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LG Teams with Amazon to Offer Streaming HDR on WebOS Smart TV Platform

by Milos Pavlovic

LG Electronics today announced the launch of High Dynamic Range (HDR) streaming on 2015 LG OLED 4K TVs, allowing consumers to enjoy exceptional HDR picture quality streaming directly via the Amazon Video app, available …

Tags:Amazon| HDR - High Dynamic Range| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs| UltraHD (4KTV)

Leading Companies Collaborate to Avoid Codec Fees

by Tom Allen

Seven companies have come together to form the Alliance for Open Media: a body that intends to ‘address marketplace demand for an open standard for video compression and delivery over the Internet’. The founding …

Tags:Amazon| Cisco| Codecs| Google| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Alliance for Open Media Established to Deliver Next-Generation Open Media Formats

by Tom Allen

Seven leading Internet companies today announced formation of the Alliance for Open Media – an open-source project that will develop next-generation media formats, codecs and technologies in the public interest. The Alliance’s founding members …

Tags:Amazon| Cisco| Codecs| Google| Intel| Microsoft| Netflix

Sling TV Launches on Amazon Fire Tablets

by Helen Vince

Sling TV released its app for Amazon Fire HD and HDX tablets, rounding out its live Internet TV offering on Fire devices, including Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. Amazon Fire HD and …

Tags:Amazon| Stream TV| tablets

Amazon Result 23/07/15

by Yvette Raikes

Amazon.com Inc. saw Q2 net profits of $92 million, compared with losses in the same period last year of $126 million, on revenue which rose to $23.2 billion from $19.3 billion. For the six …

Tags:Amazon| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Amazon’s Fling SDK Enables Second Screen Experiences

by Tom Allen

To promote its Fire TV STB, Amazon has introduced a new service called Amazon Fling. The SDK enables users to send video, audio and images from iOS and Android apps to the Amazon Fire …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Second Screens| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Amazon Beats Netflix to HDR Punch

by Tom Allen

Amazon is now streaming HDR content on its Prime VoD service in the USA. Plans were announced at NAB this year (Amazon to Offer HDR Content). Currently, content availability is limited to Samsung’s SUHD …

Tags:4k| Amazon| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Amazon Doubles Resolution for Easier Reading

by Tom Allen

The new Kindle supports drop caps in text, unlike previous modelsAmazon has updated its Paperwhite eReader, doubling the resolution of the previous generation while maintaining the same price. Reading should be easier on the …

Tags:Amazon| E Ink| eReaders| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Amazon Leads US Media Streamers

by Tom Allen

According to Strategy Analytics, Amazon topped the US digital media streamer market in Q1’15, with a 30% share – despite only launching its streaming products in 2013. Amazon and the other market leaders – …

Tags:Amazon| Apple| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Roku| STBs| Streaming Dongles| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Amazon to Offer HDR Content

by Chris Chinnock

Amazon used NAB to announce that it will be among the first to offer HDR content through its Amazon Prime Video service. These will arrive sometime in 2015. Amazon is producing it own original …

Tags:Amazon| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Sharp UltraHD Mobile Display – Yes

by Steve Sechrist

Back on April 13 we picked up a rumor that Sharp was going to make a UHD/4k display in a 5.5″ diagonal package for mobile devices that includes 3860 x 2860 pixel resolution and …

Tags:3D display| Amazon| IGZO| Resolution| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 17

High Dynamic Range Coming to Amazon Prime Instant Video This Year

by Vanessa Browning

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that Prime members and customers in the US, UK and Germany will be able to watch titles in High Dynamic Range (HDR) this year. Amazon Originals will be the first …

Tags:Amazon| Germany| HDR - High Dynamic Range| UK (United Kingdom)| USA