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BT Sport offers EPL ‘Ultimate’ viewing experience

With the new Premier League season kicking off imminently, BT Sport is offering a new viewing experience; BT Sport Ultimate. BT Sport Ultimate will provide viewers with the “best viewing experience possible” on the platforms and devices they use to watch BT Sport. Depending on the platform, it will deliver pictures and sound in UHD, […]

August 1, 2019By Nik Roseveare

Mediacorp to capture Singapore’s National Day Parade in 4K

Mediacorp will deliver a live telecast of Singapore’s 54th National Day Parade (NDP 2019) in 4K resolution on its OTT platform Toggle on August 9th, marking the first-ever live content delivery in UHD in Singapore. Toggle users have also been invited to a closed trial of this 4K event, where they will get to experience […]

August 1, 2019

LG makes short-throw projector available

LG Electronics is making its HU85LA laser ‘short throw’ projector widely available. Officially dubbed its LG CineBeam AI ThinQ 4K laser projector, and a 2019 CES Innovation Award winner, the unit is priced at $5999 in the US. The unit can be placed on a low cupboard or shelf at just 7.2 inches from the […]

July 29, 2019By Chris Forrester

Insight TV producing 4K Tomorrowland shows

Insight TV, the 4K UHD HDR broadcaster and producer of native UHD content, is creating two music series with the world-famous music festival Tomorrowland as its backdrop. The stylish 4K HDR productions will focus on the antics of the people who come back to this fairytale festival year after year, as well as the globally […]

July 26, 2019

Research: Consumers missing out on advanced TV features

Findings from Hub Entertainment Research’s Evolution of the TV Set study indicate a disparity between feature availability and consumer awareness, as well as a strong brand awareness lead for Roku over Amazon Fire. Highlights from the study: 1) Many consumers with 4K TV sets don’t know where to find 4K content—even though most subscribe to […]

July 24, 2019

LG puts billions into OLED; rolls out AirPlay 2 and HomeKit

South Korea’s LG Display is planning to invest some $2.54 billion (Won 3 trillion) into new OLED production lines. LG Display, in a statement, said it intended to expand its existing market-leading position in the OLED TV retail sector. The decision comes following the domination by lower-cost Chinese panels in the LCD market, and the […]

July 24, 2019By Chris Forrester

Vodafone Portugal unveils new 4K STB

Vodafone Portugal has introduced a new set-top box with 4K resolution for its Vodafone TV service, featuring a voice control option via Bluetooth and a simpler user interface. The voice tool uses a language recognition system developed by Google capable of combining different search parameters, including channel name, TV programme or movie. The AI algorithm […]

July 18, 2019From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Report: US consumer tech sales to top $400bn

The growing popularity of streaming services, AI-enabled emerging devices and in-vehicle technology will help drive the US consumer tech industry to a record-breaking $401 billion (€358bn) in retail revenues in 2019 – 2.2 per cent growth year over year – according to a Consumer Technology Association (CTA) report. “Enthusiasm for AI-powered technologies is skyrocketing – […]

July 17, 2019

NEC 8K over 5G trial success

IT and network technology specialist NEC Corporation has confirmed the successful transmission of live 8K video using 5G at the recent French Grand Slam tennis tournament at Roland-Garros. This demonstration was carried out in cooperation with France’s largest television station, France Télévisions, and 8K broadcasting equipment manufacturers. In this demonstration, NEC’s VC-8900 8K material transmission encoder, […]

July 16, 2019

AirTV launches Mini 4K dongle

AirTV, a Dish-owned brand dedicated to over-the-air (OTA) products and services, has launched a 4K HDR compatible streaming stick, powered by Android TV. The palm-sized device seamlessly integrates Sling TV, Netflix and OTA channels into a single user experience, creating a whole-home streaming solution when paired with an OTA antenna and an AirTV Wi-Fi-enabled network tuner. […]

July 16, 2019