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Virtual reality revenue will explode more than tenfold over the next four years — to some $75 billion worldwide in 2021, according to one recent forecast. I’m sorry, what? T... More

Croatia’s Hrvatski Telekom, which services 2.2 million mobile subscribers, 400,000 TV subscribers and 763,000 broadband connections, has tapped IBM for a new consumer relationshi... More

Apple Inc. got an early start in artificial intelligence software with the 2011 introduction of Siri, a tool that lets users operate their smartphones with voice commands. Now the ... More

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Cinema chain Les Cinemas Gaumont Pathe inked a deal with Dolby to open 10 Dolby Cinema locations, with seven in France and three in the Netherlands. This includes Amsterdam and Rot... More

Facebook has joined the fight against illegal video-streaming devices. The social behemoth recently added a new category to products it prohibits users to sell under its commerce p... More

Negotiations between the major studios and domestic exhibitors have hit an impasse in an attempt to create a premium VOD window for consumers, according to AMC Entertainment CFO Cr... More

Smartphones are now in 80 percent of U.S. homes, according to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), making them second most frequently owned tech product in U.S. households, b... More

Imax, best known for its high-tech movie screens, hopes others will feel the same at its new VR parlors. For $1 a minute, a group of friends can experience flight as eagles above a... More

Chinese authorities are cracking down on live streaming platforms and video producers this week in a hunt for content deemed too sexy, violent harmful to youth or even superstitiou... More

Disney chief Bob Iger confirmed the company received a threat from cybercriminals who claimed to have stolen the digital copy of a movie — but that the studio believes the claims... More

Netflix released an analysis of customer viewing patterns in 22 countries over a six-month period — showing that audiences worldwide skew toward comedies, dramas, thrillers and n... More

As Snap tries to outrun larger and better-funded competitors like Instagram, the company behind the popular Snapchat messaging app is having to keep pushing the goalposts further d... More

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The market for premium video and content is rapidly shifting in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region with a number of new over-the-top (OTT) service providers now operating in places lik... More

Onboarding a new team member comes with a lot of excitement. There’s plenty to do, from issuing a laptop and badge to assigning apps and showing the new hire where the best lunch... More

Microsoft’s video game streaming service is getting a face-lift, new features, and a new name — Mixer — as the Redmond company integrates a Seattle startup it acquired nine m... More

Microservices architectures offer enterprises a way to break down large monolithic applications into a collection of smaller, more manageable applications or processes that communi... More

Shipments of HDR TV sets will surpass 4K TV shipments by 2020, according to ABI Research. The firm is forecasting that HDR TV shipments will grow at a 41% CAGR and reach 245 millio... More

With an eye toward future-gen mobile devices, Apple has filed an application to the FCC seeking permission to test millimeter wave technology that will factor into coming 5G networ... More