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CES 2020: Sony Electronics Announces New 8K LED, 4K OLED, 4K LED Models (MESA)

Sony Electronics announced new Z8H 8K LED, A8H and MASTER Series A9S OLED, and X950H and X900H 4K LED televisions. Offering a premium viewing experience consumers have come to expe... More

CES 2020: NAGRA Focuses on Smart Service Protection, Monetization for M&E (MESA)

At CES 2020, NAGRA will be highlighting the importance of an all-encompassing digital security approach for media and entertainment providers. Spanning content, services, delivery ... More

Red Bee Provides Irish Sign Language Services to RTÉ (TVB Europe)

Red Bee has begun providing Irish Sign Language (ISL) services for RTÉ, producing around 200 hours of ISL-translated material each year. Red Bee said it hopes to create an ISL qua... More

Ampere: 2020 to Be the Year of AVOD (TV Technology)

As consumers continue to manage their budget to figure out how to get access to all the content they want from streaming/video on-demand services, Ampere Analysis sees the AVoD mar... More

A Look Back at 10 Years of CES (TechCrunch)

So, here we are on the eve of CES 2020 — the supersized buffet of an annual consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, where we not only get a sneak peek of what to expect from tech... More

CTA: Streaming Video Consumer Spending to Jump 29% in 2020 to $24B (Variety)

The streaming wars are set to unleash a river of cash. With major media companies entering the market, American consumer spending on subscription-video services will increase 29% i... More

Apple Just Put Itself in Position to be the Next HBO (CNBC)

As WarnerMedia plans to broaden HBO’s offerings with the launch of a new streaming service, Apple now has the opportunity to fill the hole in “prestige” TV that classic HBO w... More

Sony Hits CES for 49th Year, Brings Shark Group CEO to Stage (MESA)

Sony Electronics will mark its 49th year exhibiting at CES this month, and will broadcast its press conference worldwide from its Las Vegas Convention Center floor booth at 5 p.m. ... More

CES 2020: What to Expect From the Las Vegas Techpalooza (VentureBeat)

Next week at the Consumer Electronics Show, we’ll see and hear about the latest tech trends, from 5G networking to video streaming services and self-driving cars. Those aren’t ... More

Home Entertainment in the Year Ahead: More Turbulence as Roaring ’20s Get Underway (Variety)

Coming off a year of momentous change, home entertainment executives expect more disruption in 2020 but predict studios’ rental and sell-through businesses can coexist alongside ... More

Madison Avenue Tries to Pick a Winner in TV’s Streaming Wars (Variety)

Madison Avenue has long been able to stuff some $70 billion annually into TV commercials. Now the advertising industry is trying to figure out how much of that money it can put dow... More

Report: Music Streaming Soared From 7% to 80% of U.S. Market in the 2010s (Variety)

Streaming rose from 7% of the U.S. music market in 2010 to a whopping 80% in 2019, according to an eye-popping number from the RIAA, one of several statistics the organization twee... More

Why the 2020 Streaming Wars Will be Won by Robots (TNW)

We’re living in a golden era of TV content, and in 2020 we will start to see new providers emerge as the preferred choice of viewers and others lagging behind. In 2019, the battl... More

Sports Technology in Game for 2020 (Tech HQ)

Technology has been transforming just about every aspect of life, and sports is no exception. According to reports, the sports technology market is predicted to hit a whopping $31.... More

Global Digital Game Spending Hits Record $109B Mark in 2019 (THR)

Global spending on digital games hit a new high in 2019. New research has revealed the industry generated more than $109.4 billion this year, up 3 percent from 2018's $106.1 billio... More

How Netflix Transformed Peak TV Terrain in the 2010s (Fortune)

Netflix blew the doors off television this past decade. But first, it knocked. Five years ago, the sound of Frank Underwood's knuckles rapping twice against the presidential desk, ... More

Future of ‘Star Wars’ May Lie in Streaming (Variety)

With “Rise of Skywalker’s” arrival, it’s impossible not to feel as if the film’s release is unfolding at another moment of transition for the movie business and for one o... More

NBC’s Peacock Will Try to Differentiate Itself From Netflix, Disney+ With Live Streaming Element, Tiered Pricing Structure (CNBC)

When streamers first log on to NBCUniversal’s new streaming service Peacock, they may get something they won’t see on Netflix, Disney+ or HBO Max — live video. Users will be ... More

How Facebook’s ‘Like’ Button Hijacked Our Attention and Broke the 2010s (Fast Company)

What began as a simple way to show appreciation online has become the social currency of the decade, and there may be no going back.... More

CES 2020: Tech Confab Draws More Entertainment Players – and Apple, After Decades-Long Absence (Variety)

Hollywood and media types have long been part of the massive throngs that alight in Las Vegas each January for the annual CES convention. But CES 2020 will have an even bigger focu... More

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