CES 2023 Saw Smart TV OS Wars Intensify Among Smart Media Adapter Brands
The smart TV platform wars heated up at CES 2023 with announcements of new smart TV brands and platform approaches, impinging further on the share of smart TV sticks and adapters — so-called streaming media devices (SMD), market analyst S&P Global observed in a blog…
Xperi Acquires Vewd In Bid To Expand The TiVo Brand
Xperi, the holding company that controls CE brands and technologies including TiVo, DTS IMAX Enhanced and others, announced Tuesday the acquisition of Vewd Software Holdings Limited for $109 million through a mixture of cash and debt. Vewd is a prominent global brand in over-the-top (OTT)…
Xperi Study: Personalization Key To Winning Fickle SVoD Viewers
Providing greater levels of personalization in multiple touch points of a user’s over the top (OTT) streaming experience, and getting it right, is the key to building user engagement, preventing viewer churn and adding new subscribers from the increasing competitive field. That was the key…
Sony Pictures Expanding IMAX Enhanced Content Catalog
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), IMAX and Xperi (parent of DTS) announced this week that the major Hollywood Studio will be releasing over the next two years “hundreds” of movies in IMAX Enhanced format for optimized playback on IMAX Enhancement supporting home theater products, including many…
Onkyo, Pioneer Elite, Phorus Add Smart Speakers With Alexa, Play-Fi
Wireless speakers incorporating Alexa far-field voice control and DTS Play-Fi capabilities, will be offered under the Phorus, Onkyo and Pioneer brands this fall. DTS announced the smart speaker additions this week to underscore their use of DTS Play-Fi technology, which delivers advanced multi-room audio…
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