News

• GfK: 2011 ‘year of the smartphone’, but CE falls in revenue

  By Nermin Bajric | 13 March, 2012 09:54

  The telco sector has equalled consumer electronics in size

• Optus brings free-to-air TV to mobile

  By Spandas Lui | 19 July, 2011 10:43

  Optus has switched on its free-to-air TV service, Optus TV Now.

• Panasonic unveils 45sqm screen at the Sydney Football Stadium

  By Patrick Budmar | 20 June, 2011 16:23

  Panasonic’s new semi-permanent LED stadium screen has been successfully outfitted at the Sydney Football Stadium (SFS).

• NBN will provide greater media convergence: Samsung

  By Hafizah Osman | 02 May, 2011 10:45

  Samsung claims to have transitioned from producing ‘just a TV’ to creating an entertainment hub - and it says the NBN will further allow it to expand technology and content.

• Samsung gets a double win

  By ARN Staff | 01 April, 2011 12:38

  Korean electronics brand, Samsung, continued its impressive run in the Australian market, being named ‘best TV brand’ at the 2011 CHOICE awards.

• Comcast to debut social networking site for TV viewers

  By Joab Jackson | 25 May, 2010 06:00

  In about two weeks, US cable company Comcast will debut a beta of a social networking service that allows participants to let the world know what they are watching on TV and the Internet.

• Intel aims wireless display technology at handhelds

  By Agam Shah | 17 May, 2010 05:58

  Intel will bring its wireless display technology to mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, company executives said this week.

• Surround Vision hopes to change TV viewing experience

  By Nick Barber | 10 May, 2010 04:13

  Santiago Alfaro hopes to one day use the Surround Vision technology he created at the MIT Media Lab and work with famous director James Cameron to incorporate it into a film.

• Toshiba laptop debuts Intel's WiDi tech

  By John E. Dunn | 18 April, 2010 00:02

  The little-known but potentially important Intel Windows Display (WiDi) wireless technology has turned up in the latest Toshiba laptop, the Satellite A660.

• Ncomputing's chip brings Windows applications to TVs

  By Agam Shah | 22 March, 2010 07:06

  Ncomputing on Friday announced a chip that could turn devices like TVs or set-top boxes into virtual desktops through which users can run Windows applications or access the Internet.

• Samsung finding new ways to push 3D to users

  By Agam Shah | 10 March, 2010 08:00

  Samsung on Tuesday introduced new 3D home entertainment devices and said it is researching new 3D technologies while finding new ways to deliver 3D movies to TVs.

• Innocomm shows Android smartphone with analog TV

  By Dan Nystedt | 03 March, 2010 06:51

  Innocomm Technology, a young smartphone developer, plans to launch its first handset with Google's Android mobile operating system and an analog TV receiver in the middle of this year, a company representative said Tuesday.

• Toshiba announces 'Cell TV' HDTV, set-top box

  By Mark Sullivan | 07 January, 2010 08:08

  At a splashy press event at CES in Las Vegas, Toshiba trotted out its latest and greatest HDTV, the Cell TV, with its companion media center set-top box.

• Netflix coming to the PlayStation 3

  By Martyn Williams | 27 October, 2009 07:28

  Netflix will begin streaming movies and TV shows to PlayStation 3 consoles in the U.S. from November, it said on Monday.

• Laser shows off pocket-sized television

  By ARN Staff | 13 October, 2009 14:48

  Laser Corporation has released its Pocket Digital TV range allowing users to view digital television on a handheld portable device.