CES To Focus On Tech Industry Innovations
This year's CES is slated to be the biggest ever, taking up more than 2.4 million square feet of exhibit space, about a 7% increase from a year earlier, when it officially kicks off Wednesday after two...
View ArticleTurner Looks To Become Native Ad Platform
The cable programmer, whose channels include TBS, TNT, CNN and Cartoon Network, among others, is introducing a new native advertising unit at the Consumer Electronics Show this week with the goal of...
View ArticleNew HDR TV Tech Promises Sharper Colors
HDR, or high dynamic range, promises brighter whites, darker blacks, and a richer range of colors — at least when you're watching the few select movie titles that get released in the format. Trouble...
View ArticleSling TV Plans Predictive Interface
Sling CEO Roger Lynch said the service will roll out a new interface, called MyTV, that will predict what a user might want to watch based on viewing habits. He vowed, though, that Sling will serve up...
View ArticleHastings: Netflix 4Q Hours Watched Hits 12B
Netflix members watched 12 billion hours of video in the fourth quarter of 2015, up 45% from a year earlier, CEO Reed Hastings said Wednesday. “We’re at the start of a global revolution,” he said,...
View ArticleLG, KHMP Demo OTA Reception Of 4K
Over-the-air broadcasting is making its first game-changing advancement in decades for all to see on the floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center with the opening of CES 2016.
View ArticleWhy Aren't Smart TVs Very Clever?
Even moderately priced sets can now connect to the Internet and run Netflix and other apps — that's the "smart" part. Yet many people are ignoring the built-in features and turning to Apple TV, Roku...
View ArticleFox Embraces VR, Invests In Smart Glass Co.
Taking a step further into the virtual reality industry, 21st Century Fox has acquired a minority stake in virtual reality smart glass manufacturer the Osterhout Design Group. As a result of the deal,...
View ArticleWheeler: 'Spectrum Extravaganza' Coming
Every city will soon see a transfer of airwave spectrum from broadcast TV to wireless Internet providers, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said today at the CES consumer electronics confab — 84 days before a...
View ArticleSony To Launch 4K Streaming Service In U.S.
Sony plans to launch a 4K streaming service in the U.S. aimed at providing purchasers of its 4K Bravia TVs with some content to play on them. The transactional service will provide users of Sony's new...
View ArticleYouTube's Kyncl: TV's Dying, But Not TV Nets
The online video site's chief business officer, Robert Kyncl, says his dire prediction of TV’s demise is less focused on who makes the content but how it’s delivered. “When I say that 75% of all video...
View ArticleCES Gadgets: The Latest Round
Distance-measuring smartphones, exercise-charging battery packs and a toothbrush that's also a video game controller are among Thursday's highlights at CES 2106. A wide-ranging rundown from The...
View ArticleBurke: DVRs, Time Shifting Impact TV Most
Stephen Burke, chief executive officer of NBCUniversal, worries about the future of cable networks that air heavy schedules of rerun programming. Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show here on...
View ArticleFrom High-Flying To Practical: CES In Brief
his year's CES gadget show, like ones before it, showed off a mix of the dreamy and the practical in technology. Here's a quick summary of the highlights of CES 2016.
View ArticleDrones No Passing Fad, CES Shows
Drones are no flash in the pan, as ample evidence at last week's CES revealed. Ryan Nakashima reports there's speculation that drones may become a mass-market product for consumers in three years as...
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