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Sony Bundles Nanoflix for 300 Hours of UltraHD

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Nanotech Entertainment has signed an agreement with Sony, which will put Nanotech’s ‘Ultraflix’ UltraHD video library app on all of Sony’s 2014 UltraHD TVs. A total of 9 TVs, ranging from 49″ to 85″, …

Amazon Streams UltraHD Next Month

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Pre-IFA (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 35), Samsung let slip the announcement that Amazon was developing an UltraHD streaming service. The company has now confirmed that the service is coming, and will be launched …

TV Everywhere Not Delayed by Authentication

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A study by US-based The Diffusion Group (TDG) has shown that authentication is not limiting the takeup of TV Everywhere services. Only 7% of users view the authentication process negatively and fewer than 1% …

Sony Signs Carriage Deal With Viacom

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Sony has reached an agreement to carry 22 Viacom channels for its planned web-based TV service. The company is also in talks with other content providers, and hopes to have deals in place before …

Roku Has Added 2 Million Players Since January

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More than 10 million Roku media players have been sold in the USA, the company has announced. The figure represents a 2 million unit increase since January, and roughly twice as many shipment as …

Pay-TV Has Declined Since USA’s Digital Switch

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About 84% of US households take some form of pay-TV service, according to the Leichtman Research Group (LRG). While the number of subscribers has remained fairly flat since 2010, the number of households has …

NPD Predicts 39% Streaming Media Penetration

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6 million US homes purchased streaming media players between Q2’13 and Q2’14, according to The NPD Group. The figure means that 17% of US internet households now have such a device. The NPD Group …

Work on a Common Foundation, Says DTG White Paper

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The UK’s Digital TV Group has published a white paper covering developments in the TV industry. They include the UltraHD format (including framerates, gamuts and dynamic range); video delivery to mobiles; spectrum management; connected …

TiVo’s DVR is for Serious Videophiles

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Aiming at the custom AV sector, TiVo has unleashed a massive DVR: the TiVo Mega, boasting 24TB of storage space. The unit can record 26,000 hours of content in SD or 4,000 in HD. …

Streaming Video Popularity Almost Equals Broadcast

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The popularity of streamed video is now almost equal to broadcast, according to Ericsson. The organisation says that, in 23 countries, 75% of people watch streamed content several times a week, compared to 77% …

Serbia Sets ASO Date

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Serbia has set a date for the start of analogue switchoff. It will begin on the 1st March 2015 and be finished by the 1st May. Free set-top boxes will be distributed to some …

Netflix Enters Major Markets

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Netflix has made a major push in Europe, launching its service in France and Germany. Other countries – Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland – will follow soon, and a launch in Spain and Australia …