeEco's acquisition of Vizio is canceled after the Chinese government blocks the merger, and the companies settle a lawsuit regarding the breakup fee. |
| February 2017 | Vizio agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle FTC charges, and was required to delete captured data and update its data collection practices, only collecting data from TV units that opted in through disclosures. |
| July 26 2016 | Chinese electronics company LeEco announces plans to acquire Vizio for US$2 billion. |
| March 2016 | Vizio launched SmartCast TVs, enabling users to control their TV screens using tablet or mobile applications. |
| November 2015 | The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Office of the New Jersey Attorney General brought charges against Vizio for collecting and selling non-personal customer information to advertisers. |
| August 2015 | Vizio acquires Cognitive Media Networks, Inc., a provider of automatic content recognition (ACR), which is subsequently renamed Inscape Data. |
| July 24 2015 | Vizio files with U.S. regulators to raise up to $172.5 million in an initial public offering of Class A common stock. |
| 2014 | Vizio acquires Advanced Media Research Group, Inc., the parent of entertainment website BuddyTV. |
| 2013 | Vizio released the Home Theater Sound Bar, introducing a surround sound home audio system to their product lineup. |
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