Devices
Evolution Digital Announces First Deployment of eBOX, Powered by TiVo, to WOW! Customers (MESA)
Evolution Digital today announced that WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone is the first broadband operator to offer Evolution Digital’s acclaimed eBOXTM IP hybrid set-top box, powered... More
Disney Is Consolidating Its VR Apps: Here’s Why That Matters (Refinery29)
Were you to get a VR headset and decide to use it, you’d find that the content is frustratingly hard to find. There's a lot of great stuff, but the hunt can be frustrating. Disne... More
Twitter Adds ‘Go Live’ Button To App (IBT)
Twitter is ramping up its push into live video. A “Go Live” button, which provides a one-tap navigation to Twitter’s Periscope app, is now available to some Android users in ... More
Audio-only VR: Is It Ready for Prime Time? (CNET)
Virtual-reality surround sound -- also known as 3D audio, binaural, 5.1 or whatever you want to call it -- never caught on for music. Surround sound that goes hand-in-hand with vid... More
Capitol Hill Unrest Over FCC Set-Top Box Proposal Heats Up (Morning Consult)
You can forgive the Federal Communications Commission for assuming they’d receive more plaudits than they have for their effort to open up the cable TV set-top box market. Agency... More
Evolution Digital Taps Rovi’s Fan TV Platform for ‘eGUIDE’ (MCN)
Evolution Digital, the Colorado-based supplier focused on independent MVPDs, has introduced a new user interface for the eBOX, its recently rebranded QAM/IP hybrid box, that runs o... More
Research: Almost 75 Percent of Worldwide TV Households Are Digital (CED)
Global digital penetration climbed from 40.4 percent of TV households at the end of 2010 to 74.6 percent by the end 2015, according to information just released by Digital TV Resea... More
Mashable Launches 2 Series on Verizon’s Go90 (Variety)
Digital media and entertainment company Mashable has reached a deal with Verizon to distribute original video series on the telco’s Go90 mobile service. The ad-supported Go90 ser... More
Slack Wants to Help You Sign in to All Your Other Office Apps (recode)
Slack, the fast-growing office productivity and communications app, today made a case to be the only thing you sign in to during your work day. Hot on the heels of its latest fundr... More
Virgin Media to Launch New 4K-Ready Set-Top Box (Digital TV Europe)
Virgin Media is planning to launch a new set-top box and will introduce new features to its TV user experience in the second half of this year, the company has announced. Ahead of ... More
Twitter Pitches ‘Creative Toolkit’ to Entertainment Industry (Variety)
Twitter brought together marketing minds from all over Hollywood in Santa Monica on Tuesday to show off what the company calls its “creative toolkit”: the growing number of vid... More
Cannes Film Festival Puts on Its Virtual Reality Headset (Variety)
As virtual reality evolves beyond the realms of gaming and advertising and becomes an alternative medium for filmmakers and storytellers, Cannes has taken note. The festival this y... More
Podcasts Surge, but Producers Fear Apple Isn’t Listening (NY Times)
These days, many amateur podcasters are going professional. Major media organizations, searching for answers and bright spots in a fast-changing and confusing digital world, are re... More
Busting the Cable-Box Monopoly Is Overdue – Opinion (WSJ)
The perseverance of the set-top-box monopoly has been frustrating to watch. Prices for leased set-top boxes have risen 185% since 1994, according to the Federal Communications Comm... More
Warner Music Plans High-Res MQA Music Downloads (Twice)
Warner Music Group became the first major music label to announce plans to support the release of downloadable songs in the high-resolution MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) forma... More
Will HDR Lead To Another New HDMI Connector? (HD Guru)
High dynamic range (HDR) televisions are now in their second year, and most 2016 higher-end displays and supporting 4K Ultra HD source devices are equipped with at least one of the... More
Xstream, 24i Media Join Forces in Strategic Partnership (MESA)
Xstream has announced a strategic partnership 24i Media, enabling operators, content owners, broadcasters and media companies to unlock the revenue potential of Internet TV with qu... More
Why Digital Video Is the Ultimate Equalizer Among All Media (Adweek)
The popular media industry narrative has always revolved around a war between worlds. Television and video duking it out for primacy, especially around the NewFronts and upfronts s... More
Mobile Piracy Streaming on the Increase (TVBEurope)
Twenty-eight per cent of all visits to piracy sites in 2015 were through mobile devices, according to Muso a provider of content protection, data analytics and piracy audience solu... More
IBM Wants Everyone to Try a Quantum Computer (New York Times)
The possibilities of a new class of computers that are able to exploit the most basic properties of energy and matter to speed calculations beyond what is possible with today’s d... More