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CES 2017: Technicolor Delivers Android TV Device as First Product for AirTV (MESA)

Technicolor announced today at CES 2017 in Las Vegas that it was chosen by AirTV to build the AirTV Player, an Android TV streaming device. AirTV Player features built-in advanced ... More

Streamlining Digital Filmmaking with Technicolor’s Pulse (Future Trust)

Craig Mumma, Technicolor Pulse Product Manager: "One of the major advantages of Pulse is that it’s a global tool. It’s not just a local tool. So if somebody needs access in Ams... More

FreeCast’s SelectTV Showcases Latest Cord Cutting Innovations at CES 2017 (MESA)

FreeCast begins 2017 with a mission to create new cord-cutters. With sights set on growth and a potent alternative to traditional cable and satellite television, the company believ... More

The 4 Tech Trends that Will Shape 2017 (ZDNet)

Automation becomes the elephant in the room - For all the talk about artificial intelligence, robotics, and machine learning in 2016, the shadow that they cast--the real thing peop... More

Warner Music Group Readies ‘Hundreds of Virtual Reality Experiences’ (The Drum)

Warner Music Group has penned a deal with MelodyVR that will see it create virtual reality experiences with the artists on its roster. The tie-up will create “hundreds of cutting... More

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is Thinking About Adding an Edit Button (Fortune)

You might know the feeling: you get home, head spinning, take out your smart phone and confront the horrible realization that you've offended half the Twitterverse. Well, a potenti... More

New Samsung UHD Blu-ray to Fulfill Mobile Content Promise (B&C)

In late 2014 at IFA in Berlin, Samsung and 20th Century Fox made a bold announcement: Using technology from the Secure Content Storage Association (SCSA) platform (now known as Vid... More

The 6 Big Shifts in Social Media in 2016 (MediaShift)

How the world heard about the major events of 2016 (dominated by the presidential election) and discussed them, not to mention how the newsmakers responded to them were all shaped,... More

Why This Was a Big Year for PlayStation (TechRadar)

Usually, when a console is a mere three years old, it’s the games that you want to talk about not the hardware as an update is ages away. But not so with PlayStation in 2016. Th... More

The Case for 4K UHD Blu-rays (Paste)

One of the big advantages of physical media is consistency. Streaming 4K video requires an incredible amount of bandwidth across a stable connection, which plenty of people still d... More

Between Alexa and Google, Publishers Now Have to Develop on Two Voice Platforms (Digiday)

All of a sudden, publishers have two voice platforms to worry about. While publishers big and small are still figuring out where Amazon’s voice platform, Alexa, fits into their d... More

Manchester City Lands Snapchat Spectacles to Offer Fans First-Person View Behind the Scenes Content on Matchdays (The Drum)

City is the first Premier League club to use the new device and has begun using it on matchdays to offer supporters exclusive content from a first-person point-of-view. The glasses... More

NPD: 238 Million Internet-Connected TV Devices by 2019 (HMM)

Web-enabled TV devices continue to attract mainstream appeal. More than 238 million installed devices are expected to be connected to the Internet and able to deliver apps to TVs, ... More

Live Streaming on Twitter Should Increase User Engagement (Forbes)

In an attempt to make live video broadcasting by users easier on its platform, Twitter will now allow live streaming directly through its app as it incorporates the Periscope softw... More

Snapchat, Facebook or Instagram: Who is Winning the Social Media Shopping Race? (BoF)

While it’s too early to tell how well Instagram’s new shopping functions are working, it’s also clear that the platform is committed to harnessing the potential of its catalo... More

Where Do Consoles Go from Here? (GamesIndustry.biz)

With the exception of the last generation of consoles, which saw a roughly eight-year run on the market, the traditional console cycle has averaged around five to six years. This t... More

TiVo: Voice Search to Go Mainstream in 2017 (Advanced Television)

Charles Dawes, Senior Director of International Marketing at TiVo, has outlined his industry predictions for 2017. Next year, TV consumption is expected to shift, while advancement... More

Amazon’s Deal to Put an Echo in all Wynn Las Vegas Hotel Rooms is a Brilliant Marketing Move (Recode)

It’s the type of deal that made too much sense not to happen. Amazon announced today that it is partnering with the Wynn Las Vegas hotel to outfit all of its 4,700-plus rooms wit... More

NeuLion’s MainConcept Business Licenses Codecs to MAGIX (MESA)

NeuLion today announced that subsidiary MainConcept GmbH has licensed multiple professional MainConcept codecs, such as AVC/H.264 Broadcast, MPEG-2 and DVCPRO HD, to MAGIX Software... More

Slack Now Has Built-In Video Calling (Engadget)

Slack's quest to become a do-it-all chat app continues. The company is trotting out video calling support in the Mac, Windows and Chrome versions of its client, making it easy to s... More

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