“Panasonic has announced that the new Miracast-enabled media streamers it unveiled at CES 2013 are now available, expanding the company’s lineup of screen-sharing set top boxes. Miracast, a video streaming standard rivaling Apple’s AirPlay ecosystem, gained momentum at CES this year with several manufacturers, including Panasonic and Sony, showing off Miracast-enabled equipment — but Miracast has remained nascent without widespread support in consumer devices.”
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“Toshiba isn’t the first name you’d associate with exciting products, but recently we were invited to check out its 2013 selection of AV gear in the hope we’d be dazzled by pixel counts and the IQ of its revamped smart TV platform. We revisited a few products we had flings with at CES, were introduced to some new panels, and taken through the ins-and-outs of the company’s fresh Cloud TV interface. Was there anything to get excited about? Head past the break for the full tour.”
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“While we saw a few Google TV developments at CES 2013, news of the platform has been fairly quiet. But that could change at this year’s Google I/O. Last week, the Google TV Developers account told Google+ followers to ‘Stay tuned for #GoogleTV news at I/O.’”
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LG’s first TVs running webOS will launch in early 2014, possibly at CES. That’s the word from our sources, and loosely confirmed by LG VP of communications John Taylor, who said webOS is in “fast…
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Michael Berliner on why all media professionals should be keeping a close eye on smart TVs in 2013 (RT @s_easterbrook: Yours truly commenting @guardian on #connectedTV in light of #2013CES http://t.co/yWBAKBFV...
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Philips uWand motion-sensing STB remote hands-on (video)
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Philips brought its uWand motion-sensing set-top-box back to CES this year, and as we hadn’t shown you the unit in action, we’d take a look and see what it promises.
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“We then shift topics to discuss Aereo, which earlier this week announced a new $38 million financing and plans to expand to 22 metro areas in 2013. As I wrote, I think that as Aereo’s awareness increases this year, it’s going to challenge pay-TV because it effectively eliminates the broadcast TV reception element of pay-TV’s value proposition.”
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Earlier this week at CES, Dish Chief Executive Officer Joe Clayton unveiled the satellite TV provider’s newest product, the Hopper with Sling, and tech
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“Market experts disagree, saying manufacturers’ moves to co-opt mobile device activity are out of sync with consumer behavior. Many add little value, they say, and will prove an ill-fated attempt to redirect attention back to the ‘first screen.’”
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