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Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction masterpiece was released 50 years ago and will this year be rereleased in a remastered version

They'd rather have you buy something else

Major football matches will for the time being still be broadcast exclusively on pay TV channels but users can watch a selection of other matches from LaLiga Primera

Users in select countries will be able to control their TV with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant via a compatible smart speaker.

Besides Xbox One and LG OLED TVs, you can now enjoy Netflix’s Dolby Atmos content from the Windows 10 app

It gives you direct access to live news from Bloomberg, CBS News, Cheddar, CNBC, CNN, and Fox News

The so-called FVC (Future Video Codec) – or H.266 – is expected to be ready by 2021

Netflix continues to upend the film industry with the surprise global release of the third film in the Cloverfield series by J.J. Abrams

Google’s live TV service launches on Apple TV and select Roku devices just in time for the Super Bowl that takes place on February 4

Dolby now has 12 TV makers, 8 distribution partners, and 8 studios on board. But problems are looming in the background.

The company expects Disney and Apple to emerge as direct competitors.

Despite UHD Blu-ray, sales of physical discs continued to plummet in the US last year – even more than in 2016.

The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang will be shot and broadcast in 4K HDR. NBC has confirmed that it will broadcast the event

Netflix’s original movies are popular with viewers, if we are to believe the company’s own version of the story

Warner has committed to releasing movies in HDR10+ format. The new format also has a logo that will be displayed on compatible TVs & players.

Apple has joined the Alliance for Open Media - together with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Netflix & other - to create a next-generation video format called AV1

Google had warned that it would block YouTube on Amazon’s Fire TV devices on January 1, 2018. The app has been deactivated a few days early

The James Bond Collection is now available on iTunes, remastered in 4K resolution. This is the first time that the collection has been released in 4K.

For the first time on a PC, you can enjoy Netflix’s TV series and movies in High Dynamic Range. But you need specific hardware and Windows 10

Amazon Video has launched on Apple TV and in return Amazon has started selling the competitor’s streaming player again. Chromecast has also returned.

Despite being perfectly capable of outputting video in native frame rate, Xbox One is still locked at 60Hz for video playback via apps, resulting in judder

Dolby Vision on iTunes - HDR10 on disc.

Dark Knight trilogy, Interstellar, Inception, and Dunkirk are now available in 4K Dolby Vision on iTunes

As part of the deal, comes popular franchises such X-Men, Avatar and The Simpsons as well as the TV networks National Geographic and Fox.

Redbox expands beyond physical kiosks to take on Amazon, Apple, and Google. Customers can rent and purchase movies from all major Hollywood studios, except Disney.

The content will initially be available to stream on 2017 Samsung TVs, with more brands coming onboard next year.

So you can enjoy game trailers and other content in better video quality. HDR and support for Xbox One S is coming later.

Blue Planet II will be the first TV series to be made available in 4K resolution and HDR on BBC’s iPlayer. To watch it you need a HLG-compatible TV

The app provides access to TV series such as Man in the High Castle and soon the second season of The Grand Tour. It supports 4K HDR

Amazon has stopped selling Google hardware. Google has responded by blocking access to YouTube on Amazon’s Echo Show and soon all Fire TV players

Vudu started offering content in Dolby Vision two years ago. It is now adding HDR10 support