38 Percent of US Households Have Internet Connected TV

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 11 April 2012, 12:00 pm

Leichtman Research Group announced its latest study suggests that 38% of all U.S. households have at least one television set connected to the Internet through some means.

Netflix and Hasbro Ink Streaming Deal

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 6 April 2012, 10:00 am

Hasbro Studios announced that it has signed a multi-year video streaming agreement with Netflix.

Netflix Schedules Q1 2012 Financial Results

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 3 April 2012, 8:00 am

Netflix, Inc. announced that it will release its first quarter 2012 financial results on April 23, 2012.

US Viewers Look to Online Movies in 2012

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 23 March 2012, 9:00 am

IHS announced it reckons that Americans will pay to view more movies online in 2012 than they will on physical video formats, marking the first year that legal, Internet-delivered movie consumption will outstrip that of DVDs and Blu-ray discs combined.

New Apple TV Offers 1080p HD

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 7 March 2012, 4:30 pm

Apple announced its next generation Apple TV, which can receive and display 1080p HD programming from iTunes, Netflix, Vimeo and more.

Panasonic Puts Prices to 2012 Blu-ray Players

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 6 March 2012, 9:45 pm

Panasonic announced pricing and availability for its 2012 model year of Blu-ray Disc (BD) players, which includes the DMP-BBT01 ($269.99), DMP-BDT500 ($349.99), DMP-BDT320 ($199.99), DMP-BDT220 ($149.99), DMP-BD87 ($119.99) and DMP-BD77 ($89.99).

Industry Group Pushes MPEG DASH

Posted by Hugh Bennett on 23 February 2012, 5:00 pm

Microsoft, Netflix, Qualcomm and a collection of friends announced that they have formed the DASH Promoters Group (DASH-PG) to push industry adoption of the new MPEG Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) standard.