CBS All Access Inks Multi Year Deal For UEFA Match Coverage
American sports fans jonesing for a live game of any kind during this age of the coronavirus may take some delight from the announcement Thursday that ViacomCBS has reached a multi-platform agreement making the CBS All Access and CBS Sports OTT streaming platforms the exclusive…
NextGen Video Alliance Formed To Speed Transition To ATSC 3.0
A new coalition comprised of broadcast TV and cable media equipment interests has been formed to develop systems and best practices enhance the evolution of NextGen video technologies including those used in the new over the air (OTA) ATSC 3.0 broadcast system and interrelated over…
ZapperBox Takes Reservations On External NextGen TV Tuner
ZapperBox, manufacturer of one of the first external ATSC 3.0 “NextGen TV” tuner boxes, said it has just opened its web site to begin taking reservations for its ZapperBox M1 ATSC 3.0 tuner for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2020. The ZapperBox M1 carries…
Silicondust Raises Funds For ATSC 3.0 HDHomeRun Gateway
The first ATSC 3.0 “NextGen TV” broadcasts are about to go live in various markets around the country, but so far the number of televisions equipped with the necessary tuners to receive the new signals are few and far between. As we have previously reported…
HD Guru’s 5 CES 2020 Takeaways On 8K Ultra HDTV
From the perspective of new 8K Ultra HDTV introductions, CES 2020 provided some interesting tells on the future direction of 8K big-screen entertainment for the home. Unfortunately, from a premium-tech perspective, 2020 models from virtually every brand still leave some open-ended questions to be answered…
Study: Viewers Will Wait For A TV Series To Be Streamed
In another sign that America’s traditional TV viewing patterns are changing in the over-the-top (OTT) age, a recent consumer study reported in a blog on the ItsWorthMore web site, said that most viewers today don’t mind waiting for a favorite television show to come to…
TiVo’s New Edge Series DVR Pair Is Available Now
TiVo officially introduced through a blog posting Tuesday its new TiVo Edge DVRs available in two versions — one optimized for cable users and one for over-the-air (OTA) cord-cutters — called “the Edge for cable and the Edge for antenna,” respectively. As we reported back…
CTA Unveils `NEXTGEN TV’ As New Age Of OTA Begins
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced late last week that it has adopted the name “NEXTGEN TV” and accompanying logo program to help identify forthcoming new television sets and devices that will be enabled to receive ATSC 3.0 over-the-air digital broadcasts. The naming program preceeds…
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