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YouTube TV Price Increases to $40 Next Month

by Andrew Fenn

The cost of a monthly subscription to YouTube TV is increasing to $40 from March 13th. The reason for the price rise is the addition of several new channels, including Turner Classic Movies, truTV, …

Kagan: 37.2 Million US Households to Go Broadband-Only by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

Broadband-only households in the US are set to grow from 19 million in 2017 to 37.2 million by 2022, according to estimates from Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. Tony …

Tags:broadband| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Sony Announces Pricing for 2018 LCD TVs

by Andrew Fenn

Sony has released pricing information for its new X900F and X850F ranges of LCD TVs. The X900F, which features full array local dimming, the best kind of backlighting for HDR, retails from $1100. It …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pricing| sony| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Zito Media Deploys Conklin-Intracom TV Middleware

by Andrew Fenn

Conklin-Intracom has announced that Zito Media plans to adopt and complete the deployment of its IPTV and TV Anywhere middleware to all of its served markets, by the end of 2018. Zito Media provides …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| STBs| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Dish Releases New Hopper Duo Set-Top-Box

by Andrew Fenn

Dish has released Hopper Duo, its dual-tuner HD set-top solution for one and two-TV households. The new STB includes the modern Hopper user interface, with Wi-Fi connectivity, a 500GB hard drive for up to …

Hisense Announces Sharp-Branded TV with Alexa

by Andrew Fenn

Hisense in the US has announced it is launching a new range of Sharp-branded TVs, starting with the Q8000, with Alexa voice control, Ultra HD resolution and local dimming. The company also revealed the …

Clevertouch Doing Well Outside the UK

by Bob Raikes

The Clevertouch brand from UK distributor, Sahara Systems, has been very successful over the years in Europe and has increasingly been improving its business in a range of countries outside the UK and including …

Samsung Announces Big Game Sale on UHD HDR TVs

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has launched its Big Game Deals sale, heavily discounting a selection of the company’s 2017 Ultra HD HDR TVs, just in time for the Super Bowl. Models in the sale include the company’s …

Wynn Hotel Sportsbook Features a 21.7m-Pixel LED Video Wall

by Andrew Fenn

The Wynn Hotel’s newly-renovated sportsbook recently opened on the Las Vegas Strip. Central to the building’s face-lift is a brand new 1,176-tile, 21.7-million-pixel, 457m² SiliconCore Peony LED videowall, with a 2.6mm pixel pitch and …

ATSC 3.0 Announcements Outnumber Related Product Showings at CES 2018

by Aldo Cugnini

ATSC member companies and partners made several rollout announcements at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month. But despite these developments, new ATSC products were few and far between – perhaps …

Comcast Video Dropped 151,000 Subscribers in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Comcast has reported its results for the quarter and year ending December 31st, 2017. Having seen a relatively healthy uptick in subscriber count in 2016, the platform has seen almost as big a drop …

ESA: US Video Game Industry Revenue Reaches $36 Billion in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

The US video game industry generated a record $36 billion in revenue in 2017, up 18% from 2016, according to new data released by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and The NPD Group. Michael …