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More than 1.5 Million 4K TVs and Thousands of 4K Blu-rays Sold so far in 2016, Despite Slow HDTV Sales (4k)

According to the research company’s quarterly home entertainment reporting and research, consumers in the U.S market have so far bought more than 1.5 million newer and older mode... More

NBC Sports to Leverage Periscope’s GoPro Integration for Kentucky Derby Coverage (The Drum)

The Kentucky Derby is fast approaching, and viewers, attendees, and NBC Sports know that this is no ordinary horse race: it’s an all-out spectacle. Derby Day is a fashion show, f... More

5 Notable Rovi Acquisitions Before TiVo (B&C)

Part of Rovi’s $1.1 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of TiVo includes the former adopting the latter’s name. But it was another name change for Rovi in 2009 that marked the p... More

House Judiciary Leaders Concerned About Set-Top Box Proposal’s Copyright Issues (Morning Consult)

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Rep. John Conyers (Mich.), the panel’s top Democrat, called on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler... More

Snapchat User Content Fuels Jump to 10B Daily Video Views (AdAge)

The majority of people using Snapchat's application are making videos, fueling a boom in watching them, the company is telling its investors. More than a third of Snapchat's daily ... More

Snapchat Scores Unique Deal With NBC to Showcase Olympics (Bloomberg)

The Olympics are coming to Snapchat. The app scored a deal with Comcast Corp.’s NBC to show highlights from the 2016 Summer Games, the first time the U.S. network has agreed to s... More

Twitter Updates Periscope With Doodling Tool (IBT)

Wishing you could broadcast yourself with anyone or anything? With Twitter’s Periscope, you can, granted you have some creative talent. Periscope released an update this week tha... More

Evolution Digital Charts Success of Hybrid STB (Light Reading)

Evolution Digital today introduces a new product name, eBOX, for the company’s revolutionary IP Hybrid Set-Top Box. eBOX enables cable operators to seamlessly transition to IP di... More

For the First Time, Mobile Gaming Will Make more Money than Traditional Videogames (Quartz)

The threshold was crossed earlier this year and 2016 will be the first time mobile gaming from smartphones, tablets and other handheld devices generates more revenue than any other... More

Adobe Partners with Box, Microsoft for Enterprise Cloud Integration (GeekWire)

Box is currently storing more than 2 billion PDFs in the cloud, but before today, Adobe users needed to jump through hoops to get at those files. Now, Adobe and Box have teamed up ... More

AT&T: FCC Fighting Old Set-Top War (B&C)

A top AT&T exec says the FCC's set-top proposal is a foolish monstrosity and that the current commission is like an old general fighting the last war but with casualties to the bus... More

The Cable Box Will Die Someday, But Someone Needs to Fix It First (WIRED)

Someday, we’ll see cable boxes as relics, reminders of a bygone age when funneling movies and shows from one place to another was so much more complicated—and expensive—than ... More

NAB 2016: Adobe Launches HTML5 Primetime Video Player (Rapid TV News)

Adobe has launched the Adobe Primetime HTML5 player framework. Players built using the new HTML5 TVSDK are analogous to the company’s multi-platform TVSDK, with features includin... More

Entertainment, Music Apps Enjoy ‘Explosive’ Revenue Growth (MediaPost)

Entertainment and music apps experienced “explosive” revenue growth over the past year, according to the latest report from App Annie. This was largely due to the success of su... More

ATEME Extends HDR support with Technicolor (Advanced Television)

ATEME announced that it is extending its HDR support by integrating Technicolor’s enhanced HDR distribution technology into its TITAN solutions. The announcement extends the HDR ... More

NAB 2016: Prime Focus Technologies Launches Industry-First Promo Versioning Automation Module for Adobe Premiere Pro CC (MESA)

Prime Focus Technologies, today announced the addition of another industry first functionality to CLEARTM Media ERP Suite that facilitates end-to-end business process orchestration... More

NAB, CTA Propose Voluntary Transition To Next-Gen TV Broadcasting (TWICE)

The transition to Next-Gen TV broadcasting will be voluntary for broadcasters and TV makers and won’t disenfranchise consumers who receive current-generation over-air DTV broadca... More

Signiant Creates Microsoft Azure Pre-built Content Workflow (Rapid TV News)

Intelligent file movement specialist Signiant has announced the availability of a pre-built workflow that provides tight integration with the Microsoft Azure Media Services (AMS) p... More

Dolby announces Samsung Commitment to Bring Dolby AC-4 Enabled Televisions to Market (MESA)

Dolby, the developer of the AC-4 standard, today announced a collaboration with Samsung Electronics to adopt Dolby® AC-4 in select television models that are scheduled to begin sh... More

4K TV Sets Sales Continue To Grow — But What About 4K TV Networks? (MediaPost)

We continually see fast-moving technological changes to the big living-room screen mentioned in headlines. Something on the order of: “4K TV market set to explode!” In three ye... More

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