Parks Associates also reported that streaming media providers will face increasing competition from digital and social content producers in 2022. Content creators will leverage their ability to reach audiences directly, while...
Read MoreDataxis said Samsung’s Tizen and LG’s webOS have been the two most used Smart TV platforms for years, but new research shows the Roku OS and Google’s Android TV with the largest growth in 2020 and 2021, “and the trend is...
Read MoreThe idea behind Google TV is as simple as it is compelling: Instead of having people scour each app individually for things to watch, it wants to provide recommendations across multiple services at the home screen level....
Read MoreWhen first introduced last year, LG’s “evo” technology was said to have been based on a newly formulated panel with the latest OLED materials providing a more precise wavelength for light with high brightness. In addition to...
Read MoreFindings from Hub’s new study “Voice Control: The Future Speaks” show that nearly all consumers have used voice commands to control at least some devices. Four in five (83%) consumers ages 16 to 74 say they have used voice...
Read More“Traditional video ad pods are pretty disruptive,” Quinn said, “so we’re only showing ads when the user [asks for] it.” “This [will] mark the first time that TVs truly understand what’s [happening] on their own screens,” said...
Read MoreMAD Gaze, for example, markets GLOW Plus, smart spectacles equipped with a Sony HD Optical Display and a 53-degree wide field of view that projects a 118-inch virtual screen appearing to be three metres away from you. There are...
Read MoreWe also have a brand-new free streaming service to discuss, and the latest subscriber numbers from HBO and HBO Max. Free streaming platform The Roku Channel is adding more than three dozen movies to its lineup for January,...
Read MoreA large portion of that growth likely comes from the Chromecast with Google TV, as well as TCL’s Android TV OS models that the company this week announced sell 10 million units annually. While Roku and Amazon’s Fire TV are often...
Read MoreFollowing an initial determination made earlier in the year that Roku violated UEI’s 10,593,196 (‘196) patent, the ITC’s newly issued opinion and limited exclusion order (LEO) bans the importation of TVs,...
Read MoreSales of standalone devices will start to decline as consumers shift to smart TVs, which are affordable, easier to set up and use, and come preloaded with streaming apps as well as social apps. “One thing today’s viewers need...
Read MoreThe addition of Apple’s streaming service brings content including Ted Lasso and The Morning Show to Sky Q customers. In addition to Sky Q set-tops, the Apple TV+ service will be available on Sky Glass – the operator’s...
Read More(“UEI”) (NASDAQ: UEIC), the global leader in wireless universal control solutions for home entertainment and smart home devices, today announced that the United States International Trade Commission (“ITC” or the “Commission”)...
Read MoreFollowing an industry trend linking voice-activated technology with consumer electronics, Chinese TV manufacturer Hisense and Amazon Jan. 3 announced the ecommerce behemoth’s voice-control system Alexa will be available for the...
Read MoreBut it now appears that the seeds to the resolution of the impasse might have been quietly sown back in October, when Roku released its latest streaming device, the Roku Streaming Stick 4K, without touting its support for the...
Read More“This means that Roku customers will continue to have access to YouTube and that the YouTube TV app will once again be available in the Roku store for both new and existing members. Roku has long maintained that its objections...
Read MoreYou can likely now try Google’s Stadia cloud gaming platform — as of today, it’s an app you can download for your television running webOS 5.0 or webOS 6.0 (read: likely 2020 models or later) in any of the 22 countries that...
Read MoreQualcomm promises that moving from its previous flagship, the Snapdragon 888, to their new one will bring a 20% performance hike with 30% power saving. But even most importantly for us at the 8K Association, the Gen 1 includes...
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