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ATSC 3.0 to be Deployed in 40 U.S. Markets by End of 2020. LAS VEGAS--A broad coalition of broadcast television station groups as well as public broadcasters announced at the NAB Show on Monday that ATSC 3.0 …

5G ‘not a viable replacement’ for broadcasting, says EBU. 5G networks are unlikely to provide meaningful coverage before 2030, meaning that 5G will not emerge as a viable replacement for terrestrial

NAB 2019 - The 4 Biggest Video Distribution Trends. With NAB just a few hours away from ending, we wanted to share our thoughts on the excitement of the last 3 days, and the 4 biggest trends in video …

Disney, AT&T;, Comcast will struggle to dethrone Netflix, claims report. Rethink TV, the TV research arm of UK-based Rethink Technology Research has released a sobering forecast of the video revenues for three of the

Royalty-Free Video Codec AV1 Keeps Gaining Ground. LAS VEGAS -- NAB 2019 -- Backers of AV1, a bit-efficient video codec that's emerging as a rival to HEVC, claim that the royalty-free offering has …

YouTube is planning its own interactive Choose Your Own Adventure-style content. It’s looking to compete with Netflix

YouTube is investing in new, interactive Choose Your Own Adventure-style series that will compete with programs like Netflix’s Black Mirror: Bandersnatchand You Vs. Wild.

The projects will exist under a new unit dedicated to interactive programming and live …

Google's hybrid cloud platform is coming to AWS and Azure. Google’s Cloud Services Platform for managing hybrid clouds that span on-premise data centers and the Google cloud, is coming out of beta today. The company is also changing the product’s name to Anthos, a name that either refers to a lost Greek tragedy, the name of an obscure god in the Marvel …

Music cheaper than ever, but environmental cost is soaring, say experts. Streaming services lower cost of listening to music but create ‘higher carbon emissions’

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Listening to music has never been cheaper, …

Will Consumers Benefit From the Streaming Wars? Netflix was the poster child of technological “disruption” when it first rolled out its video streaming app. For less than $10 a month, users could …