Devices
Consumers Aren’t Using the ‘Smart’ Part of Smart TVs (Rapid TV News)
Even though ownership of new connected devices is high, many who own them don’t use most of their core capabilities.... More
Home Audio Shipments Grow Globally by 20% (TWICE)
Home audio equipment shipments continue to climb, growing globally by nearly 20 percent year-on-year in Q4 2018, according to a new report. Futuresource said home audio shipments r... More
Adobe Survey Finds Pockets of Opportunity for Consumer Electronics Advertisers (Adobe Blog)
With consumer electronics brands forecasted to eclipse $10.1 billion in digital ad spend this year and Samsung recently surpassing Proctor & Gamble as the largest U.S. advertiser, ... More
How Video Games are Pushing the Boundaries of IP Law (Raconteur)
Video games are a fast-moving medium, so much so that they’re outpacing some aspects of copyright law.... More
With New Freemium Service, Amazon Looks Beyond Prime Users to Pull in Fresh Listeners (Billboard)
Launched April 18 for customers who own Amazon's Echo devices and certain other Alexa-powered speakers, Amazon's new free service is limited to certain playlists and artist radio s... More
Analyst: Apple Will Release a 5G iPhone in 2020 (CNBC)
Apple could release iPhones in 2020 equipped with 5G modems, according to research notes from TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The modems could be provided by both... More
Facebook Admits It’s Working on AI Voice Assistant (Forbes)
Facebook has confirmed that it is working on an artificial intelligence voice assistant that could work on its Portal video calling device, and the Oculus headsets. Facebook is pla... More
Microsoft Launches $250 Xbox With No Disc Drive (CNBC)
Microsoft on Tuesday introduced its first gaming console without a disc drive, meaning that gamers will have to download games instead of loading them on a disc in the traditional ... More
The Power of Audio (Forbes)
Similar to digital media and now television, radio is developing its own data-driven solutions to meet the needs of advertisers. Podcasting has become among the fastest growing ad ... More
FCC Warns of Rise in Noncompliant Streaming Set-Tops (Twice)
The FCC's Enforcement Bureau has noted a rise in the marketing of set-tops with internet streaming capability that do not comply with FCC equipment marketing rules, and has issued ... More
HDR is Driving the Digital Transformation in Media, Entertainment, Beyond (Technicolor Blog)
As the future of our entertainment delivery systems, we need to support an open ecosystem today, where there’s an open HDR workflow from start to finish and everybody can collabo... More
Adobe’s Project Gemini Could be Your Next Go-To Drawing App (The Verge)
Adobe first teased Project Gemini, its “next-generation drawing and painting app” last October, along with a preview of its Photoshop for the iPad app. A beta version of the ap... More
Amazon Making a Rival to Apple’s AirPods as Its First Alexa Wearable (Bloomberg)
Amazon.com is trying a new way to take its Alexa digital assistant mobile: wireless earbuds that mirror Apple Inc.’s popular AirPods. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant is readyi... More
NAB 2019: GrayMeta’s Iris Media Solutions Now Available on the BeBop Cloud Platform (MESA)
GrayMeta and BeBop Technology announced GrayMeta’s Iris Media Solutions are now available on the BeBop cloud platform. “In teaming up with BeBop, we provide greater value to sm... More
Redbox Using TiVo to Provide Personalization (B&C)
Redbox is using technology from TiVo to help people who want to rent movies find something they want to watch with improved search and recommendations. Redbox is counting on TiVo�... More
Research: 100M People Will Shop With AR by 2020 (CNET)
By next year, 100 million consumers will shop using AR either online and in stores, market researcher Gartner predicted Monday. As part of that shift, 46 percent of retailers plan ... More
One in Five Consumers Uses Voice to Interact With Their TVs (Variety)
More than 20% of all consumers interact with their TVs or streaming devices via voice commands, according to a new survey from IHS Markit. An additional 30% aren’t currently usin... More
Google Searches for a Home in Live Gaming (Forbes)
Imagine the possibilities when computing might is no longer tied to the device on your desktop or in your pocket. That’s the promise when the data center is the platform. Google ... More
Parks: Homes Now Have Ten-Plus Connected Devices (Twice)
While voice control may receive much of the smart-home spotlight, products will also increasingly rely on video and data analytics, sound recognition and artificial intelligence to... More
Consumer Spending in Apps to Reach $156B Across iOS, Google Play by 2023 (TechCrunch)
Consumer spending in mobile apps across both Apple’s App Store and Google Play will grow by 120 percent to reach $156 billion worldwide by 2023, according to a new report out tod... More
