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Philips Chromecast 4K TVs Now Available
Funai Electric subsidiary P&F USA said its new series of Chromecast-enabled Philips-branded 4K TVs have begun shipping The 5000-series TVs, which first debuted at...
Sharp To Hisense: Gimme Back My Brand
Two years into a five-year licensing deal, Sharp is looking to reclaim its premium TV badge from Hisense and has filed suit in two...
3 Ways AI Will Impact Photography
Machine learning will be able to predict which photos users want to keep.
TCL Teams With Winegard IHO Cord Cutting
TCL is teaming up with antenna manufacturer Winegard in the name of cord cutting. As part of the collaboration, a special insert with an...
Sling Upgrades Interface For Easier Content Search
Sling TV launched several new user interface improvements to make content discovery on the service easier. The updates begin rolling out to Android users...
Nuvyyo Launches Next-Gen Tablo Dual DVR for Cord-Cutters
Providing a new way for cord-cutters to view and record over-the-air (OTA) broadcast content, Ottawa-based Nuvyyo, makers of the Tablo line of cloud-centric DVRs,...
LG Debuts New Compact ProBeam Laser Projector
LG Electronics USA is shipping its latest compact home theater projector, the LG ProBeam. The laser projector weighs less than 5 pounds and can...
Samsung Announces New VR Partnerships With UFC, X-Games, Live Nation
Samsung has inked deals with UFC, X Games and Live Nation to stream select live events in virtual reality. Samsung’s VR Live Pass on...
Roku Adds DirecTV Now
Finally! Making good on a promise made at its introduction launch last November, DirecTV Now is available for select Roku devices and TV sets...
LG Stacks The Deck In Award-Winning Campaign
LG Electronics copped a coveted AME (Advertising & Marketing Effectiveness) Award for its long-running “Card Stacking Challenge” video, in which card-stacker Bryan Berg earns...
Hisense’s 1st ULED TVs Hit Retail Shelves
Hisense has begun shipping its first ULED TV models, starting with the premium-tier H9D and H9D Plus 4K ULEDs, first introduced at CES 2017....
10 Ways To Promote Innovation In Your State
CTA presents a recipe for nationwide innovation.
Dish Embraces Amazon Alexa, Fire TV
Dish has teamed up with Amazon to improve its DVR functionality. Available today, Dish customers with a Hopper or Wally and an Amazon Echo,...
Monster Digital Teams With Petra To Bring Virtual Reality To The Masses
Monster Digital’s products are about to become available to a much wider audience thanks to a recent deal with Petra Industries. Monster Digital, an...
SNL Brings The Amazon Echo Silver To Seniors
We especially like the “Uh Huh” feature.
TongFang Ceases Producing Seiki TVs; Will Start Shipping Element Amazon Fire TV June 14
Element Electronics has begun taking pre-orders on Amazon for its line of 4K Ultra HD Amazon Fire TVs. The LED TVs, first announced during...
Vizio Enables HDR10 Streaming On SmartCast TVs
Vizio has released a firmware update to enable its SmartCast E-series TVs to stream 4K HDR10 content. Ultra HD content providers including Netflix, Vudu...
Sub-Zero/Wolf Name Finalists In Kitchen Design Contest
Watch as a panel of esteemed architects and designers announce the 25 finalists in Sub-Zero and Wolf’s annual Kitchen Design Contest, chosen from more...
TCL Bringing Dolby Vision Ultra HD TVs To U.S. For 1st Time
Chinese TV-maker TCL aims to grab a sizable portion of the North American market in the next three years, starting with an expanded lineup...
Sony’s Bravia OLED Launch At Video & Audio Center
Sony marked the retail debut of its first Bravia OLED TV at a premiere event on April 27 at Video & Audio Center (VAC)...
Highlights From The Jobs Report At CTA’s New American Jobs Summit
How future jobs will be a collaborative effort between humans and machines.
Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop
Microsoft has launched a laptop version of the high-powered tablet.
Sony Launches Bravia OLED TVs At Retail
Sony officially launched its OLED Bravia A1E TV at retail at a premiere event yesterday at Video & Audio Center (VAC) in Woodland Hills,...
JBL Breaks Guinness World Record
JBL captured a Guinness World Records title this week when it successfully played 1,000 Flip 4 Bluetooth speakers simultaneously from a single media source.
Vizio Adds To SmartCast Line With XLED TVs, Soundbars, Wireless Speaker
Vizio unveiled a complete A/V assortment for the home including new M-series HDR TVs, soundbars and wireless speakers. The new 2017 Vizio SmartCast M-series...
NAB 2017: Industry is Ultra Bullish About Ultra HD
Mass consumer adoption of 4K Ultra HD is still out on the horizon, but the various facets that make up the broadcast and video...
Samsung Galaxy S8 Suffers In SquareTrade Torture Test
Samsung’s “inifinity design” wrap-around display may help make the Galaxy S8 an object of beauty, but extended service provider SquareTrade saw it as a liability...
Sony Will Offer Its 1st OLED Bravia TV At Video & Audio Center
Sony will bring its groundbreaking OLED A1E Bravia TV with Acoustic Surface technology to retail next week with a kick-off event at Los Angeles-based...
Samsung, Amazon Video Team To Deliver Updated Open Standard HDR10+
Samsung and Amazon are teaming to deliver a higher standard of high-dynamic-range (HDR) performance to the video market. The Samsung-backed HDR10+ technology (based on...
60% Of Internet U.S. Homes Have A Connected TV Device: NPD
The number of U.S. homes with an installed connected TV device reached 60 percent of all Internet homes, according to The NPD Group, up...
Facebook Takes Deeper Dive Into Augmented Reality
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sees the phone as the bridge product to the widespread adoption of augmented reality (AR), and the company is basing...
Hisense To Settle NASCAR Dispute With Video Game Tournament at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Hisense is furthering its sports sponsorship efforts with a gaming showdown by two NASCAR drivers at the Hisense 4K TV 300 at the Charlotte...
Nationwide Marketing Group Earns 2017 Energy Star Partner Of The Year Award
Nationwide Marketing Group has been named a 2017 Energy Star Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award winner. This award honors the group’s...
LeEco-Vizio Merger Officially Off; Collaboration Announcement Made
LeEco Global Group and Vizio announced today that the merger agreement to acquire Vizio will be called off “due to regulatory headwinds.” “We continue...
Stephen Colbert: The Scrapping Of Internet Privacy: Something We Can All Hate Together
“I burned my computer this morning.”
Walmart’s Vudu Service Converts DVDs/Blu-rays To Digital Via Smartphone App
Vudu, the video-streaming service owned by Walmart, now provides DVD and Blu-ray disc owners access to digital versions of their titles via their smartphones....
Sony, LG & Samsung Win Netflix’s 2017 Recommended TV Designation
Netflix announced its Recommended TVs for 2017, a program that highlights TV manufacturers who have taken pains to ensure seamless integration with the video-streaming...
Sony Sets Prices, Pre-Sales For XBR-A1E Bravia OLED TVs
Sony Electronics announced availability and pricing details for its first flagship 4K OLED TV line. Pre-sales begin today for the company’s XBR-A1E Bravia OLED...
New Mobile HDR Logo Could Drive Lux Phone Market
UHD Alliance certification for portables devices could spur sales The UHD Alliance has unveiled its specification and logo for portable devices first previewed at...
Introducing: Apple Healthcare
Don’t choose between an iPhone and heathcare — you can have both.
LG Makes Majap Music At The Oculus
LG used its InstaView refrigerators and other major appliances to conduct a musical performance in the Oculus at the Westfield World Trade Center in...