Amazon Launches Fire TV Stick
Amazon announced its new Fire TV Stick streaming media device.
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FUTURECAST Field Test Underway
LG Electronics announced that a second round of real-world field tests involving the FUTURECAST Universal Terrestrial Broadcasting System is being conducted in Wisconsin.
SENSIO Inks Deal with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
SENSIO Technologies announced that it has extended its content licensing agreement with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment to distribute 3D movies through its 3DGO! Video-on-Demand service.
Sony DADC New Media Solutions Goes Over-the-Top
Sony DADC New Media Solutions announced its new Ven•ue service for creating Over-the-Top (OTT) video channels.
Global 4K Streaming Readiness Improves
Akamai Technologies announced that it has published its Second Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report.
Yahoo Goes With Rovi Music Metadata
Rovi Corporation announced that it has licensed its Rovi Music metadata service to Yahoo.
Canada Welcomes Spotify
Spotify announced that its commercial music streaming service is now available in Canada.
Game Consoles Important Connected Devices
Parks Associates announced it latest survey reports that 46% of U.S. broadband households have a game console connected to the Internet and over one-quarter of them use it as their primary connected CE device.
Sigma Designs Unveils 4K HEVC STB Chipset
Sigma Designs announced its new SMP8758 System-on-Chip (SoC), which supports 4K Ultra HD video resolution using HEVC (H.265) compression technology.
DivX and Civolution Go Over-the-Top
DivX and Civolution announced they will work together to incorporate Civolution’s NexGuard video watermarking technology into DivX’s OmniView.
Sigma Designs Powers Dune HD STBs
Sigma Designs announced that Dune HD Set-Top Boxes (STBs) will employ the company’s secure media processors.