Pearl To Launch Holiday NextGen TV Awareness Campaign
Get ready to start hearing a lot more about the new NextGen TV system in the coming weeks. That’s because broadcast television group Pearl TV and its Phoenix Model Market Partners are starting a multi-million dollar on-air and online awareness campaign scheduled to run over…
CES 2021 To Be Virtual Trade Event In Wake Of COVID-19’s Re-Acceleration
It’s official — CES 2021 will be a virtual trade show this January for the first time in the consumer electronics show’s more than 50 year history — yet another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event’s organizer the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) made the…
Tech Industry Celebrates SCOTUS Decision On DACA Dreamers
The Supreme Court’s controversial ruling Thursday that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipients can continue to live and work in the United States without deportation was roundly celebrated by organizations from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The…
CTA Forecasts Show Ultra HD Blu-ray Players In Decline
More signs of the decline of the physical disc player market surfaced with the recent release of the Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA’s) 2020 January Sales & Forecasts Report, which now shows that shipments of Ultra HD Blu-ray players to the United States declined in both…
Multiple 8K Logo Programs Greet The New Year, CES
The 8K Association (8KA) announced its new certification program Thursday enabling manufacturers of qualifying 8K Ultra HDTVs to carry the body’s new 8K Certification logo after being verified by an “independent certification program manager.” According to the 8K Association’s announcement, qualifying 8K TVs must meet…
LG 8K TVs Among The First To Carry CTA’s 8K UHD Logo
LG formally announced Monday that its 8K OLED and NanoCell LED/LCD TVs will be among the first in the industry to carry the Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA’s) 8K Ultra HD certification logo in 2020. As previsously reported, LG is positioning its 8K televisions as “Real…
Has Black Friday Shifted To An E-tail Holiday For Tech?
According to early anecdotal accounts, the 2019 Black Friday promotional weekend, which ended with Cyber Monday, generated a good amount of foot traffic at brick-&-mortar electronics and discount chains across the country, but the over-arching trend found much of the frenetic in person shopping activity…
CTA: TVs Rank 3rd On 2019 Holiday Wish Lists
Nearly half of all U.S. consumers plan to purchase some sort of tech gift this holiday season and of those 82% plan to make their purchases during Black Friday Week, according to data released by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) at the 2020 CES Unveiled…
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