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4K The New Evolution of Television

1/27/2015

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    4K and 4K Television as well as Ultra High Definition (UHD) televisions are still relatively new technologies, only emerging a few years ago. They have become the format that has dominated the consumer electronics industry throughout 2014 and now 2015. Sales of 4K and UHD units has increased 7 times in 2014 from 2013. Residential 4K is now driving a fast paced development of worldwide television.

    As more companies manufacture and distribute these new units creating   serious competition, the prices of these new televisions are dropping dramatically. As prices drop the more consumers accept this format as the new thing, even though content and content distribution is extremely  limited to support these 4K and Ultra High Definition televisions.
     

     Many companies now offer both high end 4K digital cinema and video cameras as well as prosumer and even a number of smartphones capable of capturing 4K and UHD images, making it possible for consumers to create and enjoy their own 4K content.   

    Huge file sizes and storage of these files have been one of the drawbacks of the format since it is 4 times that of 1080p but due to the advent of the new H.265 codec technology which will be available soon this will make it more viable for consumers of this format. Content is becoming steadily more available throughout the world and will continue to grow over the next few years due to the drop in production costs related to the technology and as more people purchase 4K or UHD units.

    Asia and the U.S. are spurring the development and perpetuation of this format and are pushing to produce more content which will create a larger demand. Once you see 4K or UHD imaging you will understand why it is becoming so popular and you will really not want anything but this beautiful high resolution format. There are systems now being developed such as Ultra broadband that will make this content much more easily streamable. Once these systems are implemented 4K and UHD will be unstoppable.

    These technological developments in all aspects of 4K and UHD will affect every area of media including hardware, production, distribution and delivery. The demand for content will rise at an exponential rate as people around the world adopt this new format as the standard for television in the very near future.



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2015 AVN Awards Show at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

1/19/2015

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2015 Adult Entertainment Expo at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

1/19/2015

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BehindAdult.com releases all new behind the scenes adult website

1/19/2015

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FOX back on Dish Network

1/18/2015

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     Around December 21st, 2015, Dish Network which is a satellite television provider with over 14 million subscribers dropped FOX News and FOX Business Channels from its channel lineup due to a contract dispute between the two media companies. On January 15th, 2015 the two companies came to an agreement where Dish would return the FOX Channels to their distribution network. Dish will pay a much higher per subscriber fee of $1.50 to carry FOX which is rated as the number one news network in the nation.
     

     This blackout of FOX by Dish caused measurable drops in ratings for the news network, with average daily prime-time viewership from the prior year of 1.38 million viewers to 947,000 for the same week this year. According to FOX, Dish lost an estimated 90,000 subscribers due to the FOX blackout.

    During this period, FOX employed questionable tactics in dealing with the contract rift including using two of its most notable and highly rated hosts Bill O’Reilly and Megyn Kelly, to claim that Dish was censoring FOX. The actuality seems that it is more likely FOX was extorting Dish and going against contract obligations that were already in place. No matter which perspective is taken, FOX got what it was looking for and gained the increases that it sought.

    This effects the media industry in multiple ways as it once again establishes that content is King. Distribution companies such as cable and satellite providers are dealing with the hard and fast truth that wireless connectivity is changing the way content is delivered at an amazingly fast pace. In order for these basically antiquated distribution systems to keep up with and be competitive in the current market, they will need to come up with alternate ways for media delivery to meet the demands of todays high tech universe.

    Both satellite and cable providers will no doubt be confronted with constant rate increases due to the fact that everyone in the media industry must maintain a profitability factor. Stockholders of  these large media networks demand higher dividends and are no longer satisfied with small or no profits from news networks. The stakes have been raised and the higher costs will of course be passed on to who else, the consumer. When people get tired of paying huge satellite and cable bills and have lower cost more pinpointed media delivery available to them, these distribution companies will be faced with two options, adapt or die.




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Wilder Wins Heavyweight Title

1/18/2015

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Happy New Year from Las Vegas!

1/1/2015

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