Netflix, Amazon are aiming their fire at Set TV, a pirate TV service that hijacked their content as part of a scheme wrapped up to look like a legitimate TV service. The companies are seeking damages totaling more than $7.6 million – as well as a permanent injunction against Set Broadcast. Set TV has been seen…
Roku and Amazon Fire TV are not services. This is not the first time we have mentioned this, but I guess it’s our soapbox. I used to see people ask what was the better choice between Roku and Netflix. This was very early in the streaming days when Roku’s were just something found at niche…
The fastest growing demographic in the US is not angry commenters and Twitter warriors. It’s Hispanics. And as TV services position to be a landing place for the audience Pluto TV announced the launch of Pluto TV Latino. The new programming options represent a new, dedicated category debuting on the platform featuring a suite of…
In an effort to further increase the capability of video streaming needed to allow the sector to build, technology company Xilinx has acquired NGCodec. NGCodec offers a powerful, differentiated video encoding technology that – when paired with a Xilinx acceleration platform – delivers greater visual quality at lower bandwidth requirements than any other solution in…
Sling TV, the Internet-based cable alternative from Dish, will be changing it pricing structure to allow customers to add a more substantial upgrade to the intro packages that will bring its offering in line with some of the larger bundles in the streaming market. The new package is called Total TV. It allows Sling TV…
