Comcast Kicks Off Xfinity TV Partner Program, Roku, Samsung On Board
Comcast said Wednesday said that it has launched an Xfinity TV Partner Program to expand the range of retail devices its customers can use to access Xfinity cable TV service, and Roku and Samsung are on-board. The Xfinity TV Partner Program will leverage open standard…
Petition Seeks FCC Approval Of ‘Next-Gen TV’ System
The country’s move to a next-generation broadcast TV platform is starting to pick up momentum. The platform, which is called ATSC 3.0 or “Next-Generation TV,” could soon bring to TV markets around the country the possibility of 4K Ultra HDTV pictures with high dynamic range…
DirecTV To Present 25 Showcase MLB Games In 4K UHD
AT&T’s DirecTV used Samsung’s 2016 SUHD TV sendoff in New York City Tuesday to announce it will carry 25 showcase Major League Baseball (MLB) games this season in 4K Ultra HDTV resolution. Beginning Friday, DirecTV will present its 4K-capable subscribers a live 4K UHD game…
Samsung Sets Prices, Ship Dates On 2016 SUHD TVs
Samsung Electronics released pricing and availability on five 2016 SUHD class 4K LCD TV series, including the company’s new flagship KS9800 line offering full-array LED backlighting. The announced SUHD model classes include: the KS8000, KS8500, KS9000, KS9500 and KS9800. All feature new quantum dot LED…
Report: Samsung Still At Work On OLED But TV Market Not Ready
LG might be making big strides in the sales of large-screen OLED TVs, but according to reports in Korea, Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest TV maker, continues to hold off on introducing large-screen OLED displays of its own. According to a report in the Korean…
LG Offers March Madness OLED TV Bundles
As March Madness descends, LG is celebrating its on-going NCAA corporate sponsorship by launching special bundled product deals supporting five popular OLED TV models. The promotion, available through authorized LG retailers and e-commerce partners across the nation, offers both reduced pricing on the OLED sets…
IHS: North American TV Shipments Were Flat In 2015
Shipments of consumer television sets to North America registered a 0.9 percent overall decline to 43.05 million units in 2015 and are expected to drop another 2.2 percent by the end of this year, according to the “First Quarter 2015 TV Sets Intelligence Service” from…
Gap Intelligence: 4K UHD TV Placements Squeezing 1080p Models
Sales of 4K Ultra HDTVs saw significant acceleration in 2015 behind growing retail shelf placements, which simultaneously are squeezing the share of Full HD 1080p models heading into 2016. According to the latest information from market research group gap intelligence/Quixel Research, 4K Ultra HDTVs reached…
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