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It’s not as if Toshiba’s TV division has been totally silent recently, but it apparently hasn’t been making enough noise to justify the continued employment of its full, 6,000-strong workforce. Although it’s not quite ready to give up, the Japanese manufacturer is scaling back its TV operation heavily: losing half of its staff globally and closing two of its three TV factories in favor of more outsourced production. The cuts are intended help Toshiba meet its target of $101 million in cost savings and the company hopes its TV division will return to profitability this year — but as you’d expect, at a much smaller scale than it once had.

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Source: Reuters

LG has introduced two new Ultra HD televisions for the U.S. market, the LA9650 55-inch and 65-inch TVs. The announcement is in conjunction with the 2013 Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association Expo, CEDIA, and follows shortly after the company unveiled its new pair of 29-inch UltraWide monitors. Both of these new Ultra HD televisions […]

If you picked up Chromecast earlier this summer, there’s a good chance you’ve been exploring Google’s digital content library. Now the company is trying to make it a little easier for you, updating its Google Play Movies & TV app to present television content in a more straightforward, linear manner. Gone is the app’s episode-focused browsing experience, for instance, replaced by a more organized list of television programs that filter into sequential lists of episodes. Each show’s card is smaller too, allowing more to fit on a single screen. Diving into a program’s folder shows not only the purchased episodes, but now also prompts the user to buy the next episode in the series. Content that has been pinned for download can be accessed more quickly as well, and can be filtered through a new On Device menu for offline viewing.

The changelog also notes that the update brings “several bug fixes,” which seems to have disabled screenshots on some devices (according to Android Police.) Holding power + volume down still managed to snap an image on our HTC One, however. A mild disappointment, to be sure, but it’s hard to argue with a cleaner, more efficient interface. Snag the update for yourself at the Google Play link below.

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Via: Android Police

Source: Google Play

Since its release earlier in the year, the Roku 3 has been the little black streaming box to beat. Now the company has updated the rest of its streaming lineup with UI and design cues from its flagship streamer.

Despite a few legal entanglements along the way, Aereo continues to spread its cloud-based TV streaming service across the country. The lucky municipals this time around are Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, Indianapolis, Indiana, and San Antonio, Texas. As with Aereo’s other launches, those interested can pre-register at the company’s website to gain priority access when it goes live. The first month is free, but you’ll be on the hook for subscription payments after that; membership starts at $8 a month for 20 hours of DVR storage and goes up to $12 for 60. Most importantly, there’s no word yet on when, exactly, the service will launch in these locales. But judging by how fast it’s spreading, Aereo just might meet its goal of adding 22 more cities by the end of the year.

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Source: Aereo