LG 2017, 2018 WebOS Smart TVs To Add Xfinity Cable App
Cable TV giant Comcast revealed Monday that LG Electronics USA is the latest television manufacturer to agree to include its Xfinity TV Partner app in smart TVs. The cable service’s streaming TV app will appear in LG 2017 and 2018 model 4K Ultra HDTVs using…
4K Ultra HDTV Olympics Coverage Begins Tonight
Ladies and gentlemen, in case you haven’t noticed over the last couple of days, the 2016 Summer Olympic Games from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil began this week, and tonight is the night to catch the much-anticipated 4K Ultra HD coverage of the Opening Ceremonies…
Comcast’s 4K/HDR Plans Are Getting `Whacky’
Trying to get a handle on what’s going on with Comcast’s plans to launch 4K Ultra HD video and high dynamic range (HDR) content as part of its regular TV service offerings is a bit like playing a game of Whack-A-Mole. Executives with the…
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…
Comcast To Bring 4K Service To Set-top Box
Cable TV giant Comcast said it is about to take the next step into delivery of 4K Ultra HDTV, by rolling out later this year its Xi4 set-top box (pictured above, right) that will add Xfinity 4K UHD services for subscribers with supporting TVs. The Cisco-made…
SCSA Readies Formal Launch Of 4K UHD Download Service
The SCSA launch team at the 2015 International CES: Chris Sato, SCSA marketing senior VP; David Huerta, SCSA executive director/GM; and Clayton Biele, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment global technology strategy associate director. In what may have been the best kept secret at International…
4K Content: A Status Report
March is here, and that means college basketball (March Madness), the end of snow (not here in the Northeast, sadly) and, yes, St. Patrick’s Day for those who celebrate that. It also means the new 2014 UHDTVs and HDTVs are due to arrive soon. While…
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