Cloud Gaming and TV Futures
by Omid Rahmat
Microsoft and Sony lead in games library services, with 51 million combined subscriptions currently.
Tags:Cloud Gaming| omdia| showcase| Streaming Games
Sony’s Toes Dip Deeper Into Cloud Gaming
by Emory Kale
PlayStation Plus, Sony’s subscription gaming service, is a multi-tiered service that I won’t pretend to understand or care about, but part of its appeal to gamers is being able to go online and carp …
Tags:PlayStation| sony| Streaming Games
Gaming Is Still the Killer App for All Displays
by Omid Rahmat
The gist of it: there are 3 gaming super powers, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. Microsoft and Sony are both pushing into streaming games, even as they pull against it. Every display has to be …
Tags:Apple| Intel| Microsoft| sony| Streaming Games
Samsung Expands Smart TV Gaming Hub, Adds Antstream Arcade and Blacknut to its Cloud-Based Game Streaming Service
by Shawnee Blackwood
Antstream Arcade and Blacknut join Samsung’s existing lineup of game streaming partners that include Xbox, Nvidia GeForce Now, Amazon Luna, and Utomik.
Tags:Samsung| Smart TV| Streaming Games
LG Expands Cloud Gaming Experience on 2023 TVs with Nvidia GeForce NOW 4K Support and Boosteroid Launch
by Shawnee Blackwood
Gamers can access a variety of services such as GeForce NOW, Utomik, Blacknut, the newly launched Boosteroid, as well as Twitch and YouTube directly from their LG TV’s home screen.
Tags:Boosteroid| LG| Nvidia| Streaming Games| TVs (TV Sets)
The Cost of Encoding: The Dependent TV
by Omid Rahmat
In an interview with Jan Ozer, a leading expert on audio/video encoding for live and on-demand production, we take a look at the one thing that can make or break the viewing experience: encoding. …
Tags:Streaming Games| Streaming Video| Video Encoders & Decoders
Reliance Positions Itself to Own Streaming Gaming Eyeballs in India
by Omid Rahmat
India promises to become a major player in the global gaming market and this partnership will see JioGames emerge as an undisputed leader in Cloud Gaming in India. By combining Gamestream’s technological expertise in Cloud …
Tags:Streaming Games| TV Viewing
Samsung Gaming Hub, an All-New Game Streaming Discovery Platform, Now Available on 2022 Smart TVs and Smart Monitor Series
by Artem Alekseenko
Samsung Electronics announced that the Samsung Gaming Hub1 is now rolling out to all 2022 Samsung Smart TVs bringing the best game streaming content and game playing experiences with no additional hardware or downloads …
Tags:CES 2022| Samsung| Smart TV| Streaming Games
Links Week Ending 19th November 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. The Economist Looks at the Metaverse ($) …
Tags:Cinema going| Dell| Desktop Monitors| Gesture Recognition| Investment| LED| Nvidia| Pricing| Roku| Smart TV| Streaming Games| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TCL|
Microsoft hints at turning Xbox into an app for your TV
by Bob Raikes
What They Say In an interview with The Verge, Xbox chief Phil Spencer has revealed we’ll likely see an Xbox app appear on smart TVs over the next year. Microsoft is currently working on …
Tags:| OTT Video| Streaming Games
