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SV Staff  |  Mar 22, 2018  | 
If those blaring SUV ads are challenging your attention span or DVR trigger finger, here’s some good news: NBC recently announced plans to trim advertising time by 10 percent and reduce the number of breaks by 20 percent, starting with the coming fall season.
SV Staff  |  Mar 22, 2018  | 
Pioneer has expanded its 2018 Elite receiver lineup with a 7.2-channel base model that lists for $499.
SV Staff  |  Mar 21, 2018  | 
Audeze has launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to introduce a new set of planar-magnetic headphones built around 3D audio technology developed by Israel’s Waves Audio.
SV Staff  |  Mar 21, 2018  | 
3D is dead as a doornail in major-brand TV lines but Samsung appears to think it has a future in theaters. It has created a 3D version of its 34-foot Cinema LED theater screen.
SV Staff  |  Mar 20, 2018  | 
New research from Dallas-based Parks Associates finds that as live TV viewing continues to decline among U.S. broadband households, nearly 60 percent of the video viewed on a household’s main TV is on-demand content as opposed to traditional “linear” programming scheduled by broadcasters.
SV Staff  |  Mar 20, 2018  | 
London-based MQA Ltd. launched a live streaming version of its MQA audio encoding technology at simultaneous events held yesterday in London and Austin, Texas.
SV Staff  |  Mar 19, 2018  | 
If you missed Star Wars: The last Jedi in theaters you can now stream it in Dolby Vision 4K on Vudu or on Movies Anywhere — or you can wait until the 4K/Ultra HD Blu-ray hits next Tuesday (March 27).
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 19, 2018  | 
2017 was not a banner year for TV sales, despite growth for 4K (Ultra HD) TV and even 8K TV.
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 19, 2018  | 
The First 8K channel will be launched by NHK, the Japanese broadcast authority, later this year. How much programming will support it remains to be seen...

Samsung may return to OLED manufacturing, say anonymous sources quoted by a Korean-language news site. But this time it would combine the brightness of Samsung’s quantum dot with the black levels of OLED...

SV Staff  |  Mar 16, 2018  | 
Bose is getting into augmented reality (AR) — with a twist: Its new AR platform will specialize in delivering audio.
SV Staff  |  Mar 16, 2018  | 
Onkyo has expanded its 2018 AV receiver lineup with a 7.2-channel model that costs only $400.
SV Staff  |  Mar 16, 2018  | 
Chart courtesy of Parks Associates.

New research from Dallas-based Parks Associates shows that a growing number of American are using good old-fashioned TV antennas to pull in pristine digital broadcasts over the air.

Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 15, 2018  | 
The State of Washington has become the first state to pass its own full-fledged net neutrality law, grabbing the regulatory reins from the FCC, which had axed its own net neutrality rules a few months ago.
SV Staff  |  Mar 14, 2018  | 
McIntosh has announced that it will revive its legendary “McIntosh Clinic” at the LA Audio Show in Irvine, CA, June 8-10.
SV Staff  |  Mar 14, 2018  | 
The unique Xperia Touch mini projector Sony introduced to the U.S. market last fall is getting an upgrade.

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