Audio Video News

As sales of 4K Ultra HD (UHD) TVs begin to take off and 4K content slowly becomes available, Japan’s NHK is forging ahead with 8K TV, which delivers four times more pixels than UHD or 16 times that of standard HD.

Hisense USA, a division of China-based Hisense Company, Ltd, the number three TV manufacturer globally according to 2015 IHS data, has restated its aggressive plan to become a top-three TV maker in the U.S. in the next five years.

The opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games is Friday at 8 p.m. ET but NBC’s coverage of the games actually gets underway today with live coverage of women’s soccer, including U.S. vs. New Zealand at 6 p.m. ET.

NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app will live stream 4,500 hours—including all Olympic Games competition—for authenticated pay TV subscribers via TV Everywhere to desktops, mobile devices, and tablets, plus connected TVs for the first time...

A recent wave of cable-company consolidations is inexorably bringing the market under the dominion of ever fewer players. The latest mega-deal is the absorption of Time Warner Cable into Charter Communications in a $65.5 billion deal, which followed lengthy review by the FCC.

THX has partnered with Home Acoustics Alliance (HAA) to create a new high-level home theater training intended to enhance the THX Certified Professional Training Program.

Puro Sound Labs has added a headphone and in-ear monitor to its “Audio Protection” (AP) line of headphones designed to combat hearing loss.