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Companies are proposing a next-generation broadcast TV tech standard to reach a number of goals. But one result that’s not been in the spotlight is the mega-bucks that will flow to them in the form of royalties from whatever patented technology they can squeeze into the new standard.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. has started domestic sales of high-end televisions powered by its Tizen operating system and plans to add washing […]

AT&T used the collegiate national championship football game in Dallas Monday night as a backdrop to the operator’s first live demonstration of LTE broadcast technology. Also known as LTE multicast, the company worked with partners Ericsson, Qualcomm, ESPN, Samsung and MobiTV to deliver two channels of streaming video and one channel of data to 40 LTE-broadcast enabled Samsung Galaxy Note 3 devices.

Samsung and Sony are escalating their fight for the attention — and dollars — of TV buyers. Both electronics giants will open up special areas in Best Buy stores to showcase 4K TVs and other home entertainment products. Sony arguably has home-field advantage, given its long legacy as a premium TV manufacturer. Samsung, however, is the No. 1 TV vendor in the world, and this new partnership can only help cement that position.

Under its partnership with Comcast Corp., the country’s largest cable company, Samsung TVs would get 4K content through an app running on the Internet-connected TV, bypassing Comcast’s set-top boxes.

Retailer H&M will run an ad during Fox’s telecast of the Super Bowl XLVIII next month that will mark a technology first on TV advertising’s biggest stage — some viewers will be able to buy featured merch directly from their TV remotes, if they have 2012 and 2013 Samsung Smart TVs connected to the Internet.

Former ATSC Chairman John Godfrey, VP communications policy and regulatory affairs at Samsung, was elected to come back and serve on the board again. He’s joined by Mark Eyer of Sony and John Taylor of LG Electronics USA, both of whom were elected to a second term.

On Friday, 19 organizations filed 10 proposals for ATSC 3.0, the next-generation television standard. Filers included LG, Harris Broadcast, Samsung and Sony. One company of notable interest is the nation’s largest TV station owner: Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Samsung has acquired Israeli-based streaming-media startup Boxee. The acquisition was presumably made so that Samsung can add the company’s cloud-based DVR to its smart TVs and other connected devices. The Marker reports that the purchase price was $30 million. That sum roughly matches Boxee’s total funding — which is $26.5 million, according to the company’s website. The deal reportedly brings all Boxee employees — estimated around 45 people — to work for Samsung.

Univision is rolling out its TV Everywhere service, UVideos, as an app on smart TVs and connected devices (including Internet-enabled Blu-ray players) manufactured by electronics giant Samsung.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Samsung Electronics Co. promoted its chairman’s only son to vice chairman, putting the 44-year-old closer to the top leadership position at the world’s largest maker […]

The Dallas-based wireless carrier on Friday took the wraps off a long-promised smartphone that is capable of receiving  the Dyle mobile broadcasts of stations aligned with the Mobile Content Venture, the consortium of NBC, Fox and leading TV groups. 

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) —South Korean TV manufacturers are making billion dollar bets on a new display technology that promises an even thinner screen and imagery of eye-popping clarity. It […]

Samsung is unleashing the biggest-ever marketing campaign in Samsung Mobile USA’s history for the phone’s launch, beginning this week.

Samsung Group, which includes Samsung Electronics Co, said on Tuesday it is raising its 2012 investment to a record $41.4 billion, underscoring the widening gulf between the dominant South Korean conglomerate and its faltering competitors.

Broadcaster-owned MCV and Mobile500 showed devices and apps that they say consumers may use to receive their broadcast-based mobile services later this year. But neither had a launch date or particulars about programming. Meanwhile, Syncbak demonstrated its authentication technology designed to give copyright holders comfort that the programming TV stations put on broadband networks will stay in their local markets.

Later this year, MetroPCS will offer a new Samsung smartphone with a mobile DTV tuner chip and telescoping antenna. Subscribers will be able to register for Mobile Content Venture’s Dyle service and watch “national and local” programming broadcast by TV stations. More announcements from MCV are forthcoming.

Sony Corp. said Monday that Samsung Electronics Co. will buy all of Sony’s shares in their joint venture in liquid crystal display panels for about $935 million subject to a final agreement.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — If you own a consumer electronics gadget, there’s a good chance something from Samsung makes it tick. The company has traveled far from its roots […]

A former Apple executive says the company is teaming up with a major OEM to sell iOS-powered, Apple-branded displays later this year or next.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics has suffered a sharp fall in first quarter earnings, hit by weakness in its liquid crystal display business and price competition in tablet […]