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Amazon branded TVs unveiled

As heavily rumoured, Amazon has announced an all-new lineup of Fire TV devices with its first-ever Amazon branded smart TVs, the Amazon Fire TV Omni Series and 4-Series smart TVs, and the all-new Fire TV Stick 4K Max. “We’ve reimagined what a TV can do by building it with two of our most popular experiences […]

September 10, 2021By Colin Mann

Omdia: “8K could benefit from live events”

Omdia’s Research Director Paul Gray believes that there’s definitely a future for 8K experiences and, where suitably equipped, large cinema screens could be a major attraction for live events. In an interview on the current 8K Association’s newsletter, Gray says that even though some recent broadcasting-based sectors have reached the end of their expansion and […]

September 8, 2021By Chris Forrester

Brazil: MediaKind powers Oi’s live IPTV events

MediaKind, a global specialist in media technology and services, has been selected by the Brazilian telco Oi to enhance the live events experience on its pay-TV subscription service. Oi has deployed MediaKind’s Cygnus Contribution solution to deliver live events across its IPTV service in high quality with low latency. Cygnus Contribution will allow Oi to […]

September 8, 2021

Amazon-branded 4K TV sets?

Amazon is rumoured to be launching its first officially branded 4K TVs in the US as early as October of this year. The online giant has dabbled in this area before, launching an Amazon Basics branded TV in India as well as partnering with manufacturers like JVC to release televisions powered by its Fire TV […]

September 6, 2021

Japan: Disney+ adding Star brand in October

The Disney+ service in Japan will expand its general entertainment content with the introduction of the Star brand on October 27th. With the addition of Star to the current line-up of content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic, Disney+ Japan will feature over 16,000 titles. The Star brand features thousands of hours […]

September 2, 2021By Nik Roseveare

CommScope STBs for Orange Slovensko

CommScope, a global player in home network solutions, has partnered with Orange Slovensko to provide their subscribers with the latest generation of set tops powered by Android TV operating system (OS) designed to provide both live television and premium streaming services. The new set top is the next generation of IP connected 4K digital video […]

August 25, 2021

LG to invest €2.3bn in OLEDs

South Korea’s electronics giant LG Display says it will invest 3.3 Trillion Won (€2.3bn) in new facilities to produce more OLED panels. The investment will start immediately and continue through to March 2024. The news came from LG in a regulatory filing to the Seoul stock exchange. The company said the investment will be used […]

August 18, 2021By Chris Forrester

BT Sport app adds Hype Mode

With the new Premier League football about to kick-off, BT Sport is giving its customers more ways to watch with the launch of new features on its app. Debuting on August 14th around its live coverage of Manchester United versus Leeds United at Old Trafford, a new Hype Mode feature provides a “youthful and entertaining” […]

August 13, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Xperi Q2: “Increasingly well-positioned for growth”

Xperi has announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30th 2021. “We delivered strong second quarter revenue and earnings driven by certain deals closing earlier than expected and some expenses shifting to later in the year, increasing our visibility to achieve our full year financial outlook,” said Jon Kirchner, chief executive officer of […]

August 4, 2021

Grass Valley launches new SDI/IP solutions

Grass Valley reinforces its commitment to providing the media industry with tools for creating the highest quality content by releasing three new SDI/IP production solutions for cameras, switchers, and replay. These top-of-the-line tools not only provide the best images available, they also reduce complexity with a common workflow regardless of the format(s), simple set up […]

August 2, 2021