Industry Updates

4K Adoption Up by 104% 11 November 2016

The total US home entertainment spending was at $4.2 billion for the ’16 Q3, bringing year-to-date total to over $13 billion having 4K/Ultra HDs on the rise.  According to Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), the sales increased by 3.8% in the third quarter compared to … Continue reading

Smartphones to bring VR mainstream 11 November 2016

According to a Juniper Research study, there is a forecast for about 60 million smartphone VR headsets to be shipped in 2021. This is going to be an increase of around 240 % on an expected 16.8 million recorded from this year. However … Continue reading

Rooster Teeth on Apple TV and Xbox One 10 November 2016

Apple TV and Xbox One users are about to get a new Subscription-Video on Demand service by Rooster Teeth bringing in sci-fi, anime, video-game and geek-culture programming to the biggest screen in the house. Rooster Teeth which was acquired by … Continue reading

Amazon Prime Video to be India’s cheapest SVOD service 10 November 2016

Amazon Inc is set to take on it’s arch rival Netflix by providing the cheapest Subscription Video-on-Demand in India with Amazon Prime Video subscriptions offering introductory price of $7.50 compared to USA and UK subscription plans available for $8.99 a … Continue reading

AT&T to give free Apple TV or Fire TV 10 November 2016

AT&T to provide with free Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV for customers signing up for DirecTV Now video streaming service. According to AT&T customer support documents, any customer committing to sign-up for 3 months of paid AT&T and DirecTV services are … Continue reading