Gary Arlen

Gadgetfest brings divine technologies to Earth

In this season of annual budget planning plus fourth quarter product releases, it’s easy to get lost in the endless flow of predictive pronouncements and ebullient announcements.

Multiscreen apps, video, drive demand for more bandwidth, greater efficiency

As mobile DTV rolls out in about 50 markets during the next few months, the service will rely more heavily than originally envisioned on peripheral “dongles,” initially priced at more than $100 each.

Complex retransmission process gets underway

Chinese TV makers accuse MPEG LA, TV makers, patent Holders of antitrust collusion.

Plan could mean more spectrum cooperation, but more challenges for tower companies

Just before the 2019 CES begins Jan. 8, the CTA will reveal its annual electronics sales forecast, and for the first time 8K ultra high definition TV sets will be included in the forecast.

Streaming, policy, business moves point to industry redirections

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s assertive agenda for an “Open Internet” policy that will “encourage broadband providers to upgrade services for all” fell on resistant ears among the Cable Show audience.

Although the sponsors’ name has changed, one of the stars of CES 2016 promises to remain the same as it has in recent years: video and the myriad devices used to view it.