The next Apple TV reportedly won't have 4K video

The 4K television market is a mess, and according to a report from BuzzFeed News, Apple won't be helping it get any better this year. BuzzFeed reports that Apple won't be bringing 4K streaming to the next generation of Apple TV, which so far is par for the course; the company just hasn't said anything about when 4K content might come to iTunes or the Apple TV.

Amazon is adding support for USB storage and other new features to Fire TV and Fire TV Stick

Amazon has today announced a raft of new features, which include expandable storage, that are headed to its Fire TV box and streaming sticks.

You can now preorder the Amazon Fire TV Stick in the UK for £35 or £19 if you’ve got Prime

Thee Amazon Fire TV Stick, the company’sChromecast competitor, has been available in the US for five months now and it’s finally coming to the UK.

Google is making TV commercials more like internet ads

It looks like Google wants to bring TV ads into the 21st century. The company has quietly announced a new local advertising service for Google Fiber that will make TV ads behave a lot more like internet ads. Using data from its set-top-boxes, Google (and advertisers) will know precisely how many times a particular local ad has been watched in homes with Google Fiber service.

Google Fiber starts testing targeted, trackable TV ads

For all of the other things it does, Google is still a company that makes a ton of money from advertising, and now it's turning that focus to TV. This week the companyannounced that it's testing a new kind of ad-tracking system for Google Fiber TV customers in Kansas City.

Apple Web Television Service Would Awaken A Sleeping Apple TV Giant

Apple is set to launch a dedicated streaming TV service beginning in September, according to the Wall Street Journal. The offering would boast around 25 channels, including major broadcasters like ABC, CBS and Fox and would likely be priced around $30 or $40 a month, with an initial unveil in June (most likely at WWDC).

Amazon launches new Exclusives store, including products from TV’s Shark Tank

Amazon has just opened Exclusives, a new store for US customers that features products from up-and-coming brands, including some from inventors on the entrepreneur TV show Shark Tank.

Apple buys itself some time with £59 Apple TV price cut

How long can the current Apple TV survive? The sleek streaming box has stayed the same, more or less, for just over three years now. Sure, there's been a steady stream of new apps and software features, but the components and basic experience have barely changed.

SPB TV to Showcase Intel(r) Enabled "Mega Encoder" and Introduce New Service in South Asia

Switzerland's SPB TV AG, a leading global provider of end-to-end OTT TV, IPTV and mobile TV solutions, will show its newest mobile TV technology and announce new launches in emerging markets at the Mobile World Congress 2015 on 2-5 March 2015.

Samsung's smart TVs are inserting unwanted ads into users' own movies

Samsung's smart TVs have already come under fire this week for a poorly-worded privacy policy that apparently let the devices listen in on owners' conversations. Now, there are reports that the sets are inserting ads "every 20-30 minutes" into users' own, locally-stored content.

The next 'Toshiba' TV you see will be made by a different company

Toshiba has undertaken many attempts to reshape its TV segment over the years with "Cloud Portal" and Cell TV, but none have hit the mark and now it's getting out of the business entirely in North America.