ROXi Music TV App Prepares For 2023 U.S. Arrival With 3 Key Partnerships
U.K.-based free music streaming service ROXi, disclosed three new partnerships in support of the forthcoming North American rollout of its TV streaming app. The music streaming app, which has been successful in its home U.K. and Ireland markets, first launched a freemium Smart TV App…
Rotel Unveils S14 High Performance Integrated Network Music Streamer
High-performance Japanese Hi-Fi audio components manufacturer Rotel introduced Friday, its S14 Integrated Network Streamer for streaming online music easily and in very high quality. Rotel said the S14 Streamer was designed for high value and tonal performance rendered through a 32-bit ESS Sabre digital-to-analog converter,…
Apple To Raise Fees For Apple TV+, Apple Music
Apple announced it has increased prices for its Apple Music and Apple TV+ streaming services, due primarily to rising licensing costs. In the announcement, the company said the price of Apple Music will climb to $10.99 a month from $9.99 for individuals, effective immediately. That…
RT America To Cease Operations In Wake Of Crisis In Ukraine
Faced with cascading removals of Russian Today channels from distribution services and platforms around the world in the wake of the crisis in Ukraine, RT America, the U.S.-facing news/opinion channel backed with Russian-government funding, announced it will cease operations and lay off staff in coming…
Netflix Adds Support For xHE-AAC Audio Codec In Its Android Apps
Netflix has added support for the advanced xHE-AAC audio codec for content streamed via its Android apps to allow consistent loudness and fidelity of dialog and music between TVs and mobile devices. The information affirming that the Fraunhofer-licensed codec is now a part of the…
Denon Unveils Compact Roku TV Ready Soundbar 550
Sound United’s Denon audio brand unveiled Thursday the Home Soundbar 550 compact soundbar with Atmos and DTS:X surround sound. The Soundbar is also compatible with a range of supported platforms including HEOS multi-room wireless music streaming and is Roku TV Ready ensuring simple use and…
Review: Samsung HW-Q950T Raises The Sound Bar
Samsung has been churning out impressively high quality soundbars for the past few years now, but with the release of the 2020 flagship HW-Q950T the company has raised the bar to high quality multi-channel surround sound considerably higher. First, anyone who happens to own one…
Review: Roku Streambar Offers Great 2-For-1 Value Performance
Roku this week officially released the Roku Streambar as the latest addition to the company’s growing line of affordably priced sound-for-video components with built-in Roku media streaming. Think of the Roku Streambar ($129.99 suggested retail) as a more compact alternative to the company’s longer Roku…
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