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Survey: Companies Poised to Go All-In on Digital Transformation in 2019 (DXC Technology Blog)

Digital transformation weaves information and automation into the fabric of every interaction an organization has with customers, partners, employees and processes. This requires n... More

Adobe: U.S. Holiday Shoppers Spend Record $126B Online (Reuters)

U.S. shoppers spent a record $126 billion on online shopping during the 2018 holiday season, taking advantage of early discounts on Amazon.com and other websites and with more peop... More

Study: Premium Non-Skippable Video Can Offer Brands Stronger Messaging Opportunities (The Drum)

Digital video is a strong driver of brand awareness but must be tailored to its environment for greater effectiveness. This is according to a new study, which evaluated the perform... More

Report: Amazon Developing a Subscription Video Game Streaming Service (WaPo)

Amazon is planning to use its massive cloud computing service to jump into the streaming market for video game play, according to a new report from the Information. The service, wh... More

CES 2019: Sharp Goes Big on 8K (MESA)

LAS VEGAS — To close out the 2019 CES, Sharp showcased an 8K monitor, one compatible with both 4K broadcasts and 8K transmissions, first launched in Japan in December. (more&hell... More

CES 2019: Twitter to Help Publishers Analyze Content (B&T)

Announced at the CES tech conference in Las Vegas, Twitter VP of product Keith Coleman said while it is still an “early concept”, the tool will enable publishers to get a bette... More

Hulu Will Start Offering ‘Attribution’ Measures for Advertisers (Variety)

TV networks aren’t the only media outlets trying to get in on new technologies that help advertisers determine if their commercials did more than make someone sing a funny jingle... More

CES 2019: AI, 5G Dominates the Discussion (MESA)

Technology innovation across every major and emerging industry has been unveiled this week at CES 2019, including the latest in AI, 5G, entertainment, sports, automotive, resilienc... More

One Fee for Netflix, Amazon and Hulu? Digital TV Re-Bundling Gains Momentum (THR)

Observers increasingly believe it is inevitable that the era of bundled streamers is near as households tire of paying an average $107 a month for cable.... More

After 5 Years, Sony’s PS4 is Still Killing It (Tech Crunch)

After a successful holiday season, Sony’s PlayStation 4 is nearing some pretty wild milestones. The company announced Monday that they had sold over 5.6 million PS4 units over th... More

Home Entertainment Faces Further Disruption (Twice)

Last year was yet another fascinating period in the development and distribution of video and TV content, which has paved the way for further dynamism, disruption and potential opp... More

Home Entertainment Spending in U.S. Hit Record $23.3B in 2018 (Variety)

U.S. consumer spending on home entertainment hit a new record in 2018, buoyed by subscription streaming as well as transactional video-on-demand (TVOD), DEG: The Digital Entertainm... More

Hulu Tops 25 Million Subscribers (Variety)

Hulu is keeping its pedal to metal in the streaming TV race: The company said it ended 2018 with more than 25 million total subscribers, a net gain of 8 million for the year. The 4... More

CES 2019: LG’s Roll-Up TV is Going on Sale This Year (The Verge)

It’s been a year since we saw LG Display’s 65-inch rollable TV prototype at CES, and now LG Electronics is bringing it to market as the company’s flagship 4K OLED TV for 2019... More

Western Digital Plans First 16GB MAMR HDDs in 2019 (Extreme Tech)

The first 16TB drives will use eight platters, with 18TB drives also forecast to arrive this year. Western Digital intends to adopt multi-actuator technology as well. Using multipl... More

CES 2019: Your TV Wants to Control Your Home (Twice)

Get ready for TVs to start pulling their weight around the house this year. Next week at CES 2019 we should expect to see a growing number of manufacturers introducing smart-home c... More

Apple’s App Store Sets Holiday, New Year’s Day Sales Records (Billboard)

Apple's App Store had a particularly merry holiday season, setting new sales records to cap an already record-breaking year. The tech giant announced on Thursday (Jan. 3) user spen... More

CES 2019: 8 Things to Expect From CES, Consumer Tech’s Big Shindig (Wired)

Not everything we see at CES will have a huge impact. Not everything we see will even ship. Quite the opposite: There’s a good chance that many of the wares debuted next week in ... More

CES 2019: Technicolor Returns to Share its Latest Innovations (MESA)

As the start of CES 2019 draws near, Technicolor experts and executives will be on hand to demo and discuss leading-edge developments on a range of connected home technologies, inc... More

Sales of Physical Music Media in UK Slump as Consumers Move to Streaming Services (Forbes)

Sales of CDs in the UK in 2018 amounted to 32 million units, that’s some 100 million fewer discs that were selling just 10 years ago in 2008, and a drop of 9.6 million year-on-ye... More

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