SoftBank selling ARM to Nvidia
Giant UK chip-maker ARM, bought by Japanese media conglomerate SoftBank in 2016 for £24.3 billion, (€27bn) is being bought by Nvidia for around $40 billion in a probable cash+shares transaction.…
AI to produce highlights at NPL tennis event
Tennis fans wanting to watch the action from the National Premier League Tennis (NPL) finals in London this week will be able to view tournament highlights online produced using an…
Toshiba launches new 4K TV with Alexa
Toshiba TV has launched its all-new flagship Alexa built-in model, the 4K HDR UK4B, is available from in 43-inch, 50-inch and 58-inch screen sizes in the UK. The new Toshiba…
Research: Smart speakers increasingly linked to smart TVs
Findings from Hub Entertainment Research’s annual study – Evolution of the TV Set – reveal more viewers are using smart TVs linked to smart speakers to fill gaps in TV…
Forecast: Smart home device markets to rebound in 2021
A desire to keep a closer eye on what is happening around their homes as consumers shelter-in-place will help the smart home market weather the global Covid-19 pandemic in 2020,…
Haivision acquires Teltoo
Haivision, a specialist in video streaming solutions, has announced the acquisition of Teltoo, a key technology innovator for peer-to-peer (P2P) and WebRTC enabled real-time video delivery. Haivision says the acquisition firmly…
Finders are Keepers – the EUROMEDIA UI and Search debate
Viewers have dozens of choices of content providers and thousands of choices of pieces of content. No wonder the quality of the UI and the search and discovery deployed by…
Huawei: 5G’s ‘five opportunities’
At the New Infrastructure and Business Digitalization Forum held during the first GSMA Thrive event, Gan Bin, Chief Marketing Officer for Huawei’s Wireless Network Solutions, delivered a keynote speech entitled…
Plume & J:COM partner for Smart Home services
Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM), Japan’s largest cable TV operator serving more than 5.5 million subscribers, and Smart Home services pioneer Plume, have announced an expanded partnership where J:COM will distribute Plume’s…
AWS, F1 debut new stats
As Formula 1 gears up to kick-start its interrupted season, cloud platform Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Formula 1 have developed six new, real-time racing stats that will roll out…
Norigin Media launches AdScan solution
Norigin Media, a Scandinavian company offering streaming solutions, has announced its new AdScan solution. The AI-based tool detects and marks ad breaks on catch-up TV content, allowing pay-TV operators to…
BBC’s Beeb voice assistant goes beta
Beeb, the new voice assistant from the BBC, first announced in August 2019, is to be made available in an early version to UK-based members of Microsoft’s Windows Insider Programme,…
InterDigital, Blacknut, Nvidia AI cloud gaming solution
InterDigital, a mobile and video technology research and development company, has introduced a cloud gaming solution with an AI and machine learning-enabled user interface, presented in collaborative partnership with cloud…
Research: 29% US own smart speaker & smart home device
Parks Associates research finds that smart speakers are serving as a gateway to smart home adoption, as 16 per cent of US broadband households purchased a smart speaker prior to…
Arrow signs AI deal with GrayMeta
Factual producer Arrow International Media has signed a deal with GrayMeta, an intelligent metadata solutions company powered by machine learning (ML). The collaboration will give Arrow access to artificial intelligence software,…
Report: Increased streaming boosts soundbar sales
Smart speakers are driving the home audio market forward, leading to Amazon and Google taking top spots in the brand share rankings according to data from Futuresource Consulting’s Worldwide Home…