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NPD: Streaming Players Will Rise Consistently to 2017

by Tom Allen

40% of US internet homes – 39 million – will own a streaming media player (SMP) by Q1’17, says the NPD Group. Only 16% of these homes owned such a device in Q1’14, and …

Verizon Plans to Start OTT Service in the Summer of 2015

by Norbert Hildebrand

Last year Verizon announced plans for an OTT service to be launched in 2015. During the latest earnings announcement, Verizon responded to questions about the OTT service by saying that they see the subscription …

UltraHD Sales Rose Ahead of Super Bowl

by Vanessa Browning

US retailers said that the Super Bowl was helping them to sell UltraHD TVs before the event – despite no broadcaster transmitting in the format. Best Buy’s TV sales volumes were up 2.6% YoY …

LG Takes Part in Mass Fast Food Signage Rollout

by Tom Allen

650 McDonald’s locations in the USA are receiving a digital signage upgrade from LG, in collaboration with Stratacache. The new integrated menu board solution uses Stratacache’s ActiVia for Media 4.0 software, installed on a …

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Jins Eyewear Reaches USA

by Tom Allen

Japanese company Jins is bringing its Jins Meme smart eyewear (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 21) to the US market. The glasses do not contain a display; instead, they are a head-mounted input device. …

Playstation Streaming Set for Samsung

by Tom Allen

The Playstation Now game streaming service will be available on select Samsung smart TVs this year. The service will initially be available in North America only.

Will New ESPN Streaming Kill Pay TV? (sort of)

by Steve Sechrist

The most notable news to come out of this years Consumer Electronics Show CES (and perhaps in hindsight the past ten years of CES events) was the somewhat muted announcement that ESPN will soon be available …

SD&A Registration Now Open

by Bob Raikes

Registration is now open for the annual Stereoscopic Displays and Applications conference. Running between the 9th and 11th February in San Francisco, the conference focuses on 3D in the video space, with keynotes by …

Sceptre Brings MHL to Small TV

by Bob Raikes

Sceptre’s new 18.5″ LCD TV is an affordable model for the US market. Somewhat unusually for a small model, the TV features an MHL-HDMI port for mobile device connection. Two versions are available, one …

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The Advent of the Chromebook Era

by Bob Raikes

Mobile – Now that the holiday shopping blitz is behind us (almost) Amazon has released sales data on the West’s most important retail buying period, that seems to indicate the rise of the Chromebook over …

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VIZIO Adds New Apps Supporting 4K Content – Boosts Picture Quality

by Bob Raikes

New Apps Supporting 4K Include Amazon Instant Video, UltraFlix and Toon Goggles Irvine, CA – December 22, 2014 – VIZIO, America’s #1 Smart TV brand1,announced today three additional 4K Ultra HD streaming services rolling …

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USA and South Korea Hold Recycling Conference in California

by Helen Vince

Industry – The USA and South Korea held a conference in California this week about recycling issues. The conference addressed the recycling of a wide range of products that enter the waste stream. The one day …