2014 CES: TVs That Read Your Mind, Almost

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 01.07.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young." ~ Willa Cather On this Day: In 1956, KGNS-TV (NBC/ABC), Ch. 8 in Laredo, Texas, began broadcasting. 2014 CES: TVs That Read Your Mind, Almost The inundation of announcements from CES commenced as the exhibit crates were being unpacked on the floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Here is a smattering from the Shameless Aggregation Division of TV Technology… LG Couples Netflix 4K Content With HEVC-enabled 4KTVs LG Electronics is making their 4KTVs smart and incorporating access to Netflix's 4K content, the company said today as CES begins in Las Vegas. T-Mobile Pays $2.4 Billion for Verizon Spectrum Analyst Marci Ryvicker said the deal represents an 81 percent price increase over the wireless spectrum T-Mobile purchased from U.S. Cellular last June, and a 16 percent increase over what Verizon paid for it in the 2008 700 MHz auction. News & Technology OTT: Toshiba Adds Samba TV's Interactive Platform FCC: Commission Upholds $24,000 Pirate Fine 4KTV: Panasonic Introduces New 4K Monitor CES 2014: Tech Industry Aims to Employ More Veterans PEOPLE: Gray's Jim Ocon Heads to Dallas Fox O&O Industry Roundup Polaroid Brand Returns to TV (Connect 2 Media & Entertainment) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Promo (YouTube) Cameras Shoot for Connectivity and Efficiency (B&C) YouTube goes 4K in Google's VP9 (GigaOm) Sub $1,000 4KTV From Polaroid (Advanced Television) TV Technology White Papers "Selecting Next-Generation Video Servers," from Rohde and Schwarz examines the rapid pace of technology development and the incorporation of information technology into broadcast and the broadcast operating environment. "Hybrid Software as a Service," from Signiant discusses how businesses of all sizes are capitalizing on new modes of computing and software delivery—including software as a service and hybrid SaaS—that let them achieve a new level of results with less technology investment. "Beyond CALM," from Linear Acoustic offers a comprehensive, beginning-to-end approach to measuring and controlling loudness. "Efficiency is the Key Factor When Choosing a High-Power Broadcast Transmitter," from Rohde and Schwarz discusses the pros and cons of energy-conserving transmitter technologies.   ©2014 NewBay Media, LLC

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