Xiaomi earlier today unveiled a brand new HDTV with a transparent display. Similar to concepts we’ve seen at CES, Xiaomi’s transparent TV boasts a 55-inch OLED display that can blend into the surrounding environment when turned off. The Mi TV LUX Transparent Edition will retail for $7,200 and will be available in China next week. …
It’s certainly no secret that Apple has grand ambitions in the TV streaming space. Over the past few months alone, the company has made a number of intriguing and notable series purchases. Two of the more prominent deals include a multi-million dollar deal to reboot the 80s sci-fi classic Amazing Stories and a new original series …
With a reported $1 billion at its discretion to develop and acquire original content, Apple’s TV chiefs — Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht — have been making a number of high-profile and intriguing moves over the past few months. Most recently, Apple managed to secure an original series from acclaimed La La Land writer …
After a string of uninspiring moves in the TV space, it appears that Apple is finally starting to step up to the plate. Just yesterday, word surfaced that Apple finally inked a deal for a Television show that may actually be worth watching. To this point, Apple signed a deal with legendary director Steven Spielberg …
Last year, I wrote that Apple’s TV strategy was an aimless disaster and that company executives, at a fundamental level, appeared to have no concept as to what makes for a compelling TV viewing experience. Many months later, the sad reality is that Apple’s TV strategy remains a disorganized and embarrassing mess, with little evidence …
The Golden Age of Television has been a boon for viewers but the same can’t exactly be said for writers. While there are undoubtedly more writing jobs available than ever before, the cultural shift in the way we actually consume TV has had a direct impact on how much money TV writers actually manage to take …
I’ve been pretty critical of Apple’s efforts in the TV space, having previously called the company’s seemingly non-existent TV strategy aimless and backwards. And with good reason, nothing Apple has done to date suggests that the company truly understands what makes for a compelling TV viewing experience. Bizarrely, Apple still can’t seem to figure out …
In what’s become something of a long-standing tradition, Game Of Thrones was the most torrented show of 2016, according to a new report from Torrent Freak. Impressively, 2016 marks the fifth year in a row that HBO’s hit show has sat perched atop of the torrent charts.
When it comes to binge watching great TV shows, Netflix has an incredibly deep reservoir of programs to browse through. Sure, most everyone is familiar with hits like Breaking Bad, Stranger Things, and Narcos, but one of the great things about Netflix is that there is an impressive amount of A+ quality content lurking beneath the surface.
The first season of season of HBO’s True Detective was some of the most riveting and compelling television to have aired over the past few years. Featuring an intriguing storyline set in the backwoods of Louisiana, Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson delivered A+ performances as they brought Nic Pizzolatto’s eery and incredibly unique script to life.
