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Links Week Starting 24th January 2022

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. Sky Is Largest TV Company by Revenue …

Atlanta DTH launches compact ATSC 3.0 digital TV receiver

by Bob Raikes

What They Say RapidTVNews reported that Atlanata DTH has a new dongle that can support ATSC 3.0. The unit is based on the established DGI 1011 SD/HD USB plug-in DTV tuner, the DGI-NexGen-Solo is …

Tags:ATSC| Streaming Dongles| USA

Google Could be Impacted by Sonos Patent Judgement

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The US ITC found against Google in a patent case brought by Sonos over its smart speakers, confirming an earlier judgement. The New York Times reported that shipments of Google’s smart …

Streaming Sticks and Dongles Going Well in Germany

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The GfU said that over a million media boxes and streaming sticks have been sold in Germany this year by Q3. Sales in the first three quarters of the year reached …

Tags:Germany| Market Data| STBs| Streaming Dongles| Streaming Video

Latest Roku OS Update Takes Down YouTube TV and Other Apps

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Roku has had to roll back un update to its OS that had run into trouble with some apps including the YouTube app. The version that was affected was V10.5 and …

Tags:Roku| Streaming Dongles| YouTube

Sky Glass Update – It Does Have an Emergency Tuner

by Bob Raikes

What They Say It took three days after I contacted them for Sky’s media department to get back to me with an answer to my question, “Can you confirm whether the Sky Glass TV …

Tags:Sky| Streaming Dongles| TVs (TV Sets)| UK (United Kingdom)

New Roku Streaming Stick 4K supports HDR10+ & Dolby Vision

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Roku has upgraded its streaming sticks with support for HDR10, HDR10 and Dolby Vision as well as a faster CPU and better Wi-Fi. The Roku Streaming Stick 4K and Roku Streaming …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Roku| Streaming Dongles| Voice Input

Upgrade to Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K

by Bob Raikes

What They Say As well as introducing new Amazon-branded TVs, the firm has updated the Fire TV Stick 4K. It has a new quad-core 1.8GHz processor and 2GB of RAM to give more fluid …

Tags:Amazon| Streaming Dongles

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

YouTube TV hands out Chromecast, TiVo devices ahead of 4K launch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Fierce Video reported that YouTube has been offering free Chromecast or TiVo devices to some subscribers to allow the display of UltraHD content. “To ensure our loyal YouTube TV members have …

Tags:Google| Roku| Streaming Dongles| Streaming Video| Tivo

Links Week Ending 11th 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. OTI Lumionics’ CEO updates on the company’s …

Google Says Android TV Device Deployment has Surpassed 80 Million

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google said at the I/O event that it now has more than 80 million Android TV OS devices active each month. The OS has seen growth of 80% in the US …