APPLE TV 4K FREE WITH DIRECTV NOW Over the holiday season, DirecTV offered a sweet deal for new customers. Those who paid in advance for four months of its DirecTV Now internet video streaming service would get a free Apple…Continue Reading →
Privacy Policies: Could A I Read Them For You? If you’re like most of us, you lie routinely. You lie when you open a social media account, enable an app, or activate a cloud storage function. The lie is in…Continue Reading →
Puerto Rico Gets Sling TV Sling TV is forever seeking to conquer new frontiers. Not content with its leading U.S. position in multichannel video streaming, it is now extending its reach to Puerto Rico. In the island commonwealth, the streaming…Continue Reading →
8K Displays Coming Soon You’ve had High Definition (HD) TV. It was once revolutionary, and now is commonplace. HD gave way to 4K or Ultra HD TV, with four times the resolution of standard HD- which is why it’s called…Continue Reading →
2018: What Will Be New in TV Displays? The last ten years have seen dramatic innovation in TV screens. We don’t expect the pace of technical improvement to slow down anytime soon- in fact it’s likely to accelerate for a…Continue Reading →
Curiositystream Carried by Sling TV Sling TV has never been hesitant to forge deals to broaden its appeal. Now it has signed a distribution contract with Curiositystream, and will offer the documentary channel as a premium for $6.00 per month….Continue Reading →
Technology: Is It Overrated? Is technology overrated? I don’t mean to imply that it’s unnecessary. I certainly wouldn’t deny that it’s been highly valuable. I just suspect that we rely on it more than we should. We often assume that…Continue Reading →
FCC Approves New Broadcast TV Standards On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission endorsed next generation TV broadcast specs. By a 3-2 vote, the FCC agreed to support ATSC 3.0, which some supporters say will enable radical innovation in video entertainment….Continue Reading →
JOINT AT&T-VERIZON CELL TOWERS It’s not often that fierce competitors in the communications industry will work together. This morning marked a rare exception, with AT&T and Verizon announcing a joint project to build cell towers all over the U.S. Tillman…Continue Reading →
DISH JOEY FEATURES ALEXA VOICE CONTROL Dish Network has long been known to lead the TV industry in technical innovation. It has been shoring up this reputation lately with improvements to its Hopper-Joey system. One of the most important is…Continue Reading →