The Project Entangle EX-β
A couple months ago we were thrilled to assemble an Entangle platform that actually looked and felt more like a set-top box. The Entangle EX-α is a Raspberry Pi 4 mated to an HDHomerun Flex 4k. Unfortunately stock FFmpeg doesn’t enable hardware-accelerated HEVC decode, which is needed to watch ATSC 3.0 broadcasts. And while patches …
Send In The Clones! Cloning the Silver Sensor
For many years one of our favorite antennas, and our go-to antenna for on-the-road OTA, was the venerable Silver Sensor. It’s on the compact side and has an interesting reception pattern – it’s somewhat directional and rejects signals from the back, but has a rather wide reception from the front. We had one since the …
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The Project Entangle EX
Project Entangle – our platform for exploring ways of obtaining and consuming media – was developed on PCs and up until now Entangle platforms have largely been laptops or NUCs. They make great development environments and have a plethora of tools often missing from embedded platforms. But even “thin and light” laptops are big …
Roku Channel Adds Eight NBCUniversal Local Stations In A First For The Streaming Platform
Roku has teamed with NBCUniversal to offer eight local NBC stations as free offerings on its popular Roku Channel. It is the first time local stations will be on the Roku Channel, which the company says has reach to households with 80 million people.
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Connected TV is the New TV, and That’s Where We Are
More signs that TV viewers are evolving into connected TV viewing households: 87% of US homes have at least one CTV device — up from 80% in 2020 and 38% in 2012, according to a new report from Leichtman Research Group. Connected TV means content is streamed via the internet.
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NBCUniversal's 9 New Ad Formats for 2022 Upfront Give Glimpse of TV's Future
Ahead of upfront event, the company embraces the metaverse, immersion and Retro Ads.
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BitPath To Use ATSC 3.0 To Launch New Navigation Services
BitPath, owned by TV station owners including Nexstar and Sinclair, said it will launch its ATSC 3.0 broadcast data network this year and that its first product will provide position, navigation and timing services.
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Pearl TV, MediaTek Unveil FastTrack To NextGen TV Program For CE Manufacturers
WASHINGTON D.C.—Pearl TV and MediaTek have launched the FastTrack to NextGen TV program designed to accelerate and streamline consumer electronics makers’ adoption of NextGen TV technology for smart TV and related devices at volume.
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