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Cogeco’s Breezeline Creates Eastern Md. Storm | Radio & Television Business Report
Canadian broadcasting company Cogeco maintains a presence in the U.S. through the MVPD Breezeline, formerly Atlantic Broadband. It’s a cable TV services provider that Draper Media is none too pleased with. Why? Breezeline dropped Draper’s CBS affiliate from the local channel lineup in a host of Eastern Maryland cities. And, it’s setting the record straight that the decision was not…
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Want to feel inferior? Stand in front of a 115-inch television
A picture doesn’t do it justice — standing in front of the 115-inch TCL QM89 is an overwhelming experience. Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends Las Vegas and CES 2024 have no shortage of ways to overwhelm you. To make you feel small. The buildings manage to do that just fine — and that’s before you…
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CES2024: 100+ NextGen TV Productions Will Be Available to Consumers in 2024
LAS VEGAS—In the run-up to the start of CES2024, the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has announced that another prominent television manufacturer is joining the NextGen TV bandwagon, with TCL planning new TV models equipped with integrated NextGen TV capability. The group also reported that more than 100 NextGen TV products will be available…
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Transparent Television Screens
Samsung’s recent First Look event at CES 2024 unveiled a groundbreaking innovation – the world’s first transparent MicroLED display. The company showcased three distinct models, featuring variations in design, including tinted glass options for enhanced visibility. The transparent micro LED displays, measuring a mere centimeter in thickness, create a mesmerizing effect, making content appear like…
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Golden Globes Has the ‘Beef’! Netflix Show Sweeps the Night After Being Named Best Limited Series
At the 2024 Golden Globes, the competition for best limited or anthology series has come to a conclusion — and Beef took home the glory, sweeping for the evening! Beef, which starts with an entertaining road-rage incident between Steven Yeun and Ali Wong’s characters, becomes something far more as it progresses. In the event’s aftermath,…
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‘The Bear’ Star Thanks Restaurant Workers After Golden Globe Win
The biggest news about The Bear isn’t Jeremy Allen White’s underwear ads for Calvin Klein. On Sunday, January 7, the FX show’s stars celebrated after winning three Golden Globes including for best television series — musical or comedy. For Chicago’s restaurant industry, everyday stresses — dealing with COVID, rising prices, and a volatile market, for…
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OTA Smart TV Data To Boost Inscape Insights | Radio & Television Business Report
If you own a VIZIO television and you’ve opted-in to allow your smart TV’s usage statistics to be given to a provider of “currency-grade” Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) data, your viewership of local TV stations will now be included in the information provided to marketers and advertisers. The rollout of the smart TV tuner technology…
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NFL Playoffs schedule: Television channels, how to watch, stream Wild Card games this week
The NFL Playoffs begin this weekend with Wild Card Weekend. Twelve of the 14 NFL playoff teams are in action with the No. 1 NFC seeded San Francisco 49ers and the No. 1 AFC seeded Baltimore Ravens on byes. There are two games on Saturday, three games on Sunday and one game on Monday night.…
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LG shows off transparent television
LG showed off its transparent OLED TV in Vegas over the weekend in anticipation of this week’s Consumer Electronics Show there. Below, CNET’s David Katzmaier plays around with it. Prototypes have been around for a few years, but the 77″ model will “soon” be turning up at Best Buys. The future is here! As one…
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Jodie Foster Admits Television & Her Lesbian Relationships Had Negative Effects On Her Sons Learning “To Be Male”
Actress Jodie Foster, known for her role as Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs and who stars in the upcoming fourth season of HBO’s True Detective series, recently shared that television and her disordered relationships had negative effects on her sons. Finn Bennet and Jodie Foster in True Detective: Night Country (2024), HBO…