Dune HD Unveils HEVC-Enabled Set-Top Box
Dune HD announced that it will demonstrate its new HEVC-enabled Set-Top Box (STB) at NAB Show 2014.
Archive of posts tagged Over-the-Top (OTT) video
4K Ultra HDTV Poised for Rapid Growth
Parks Associates announced it reckons that 82% of U.S. broadband households now have an HDTV and will likely move to 4K Ultra HDTV over the next ten to twelve years.
Online Video Charms Younger Consumers
Parks Associates announced it reckons that over 50% of U.S. broadband households now use paid Over-the-Top (OTT) video services, with younger consumers saying online video is their most important video source.
Grundig TVs Go with Rovi
Rovi Corporation announced that Grundig will employ Rovi’s TotalGuide CE and advertising products in its LED TVs distributed in much of Europe.
Connected TV Devices Going Great Guns
Futuresource Consulting announced it reckons that the global installed base of TV-centric connected devices surpassed one billion units in 2013 and will exceed two billion by 2017.
Intel Sells Online TV Unit to Verizon
Verizon Communications announced that it will purchase the assets of Intel’s Cloud TV products and services division.
Blu-ray Sales Up, DVD Declines in 2013
IHS announced it reckons that U.S. sales of Blu-ray and DVD home entertainment discs fell to $7.5 billion in 2013, down 9% from 2012.
Sigma Designs SoCs Support HEVC
Sigma Designs announced that it is launching a new ARM-based chipset family that supports the new High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) codec at CES 2014.
Dolby Does the Vision Thing
Dolby Laboratories announced its new Dolby Vision imaging technology, which augments the fidelity of Ultra HD and HD video signals for Over-the-Top (OTT) online streaming, broadcast and gaming applications.
Connected TV Device Ownership Set to Double
Strategy Analytics announced it forecasts that the installed base of Internet-connected TVs, Set-top Boxes (STBs) and other devices will reach 1.8 billion by 2017.
Devices Go Over-the-Top in 2013
IHS announced it reckons that more than 1.7 billion devices capable of accessing Over-the-Top (OTT) broadband content, such as Netflix and Hulu, will ship by the end of the year.