Affordable Polk MagniFi 2 Soundbar Promises Wide 3D Soundstage
Polk Audio introduced Thursday its MagniFi 2 soundbar equipped with the company’s patented SDA surround sound technology, 5.1 audio decoding and new 3D audio DSP. The Polk MagniFi 2, which will arrive in August at a $499 suggested retail price, offers Polk’s performance-tuned, six-driver Stereo…
iHeartMedia, WarnerMedia Team On Podcast Series For HBO Max Shows
iHeartRadio and WarnerMedia Entertainment announced Tuesday that they have entered a partnership to co-produce a set of podcasts that will serve as companions to certain upcoming HBO Max original and legacy shows. Among the first such podcasts to be streamed will be one focused on…
Roku Offers Father’s Day Specials On Streamers, Soundbars, Channels
Anyone interested in helping Dad upgrade his smart TV system during the COVID-19 crisis might be please to find out that Roku is offering a variety of limited time special deals on Roku streaming adapters, soundbars, and wireless speakers for Father’s Day. As part of…
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…
Samsung, Qualcomm, Huawei Promote MPEG-5 Coding Standard
Huawei Technologies, Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics issued a joint statement Friday promoting the release of the MPEG-5 Essential Video Coding (EVC) standard as a new efficient video compression tool from the Moving Picture Experts Group to support the latest video resolution formats including 4K and…
TiVo Releases TiVo Stream 4K OTT Media Dongle With Dolby Vision
Legendary DVR-resource TiVo launched this week its TiVo Stream 4K media streamer dongle that is designed to bring a mini version of the company’s popular remote and unifying easy user-interface that will help users easily find favorite movies and programs from disparate content sources. The…
Roku Offers Discounts On Streamers For Mothers’ Day
COVID-19 crisis or not, Mother’s Day is almost here and Roku is running a few offers to help mom tune into some of the thousands of movies and TV programs available on the the internet. Roku said this week it is providing discounts on some…
Peacock Streaming Service Soft Launch Encourages Comcast
Besides the May 27th launch of WarnerMedia/AT&T’s HBO Max premium streaming service, NBCUniversal/Comcast is gearing up to deliver its new streaming service Peacock on July 15th. Executives with Comcast, the parent of NBCUniversal, recently revealed that a soft launch of the Peacock streaming service has…
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