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Bloomberg Doesn’t Think Much of the Apple TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Power On subscriber newsletter looked back at the development of the Apple TV box and although it can see why previous versions were developed and sold, it sees little point …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors| STBs| Streaming Dongles

Altice USA launches Android TV streaming device

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Altice of the USA launched a broadband STB that will be available at prices from zero to $5 per month, depending on the service. What We Think There was a time …

Tags:STBs| Streaming Video

TP Vision integrates HD+ into Philips TVs via HbbTV OpApp

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TP Vision has integrated an app in its Philips-branded TVs to support the German DTH satellite service, HD+. The app acts as a ‘virtual STB’ and will be available on the …

Tags:Germany| Satellite| Smart TV| STBs| TPV (TP Vision)

Allente Launches B2B Hospitality TV Service Powered by 3SS

by Artem Alekseenko

3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a leading provider of software solutions for set-top boxes (STB) and multiscreen entertainment, announces that major Nordic region pay-TV provider Allente has chosen 3SS and award-winning 3READY Product Framework to …

Tags:Ready for Publication| STBs

Rethink Forecasts STB Decline

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Rethink Research of the UK released extracts from its report on “Set Top Box, Smart TV, and Connected TV Device Operating System Forecast – 2020-2026”. The report forecast that the winning …

Tags:Operating Systems| Smart TV| STBs

Links Week Ending 25th June 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. LG rolls out Dolby Vision 120Hz update …

Tags:Android| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Interactive Displays| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs| Smartphone Market| STBs| Technicolor| TVs (TV Sets)

Links Week Commencing 14th June 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Technicolor deploys 20 million RDK broadband gateways …

Tags:CRT| Desktop Monitors| LG Electronics (LGE)| Samsung| Smart TV| STBs| Technicolor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Wearables

DTVE To Run Webinars with Omdia

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DTV Europe is running a number of webinars with Omdia – with a couple that I thought might be useful to some readers. Day One – Tuesday 15 June 3pm BST: …

Tags:5G| DTV| Events| STBs

Links Week Ending 4th June 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. Samsung talks about EZCal Prime Day Monitor …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Display Calibration| LG Electronics (LGE)| Pricing| Samsung| Smart TV| STBs| Testing| TVs (TV Sets)

C|Net Tests Apple’s iPhone Colour Balance Feature

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple recently announced a system to use an iPhone to adjust the colour balance of a TV connected to an Apple TV box. CNet tested the system and found, basically, that …

Tags:Apple| Colour Management & Processing| Power Consumption| STBs