Streaming

Netflix has finally given attention to optimizing its audio streaming technology in the same way its adaptive video system can seamlessly recalibrate video bitrates while a stream is underway. The company claims its audio streams are now perceptually indistinguishable from studio quality sound.

​How did one of the most anticipated television events of the year turn into an incoherent anti-climax for viewers? What went wrong with the latest Game of Thrones episode? Did the creators of the show make a grave technical error or is this an illustration of the limits to streaming technology?

​Over the next 12 months several major players will enter the streaming game, challenging Netflix's supremacy and massively complicating the world of film and television. Disney, Warners, Apple, and Facebook are just the tip of the iceberg in the oncoming streaming wars.

After rumors that Google was planning a streaming service for video games, the company has now confirmed it. Dubbed Project Stream, the system is due for its first public test this week, with lucky participants getting to have a crack at Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey right from a browser tab.

Setting up a living room hi-fi system generally involves getting to grips with cables, lots of cables. But the audio landscape has changed in recent years. Yamaha has introduced a new turntable that's designed to bridge the gap between analog and digital music formats.

Amazon has announced the latest in its line of Alexa-enabled streaming devices, the Fire TV Cube, which lets you bark voice commands at the TV and other devices from across the room, and access other Alexa mainstays like weather and sports updates.

As Spotify reveals constant revenue losses we ask , is subscription-based music streaming a viable business model and how long can these giant companies operate if they are constantly hemorrhaging money?

As Netflix steps into the blockbuster movie territory and MoviePass brings new disruptions to an old model, we witness a transformative moment for the movie business. What can theaters do to rekindle their dwindling audiences? Is the answer in the same technology that is threatening its existence?​

The iPhone X was the main draw in Apple’s press conference today, but the tech giant is refreshing some of its other devices too. Among those is the first hardware upgrade to the Apple TV in two years, improving the visuals of the little streaming box with 4K resolution and High Dynamic Range (HDR).

With Apple, Facebook and Disney set to enter the world of streaming a big question for audiences is arising: How many monthly subscriptions can you handle and how much more fragmented can this streaming world get before things sour?

There’s a generation that’s used to having content on demand and on the go. In an effort to squeeze live TV into that model, Google has announced YouTube TV, a cable-like subscription service that will let viewers watch live TV on a range of devices, or save episodes to the cloud to watch later.

AT&T plans to give cord cutters the gift they've been waiting for just in time for the holiday season. The service provider plans to launch a new streaming service called DirecTV Now in the United States by the end of November.