It looks like Comcast is getting ready to ship its next-generation set-top box to consumers: A filing for the company’s Xi4 set-top box just popped up in the FCC’s database. The filing,… Read more »
Netflix’s new strategy to take on cable involves becoming best friends with cable: The video streaming service has been working hard to get its app included on set-top boxes of cable,… Read more »
Roku launched a new white-label program dubbed Roku Powered Monday that makes the company’s streaming devices available to pay TV operators. Roku powered-devices feature the brand of the operator, and also… Read more »
A new breed of TV services could cater to cord cutters by combining over-the-air broadcast TV with live streaming and on-demand programming. The hardware for this kind of service is already… Read more »
Apple does not appear to be targeting cord-cutters. Instead, it appears to envision a kind of universal, authenticated TV Everywhere service. Read more »
Amazon’s FireTV unveiling comes on the eve of the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention in Las Vegas, where one of the main focuses will be on making traditional TV platforms… Read more »
With 2GB of RAM and a dedicated GPU watching Amazon’s FireTV will be much more like watching traditional linear TV, with little latency between remote control inputs and response, and relative… Read more »
The video industry has begun to move — haltingly but nonetheless — toward greater integration of linear and OTT services. How that integration happens, however, and on whose platform, and through… Read more »
One proposal added to the draft bill to reauthorize STELA would eliminate the FCC rule requiring cable operators to separate the security components of the set-top boxes they lease to subscribers… Read more »
Apple is yet again said to be negotiating with Time Warner Cable to deliver content to the new Apple TV, which might be introduced in April and released in time for… Read more »