Streaming Video – Page 20

Sony Assists in Live UHD Trials

by Tom Allen

Sony has taken part in successful streaming trials of live UltraHD sporting events. These included the first North American football (soccer) broadcast in the format by Univision Deportes. The events were streamed using the …

Cord-Shaving Outweighs Cord-Cutting

by Tom Allen

Research by Nielsen suggests that cord-cutting concerns are not as well-founded as expected. Most consumers are likely to cut back on, but not cancel, their pay-TV services, and complement them with streaming services like …

MovieSwap Brings DVDs to 2st Century

by Tom Allen

MovieSwap is a French start-up that aims to make use of the world’s existing stock of DVDs – around 25 billion, to date. The company has launched (and successfully funded) a Kickstarter campaign to …

Tags:DVD| France| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Dolby Vision Coming to Amazon Video

by Tom Allen

Amazon has said that it will begin to stream Dolby Vision content ‘soon’, in addition to the HDR10 content is began to offer last summer. LG’s new Super UHD (2016) TVs will be the …

Eizo Ensures Lossless Streaming

by Tom Allen

Eizo has designed a lossless encoding and streaming tool for mission-critical applications. The Re/Vue Pro supports stream resolutions up to DCI-4k, and is designed for the air traffic control (ATC) market. Two interfaces are …

Google Extends Cast Protocol Outside Android

by Tom Allen

Google introduced its Google Cast protocol – the ability to send content from a mobile device to a larger screen – on its Chromecast and Android TV platforms. Now, Variety says that the company …

Netflix Second Screen Coming this Year

by Isaac Oburu

Pocket-lint has reported that Netflix plans to launch, later this year, an update for its mobile app to save on data charges. The function will limit quality to save data. The company will also …

Pixelworks to Demonstrate Industry’s Latest Mobile Video Technology at MWC 2016

by Isaac Oburu

Pixelworks, Inc., an innovative provider of video display processing technology, will demonstrate its video processing technology across a broad range of mobile devices at MWC 2016. Pixelworks’ technology improves the image quality for both …

Tags:MWC 2016| Streaming Video

Tim Peake to Watch Six Nations Match

by Isaac Oburu

British astronaut Major Tim Peake enjoyed live coverage of the Scotland v England Six Nations rugby match on the 6th February – in the International Space Station. Philip Bernie, Head of TV Sport for …

Amazon Continues Fast Growth

by Milos Pavlovic

Amazon’s video streaming service saw strong growth in Q4’15, nearly doubling its subscriber base outside the USA – although the company does not provide hard numbers. The Fire TV media player is claimed to …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Video| Vol 23 - Issue 04

Nintendo Leak Points to 4k/60fps Console Streaming

by Tom Allen

Nintendo is developing a new games console known as the Nintendo NX, which appears to be set to challenge the offerings from Sony and Microsoft in a way that the Wii could not. A …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Nintendo Consoles| Streaming Video| Vol 23 - Issue 03

BT Partners with Netflix

by Tom Allen

UltraHD Netflix content can now be streamed to BT’s new UHD STB.