Chris Carter, the creator of The X-Files, has been busy producing a new show called The After for Amazon Studios. The first trailer has landed—but it doesn’t really reveal a huge amount about what we can all expect.
Aereo, which recently announced upcoming service to the Cincinnati metro region, has sold out in New York, the company confirmed on Twitter today. Word first surfaced when one individual decided … Continue reading
In 1934 the president of Northwestern University, Walter Dill Scott, predicted that technology would radically change the college experience.
Two LA TV stations will simultaneously share a single channel for broadcasts, as a pilot program to demonstrate not only that the technology works with no downside for viewers, but … Continue reading
Just when you thought that 4K TVs are going to be the next big thing, technologically advanced Japan throws another spanner in the works with word that NHK is starting to test broadcasts of Super Hi-Vision, which is the 8K standard. In comparison, 8K standard would make 4K resemble that of a VHS tape that is played back on a fat and chunky CRT TV from the previous century, or at least something of the equivalent. NHK sent an uncompressed Super Hi-Vision signal approximately 17 miles over the air to a receiver, all the while taking up just a single UHF TV channel.
NHK In Japan Tests 8K Video Broadcast original content from Ubergizmo.
Samsung saw a slight dip in operating profit in Q4 2013, down to 8.3 trillion won ($7.73bn), despite tablet demand increasing “substantially”. The South Korean company blamed a quarter-on-quarter dip … Continue reading
Netflix is gearing up to overhaul it pricing structure. According to a shareholder letter and interviews with Gigaom, the streaming site will introduce a new three-tiered system for its customers.