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Cobalt Digital's Jesse Foster Discusses HDR's 2018 Outlook and Development Plans With Technicolor

2018 is shaping up to be a big year for high dynamic range (HDR), and to be ready, Cobalt Digital is working with Technicolor to upgrade and develop new products that give the broadcast television industry what they need to create and deliver HDR content and entertainment, says Jesse Foster, director of products and business development at Cobalt Digital, in a podcast interview for journalists.

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Smart TV and Streaming Device Manufacturers Look to Collaborate: Frost & Sullivan

Growing preference for over-the-top (OTT) content is catalyzing demand for streaming media devices and smart TVs, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. The market, which slowed down during 2014-15 fiscal, is now ready to match consumer expectations by offering seamless accessibility to on-demand content through a new generation of competitively priced streaming devices.

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Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 2.4 Percent in Q1 2017, Gartner Says

The PC industry experienced modest growth in the business PC market, but this was offset by declining consumer demand, according to a new report from Gartner. In the U.S., PC shipments totaled 12.3 million units in the first quarter of 2017, a 2.4 percent decline from the first quarter of 2016.

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Video Monitoring is Key to Security System Success, Strategy Analytics Says

Support for video-verified alarms is growing among security companies, insurers, and law enforcement organizations, according to research firm Strategy Analytics.  “Smart Home: Disrupting the Security Industry” contends that the appeal of video monitoring is twofold: video-verified alarm systems allow viewers to observe crimes in progress and provide meaningful evidence from a crime event. 

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CIOs in China Are Preparing for a Digital Ecosystem Surge, Gartner Finds

CIOs in China are investing their fast-growing IT budgets in digitalization, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner's annual global survey of CIOs found that the great success of digital-born companies in China, such as Alibaba and Tencent, is encouraging more Chinese enterprises to build or participate in digital ecosystems.

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Nearly Six in 10 U.S. Pay TV Subscribers Push Back When Ads Use Personal Data: Parks Associates

In the wake of new efforts by the FCC and U.S. Senate to deregulate the marketplace by rolling back the Obama administration’s Internet privacy protections, new research from Parks Associates finds 59 percent of U.S. pay-TV broadband households are bothered by the fact that advertisers use their personal viewing data to push personalized ads to them.  

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Social Media is Now Used to Discover New Content, Get News and Resolve Customer Service Issues, Deloitte Survey Finds

American consumers' status as a binge-watching, streaming, multi-tasking nation enters 2017 with strong momentum according to Deloitte's 11th "Digital Democracy Survey." With 84 percent of Americans on social networks – social media has evolved well beyond "socializing" and is being used to discover new content, get news and resolve customer service issues.

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