All Smart Home articles
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VideoHiSilicon SmartHome, know you and know more
IBC Showcase: As a long-term partner of pay-TV operators, HiSilicon provides chips with media capabilities, visual capabilities, and complete connection capabilities represented by 8K+AI to meet customers’ diversified application requirements in smart home scenarios.
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VideoShenzhen Shiningworth Technology MXQ-Cube TV Box
IBC Showcase: MXQ Cube TV Box S11X is a hybrid OTT TV Box with voice control from Shenzhen Shiningworth Technology.
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NewsBBC begins beta testing on voice assistant Beeb
The BBC has moved to beta testing for its new voice assistant, Beeb, with a new male voice aimed at distinguishing it from rivals such as Amazon’s Alexa.
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VideoTech Expert: Inside VR
Video: In this week’s Tech Expert, BAFTA Immersive Advisory Group chair Sol Rogers looks at virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and beyond.
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Industry TrendsGiving a voice to TV
The trend is towards support for both built-in and third-party voice assistants as manufacturers work to accommodate more flexible living patterns, writes David Davies
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VideoTech Expert: Inside IoT
Video: In this week’s Tech Expert, Liam Friel explains the technology behind the internet of things and its impact on media and entertainment.
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NewsSky inks multi-year deal for Disney+
Comcast backed pay-TV operator Sky announced today a multi-year deal securing Disney+ for its UK and Ireland customers available on Sky Q with Now TV.
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NewsStreaming surges in Australia with 6m terabytes of data consumed
Some 71% of Australian households paid for at least one streaming service in 2019 according to the latest study from the ACMA.
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Industry TrendsISE 2020: Communication technology rampant
XR, Esports, smart buildings, and the evolution of screens are some of the core topics being discussed at this week’s ISE conference. Adrian Pennington investigates the AV Tech show.
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Industry TrendsSpeaker smarts: Conversational AI and content delivery
Smart speakers and their AI controllers are revolutionising how we consume music and spoken word, but are broadcasters and platforms fully exploiting their capabilities for other content, such as video? And how can we trust what the AI offers us?
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NewsIBC extends deadline for Technical Paper submissions
IBC has extended the deadline for submissions for Technical Papers for IBC2020 to 10 February 2020.
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Thought LeadershipCES 2020: Goldmines or Gimmicks?
Futurist Amelia Kallman reports from CES 2020 on the good, the bad, and the strange.
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Industry TrendsCES 2020: Evolution, expectation and innovation
Amelia Kallman reports from CES 2020 on the biggest trends and tech impacting the future of broadcasting.
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Industry TrendsThe higher-resolution revolution will be televised
A flurry of 8K TV launches at CES confirmed that resolution continues to exert a profound effect on new product development. But with rotating sets and several other notable concept TVs, it’s hardly the only manifestation of the sector’s current creativity.
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Industry TrendsRealising the potential of voice control
Delivering solutions that can work effectively across the entire ecosystem of home technologies is going to become even more critical as the voice market evolves.
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NewsApple, Google & Amazon “Chip” away at smart home standard
Amazon, Apple, Google and the Zigbee Alliance have partnered to develop an open standard for connecting smart home devices.
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Industry TrendsTop 10: Consume
As the year draws to a close, we take a look at some of the most popular news and industry trend articles in our Consume category.
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NewsCommanding the future with next-generation voice control
Optimising voice control for a seamless and authentic user experience whilst driving new TV revenues is explored in the latest IBC365 webinar, with experts from Liberty Global, BBC and Nuance.
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Industry TrendsThe internet of things: The start of a slow revolution
Broadcasters and other content creators will have much more consumer data to draw on as a result of the internet of things. But how to negotiate the new security challenges and avoid the danger of ‘digital fatigue’?
