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The Recap: Interactive ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV, Transparent TVs and More
We take a break from our regularly scheduled edition of The Recap to bring you a summary of all the best and weirdest things I saw at CES 2024. CES 2024 is one of the largest tech conferences in the world, and after a few quiet years rebounding from the pandemic, it came roaring back…
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Disney Exec Warns More Shows May See Fewer Seasons Because of the New Actors Deal
The new collective bargaining agreement struck between the major Hollywood studios and the Screen Actors Guild may have an impact on the longevity of future shows, according to one Walt Disney executive. The increasingly complex terms gives actors more flexibility to move on to projects and makes it more costly to retain them for future…
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DIRECTV STREAM Adds KJZZ-TV, Giving Local Utah Jazz Fans Access to its Games
DIRECTV STREAM just got a lot more attractive for Utah Jazz fans. The streaming version of the satellite TV service added KJZZ-TV, an independent station owned by Sinclair that serves the Salt Lake City market. DIRECTV STREAM customers will be able to catch tonight’s game against the Toronto Raptors on the station. The Utah Jazz…
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The Dolphins-Chiefs NFL Wild Card Game is On Peacock Exclusively, and One Lawmaker is Mad About It
You won’t be able to catch the NFL Wild Card game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins on either network or cable television, and one lawmaker isn’t happy about it. The Dolphins-Chiefs game will instead be broadcast exclusively on the Peacock streaming service. But House Rep. Pat Ryan, a democrat from New York,…
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Hulu + Live TV Adds Four Sinclair Channels to its Lineup
Hulu + Live TV’s lineup just got a little bigger. The live streaming service added Charge!, Comet, and tennis-based T2 to its main catalog of channels. The fourth is Tennis Channel, which is available for $9.99 extra. The additions come from a July distribution agreement that Hulu struck with Sinclair, the broadcasting company that owns…
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Cord Cutting Extreme: How CES 2024 Aims to Kill Even More Wires
We live in a wireless world, but when you think about it, that’s hardly the case. Whether it’s HDMI cables that connect our TVs, ethernet cables connected to our gaming PCs, or power cords tethered to our phone, our lives are still surrounded by a lot of physical lines. CES 2024 offers a glimpse into…
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A NextGen TV Broadcast Channel As Interactive As a Streaming App Could Be ATSC 3.0’s Killer App
I’m sitting in a suite at the Cosmopolitan, staring at a large Sony television as a music video for Adam Lambert’s Take Back plays. I don’t like the song, so I hit skip and it moves to the next one, personalized based on the user history from the television. On the bottom are several boxes…
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CES 2024’s TV: Bigger and Smarter Displays Dominate the Show
CES has always been the showcase for the latest and greatest in televisions, and the 2024 show did not disappoint. The show, led by well-known players such as Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, and TCL, saw an array of televisions that were both larger and thinner, and packed sharper displays. Even as CES has expanded its…
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TVs With Transparent Displays Are One of the Coolest Things at CES, and Wholly Unpractical
CES is a place to show off your wildest concepts, and this year’s conference has already kicked off with a trend that is jaw-droppingly impressive: transparent displays. As their name implies, these are window-like screens that you can see through, but offering vibrant splashes of color, images, and video like a standard television. While the…
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New LG TVs Will Now Come With Chromecast Built In
LG and Google are cozying up even more. Starting this year, all LG televisions will come with Chromecast built in, Erik Kay, vice president of multi-device experiences at CES, announced on stage at LG’s CES 2024 press conference on Monday. With Chromecast built in, you can start a video on your phone and automatically cast…