Google and LG may partner on Nexus TV
LG had a number of gorgeous HDTVs on display at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and apparently we aren’t the only ones …
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OnLive streaming game service to be preloaded on all Google TV devices
Google TV continues to make a decent impact at the Consumer Electronics Show. On Wednesday, Google and OnLive announced that the company’s streaming game service …
Lenovo introduces new tablets, first Android 4.0 smart TV
Ahead of the company’s Consumer Electronics Show keynote, Lenovo announced a flurry of Android-based devices on Sunday evening. First up is the new S2 smartphone, …
Marvell’s ARMADA 1500 CPU to power next-gen Google TV
Google has teamed up with Marvell for the next-generation Google TV platform. Marvell’s ARMADA 1500 dual-core chipset will be featured within future products and will …
Apple’s iTV could offer dynamic backlighting for improved picture quality
Apple recently filed for a patent called “Dynamic Backlight Adaptation for Black Bars with Subtitles” that may be used to provide improved picture quality in …
Sony, Samsung, Vizio and LG to manufacture Google TV devices
After a slow first year, Google is finally looking to make a big splash with the company’s Google TV platform. The Mountain View-based firm announced Thursday that …
9% of U.S. consumers have canceled cable TV, study says
9% of consumers in the United States have already cut cable TV service from their monthly utility bills, the latest State of the Media Democracy …
AT&T to pay TiVo $215 million through 2018 to settle patent lawsuit
AT&T has settled a patent lawsuit with TiVo in which it will pay the DVR vendor $215 million through June 2018, including an initial payment …
Apple’s LTE-enabled iPhone 5 to be a ‘radical update,’ bigger catalyst than iPad 3 or iTV
While Apple’s iPad 3 and its brand new HDTV will be big products for the Cupertino, California-based company in 2012, its “most important catalyst” will …
Samsung may reenter Japanese TV market
Samsung may soon begin selling its televisions in Japan after taking a several year hiatus. Samsung is reportedly talking to Yamada Denki Co and Yodobashi …
LG announces nearly borderless 55-inch OLED HDTV
New record-breaking televisions are compulsory at the Consumer Electronics Show each year, and LG will be among the companies this year staking claim to HDTV …
Apple’s television said to launch in mid-2012 as competition begins to panic
Apple’s competition is scrambling as it attempts to figure out exactly what the company has in store for the television industry next year, one analyst …
Apple’s smart TV to feature ‘unmatched aesthetics,’ could be game-changer for gaming
Reports have suggested for more than a year that Apple is working on a smart TV product, and those reports were firmed up last week …
Netflix reports subscriber growth, revenue spike in Q1 2011 earnings
Netflix released its fiscal first quarter 2011 earnings on Monday and, thanks to record amounts spent on marketing, the firm reported an increase in net …
Motorola Mobility acquires Internet TV company Dreampark
Motorola on Wednesday announced that it has closed a deal to acquire Swedish IPTV software company Dreampark. The terms of the acquisition, which is expected …
Apple TV 4.2.1 update fixes flickering screens, audio issues
Noticing a little flicker here and there with your Apple TV? Most likely when using the HDMI to DVI adapter? Well, flicker no more, as …
Live from Samsung’s 2011 product lineup event!
We’re all settled in at the Samsung experience store in the Time Warner Center ready for the event to start. What’s Samsung going to announce …
Job listing hints at future Apple television product
A job listing on Apple’s website searching for an AC/DC Power Supply Design Engineer may have let slip a future Apple product line that has …
Comcast plans to offer live and On Demand content for iPad, Android tablets this year
Today, entertainment giant Comcast announced its plans to provide live and On Demand content to its customers via its Xfinity TV iPad and Android applications …
Vizio announces over 21 Theater 3D HDTVs, passive glasses, up to 71-inch size
Vizio is currently the only manufacturer to have a passive 3DTV set on the market, and they aren’t slowing down their Theater 3D TV assault. The company …
Netflix over 10 times bigger than iTunes rental service, says Gleacher analyst
Gleacher & Company analyst Brain Marshall claims that Apple’s digital video rental service available through iTunes is less than one tenth the size of Netflix’s …
LG to intro world’s largest full LED 3D TV at CES
LG announced Monday that it will unveil the world’s largest 3D LED television at the Consumer Electronics Show next week in Las Vegas. Or, to …
Logitech denies Google-ordered production halt, says Revue still shipping
Logitech has responded to rumors that it had been asked to halt production of its Google TV-enabled Logitech Revue while Google addresses bugs and other …
Sales of new Apple TV to pass 1 million ‘later this week’
In a short press release this morning, iMaker Apple, Inc. announced that it anticipates sales of its new Apple TV device to eclipse 1 million …
Roku CEO: Sales doubled when Apple TV launched
When Apple first announced that it would be issuing a refreshed version of Apple TV, several analysts and bloggers assumed set top boxes like Roku’s …
Google asks partners to delay Google TV launch
According to a report in The New York Times Monday morning, Google TV might not be ready for primetime. Google TV is Google’s attempt at …
MMC to launch TVLine.com next month
BGR parent company MMC announced Friday the coming launch of its latest digital property, TVLine. The new website, which will focus on consumer TV news, …
Netflix inks new streaming deal with ABC
Netflix announced a new deal Wednesday that will bring additional content from ABC, ABC Family and the Disney Channel to the company’s online streaming catalog. …
Microsoft in talks to launch streaming TV service
According to a new report from Reuters, Microsoft recently held meetings with several networks to discuss licensing television content for a new Web-based subscription TV …
Hulu drops $2 from Hulu Plus monthly price, now $7.99
Here’s a bit of good news: Hulu has just announced that its Hulu Plus premium subscription service will shed $2 from its monthly price tag. …
