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Screening Room Who? Apple Mulls Day And Date Movie Service

Apple is reportedly mulling a move into the day and date movie market – with the iPhone maker already reportedly in talks with major movie studios...

Tru Cables Offers Enhanced Benefits For Registered Users

Tru Cables is renewing its push for installers to sign up for accounts on its online website. The company says that the benefit of a free account is that users ...

CEDIA Launches 2016 End-Of-Year Survey

CEDIA has launched its 2016 end-of-year survey, with it assessing which benefits its members most value for their businesses...

Planet Earth II Now Available In 4K UHD

Planet Earth II can now be watched in 4K UHD thanks to a BBC iPlayer technology trial, although there's only a four-minute clip available...

Google Play Gets 4K Movie Downloads

Google Play will now play host to a range of 4K content, ideal for getting the most out of the company’s recently launched Chromecast Ultra...

Autonomic eSeries Mirage Audio System Now Shipping

The Autonomic eSeries is now shipping to installers, with Invision UK pitting the product as a system that will ‘streamline audio installations’...

Plex Embraces Kodi With New Add-On

Plex has announced an official add-on for the Kodi media centre software, giving Kodi users the ability to access the benefits of Plex...

Virgin Media V6 Takes On Sky Q With 4K, Dolby Atmos

Virgin Media has finally announced its competitor to Sky Q and its called V6. The new set-top box boasts 4K Ultra HD, Dolby Atmos and TiVo software...

James Loudspeaker Introduces The Ultimate Landscape Speaker

James Loudspeaker has introduced the Omni48AT landscape satellite speaker and the Omni89AT satellite/subwoofer package. Both are made from marine-grade powder c...

Amazon Echo, Google Home’s Latest Competitor Is The LingLong DingDong

The Amazon Echo and Google Home have a bit of new competition, with the LingLong DingDong beating both by being the first to speak Chinese...