Netflix has announced its first Korean original series Love Alarm, which will be adapted from the web-series by Kye Young Chon, a popular South Korean comic author. The story revolves around an unknown developer releasing an app that will tell the user if someone within 10 metres has romantic feelings for them, which greatly disrupts […]
TiVo has announced the availability of SongConnect, a music metadata package that relates versions of a song to a single master work. SongConnect is powered by TiVo’s unique song ID. This new level of identifier allows providers to collect together alternate variations of a song including live, studio, acoustic and remix versions, enabling music fans […]
Giant screen specialist IMAX says that China will soon be its best market, passing North America in terms of revenues. China already has more IMAX screens that North America. CEO Richard Gelfond, speaking on Bloomberg TV, said that it is looking to develop more partnerships in China, and screens in India are also making progress. […]
Dolby Laboratories and LG Electronics have confirmed that LG 2017 OLED TVs will support Dolby Vision HDR technology and Dolby Atmos breakthrough audio in a new combined home entertainment experience. For the first time, consumers can experience content with both cutting-edge imaging and state-of-the-art sound technology through one product. LG’s 2017 OLED line-up builds on […]
NAGRA, the digital TV division of the Kudelski Group and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, and MStar Semiconductor, a global semiconductor company for display and digital home solutions, has announced MStar’s plan to adopt the TVkey direct-to-TV security technology in its EMC SoCs for 4K HDR televisions, pending finalisation of the […]
FreeCast is announcing the addition of IP detection and localised content management technologies to SelectTV. The ability to match localized content, both programming and ads, with viewers to whom that content is geographically relevant will be essential to making broadcast networks available over-the-top. As more television viewing moves online, local broadcast stations risk missing out […]
One day ahead of the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, where Ultra HD is set to be a continuing hot trend, satellite operator Eutelsat Communications has confirmed the launch of two new Ultra HD channels at its popular HOTBIRD video neighbourhood. Fashion TV’s new Ultra HD channel, FTV UHD and Travelxp 4K, the world’s first […]
Tele 5, operated by Mediaset, leads the ratings for the fifth consecutive year with an average share of 14.4 per cent, followed by Antena 3, owned by Atresmedia with 12.8 per cent and public TV channel La 1 with 10.1 per cent, according to the consultancy firm Barlovento Comunicación Public Regional channels got the worst […]
Samsung Electronics is in talks with LG Display about a potential liquid crystal display (LCD) panel supply deal for televisions, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported. “There are no specifics decided yet but the two companies are deliberating on the matter carefully and seriously,” Kim Hyun-suk, head of Samsung’s TV business, was quoted as saying […]
Pace, Cisco Systems, ARRIS, and EchoStar Corporation are the leading providers of set-top boxes in the world today. In 2014, they held a collective share of 29.1 per cent in the global set-top boxes market. A report by Transparency Market Research states