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VentureBeat Interview: Highlights from CES with CTO Henry Samueli

 By: Sarah Murry Posted: Jan. 16, 2013

VentureBeat‘s Dean Takahashi sat down with Broadcom co-founder, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer Henry Samueli at the company’s booth during last week’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The resulting interview, “Explore the Internet’s future with Broadcom’s broadband pipe dreamer Henry Samueli,” zeroed in on the inevitable bandwidth bottlenecks in the home as consumers demand higher quality video content and expect to watch that content on multiple devices. Samueli talks about how HEVC for Ultra HD TVs and …

Roundup: Broadcom Makes an Impression at CES 2013

 By: Aaron Schmidt Posted: Jan. 14, 2013

As we wind down from the excitement and sensory overload of last week’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, members of the tech press keep talking about Broadcom’s technologies that were showcased at CES.  Among the miles of exhibits on the show floor and the sight of perhaps millions of gadgets to gawk at, Broadcom’s innovations rose above the din and garnered some buzz from the reporters and bloggers who covered the annual mega-event.

Included among the Broadcom standouts …

From CES 2013: Dish Hopper DVR Powered by Broadcom [Video]

 By: Peter Zhao Posted: Jan. 11, 2013

Broadcom partner Dish Network made a splash last year when it trotted out a real, live joey (that’s a baby kangaroo, for the non-Aussies) to introduce the Hopper, a digital video recorder that lets consumers watch TV in any room of the house.

Cute, furry marsupials are a tough act to follow, but Dish is making a go of it again with it’s newest Hopper DVR. The biggest addition this year is that Dish was able to integrate Slingbox’s …

Broadband Around the Globe: Highlights from Broadcom’s International Press Event

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Jan. 11, 2013

Along the halls of the Consumer Electronics Show, its impossible to ignore the international feel of the show. Attendees flock to Las Vegas from around the world and converge on the show floor speaking dozens of languages.

As a global company, Broadcom certainly launches products that drive innovation in different international markets and has an interest in demonstrating the technology trends from across the globe.

At the show this week, Broadcom hosted a press conference for the journalists who …

Hands On with the uWand, Changing the Remote Control Experience with Broadcom Tech [Video]

 By: Peter Zhao Posted: Jan. 10, 2013

Even the laziest of couch potatoes might agree that pressing buttons on the TV remote is the most passive way of interacting with the latest generation of smart TVs.

Thankfully, gaming systems like the Nintendo Wii (with its gesture-based Wiimotes) have ushered in a new understanding of how consumers can get hands-on with the tube.

At the International Consumer Electronics Show this week, Philips is showcasing its partnership with Broadcom and others by demoing a sophisticated new gesture-based remote control, …

Boxee’s Latest Set-Top Creation on Display at CES

 By: Nawar Fadil Posted: Jan. 10, 2013

The 2010 debut of the Boxee Box garnered a lot of attention for the scrappy Israeli startup with the same name, drawing some appeal for its hefty tech chops, as well as its eye-catching industrial design.

This year, Boxee TV is back with a new, sleeker design and a $99 price tag that’s sure to catch the attention of price-conscious consumers looking for some extra freedom when it comes to watching television. Certainly, the concept of what Boxee offers — a …

Broadcom’s Michael Hurlston on CES Panel: “Six Wireless Technologies You’ll Want to Know”

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Jan. 09, 2013

Things got seriously geeky during one of the hundreds of specialized breakout sessions at the International Consumer Electronics Show.

Certainly, everyone here at the show wants to know what the next big thing will be. So it’s no surprise that a panel called “Six Wireless Technology You’ll Want to Know” would attract a standing-room-only audience.

Among those talking shop and debating the future of wireless tech was Broadcom’s own Michael Hurlston, senior vice president and general manager of wireless …

CNET’s Next Big Thing: How to Handle Ubiquitous Connectivity?

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Jan. 09, 2013

What do you get when you put a hot-headed entrepreneur, a consumer electronics exec, a mobile carrier exec and an automotive futurist together in a room? About a dozen different opinions about ubiquitous connectivity.

That’s what CNET editors discovered when they hosted the Next Big Thing panel Tuesday at the International Consumer Electronics Show. The topic up for debate was the “post-mobile future,” which is yet another phrase to characterize the burgeoning “Internet of Things” trend. The overall …

DLNA’s CES Mission: Premium Content on Any Device in Your Home

 By: Nick Kim Posted: Jan. 09, 2013

“Connecting everything” is Broadcom’s tagline, but we’re not the only ones living up to its ideals. The DLNA (the Digital Living Network Alliance) is on the floor this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show demonstrating that it, too, is into connecting everything.

This year at CES, the DLNA group is joining forces with other connected-home organizations (MoCA, Wi-Fi Alliance and HomePlug) to show off all the ways it can give consumers their media content.

It’s pretty much …

Broadcom CEO Talks Smartphones and 5G WiFi on CNBC

 By: Sam Diaz Posted: Jan. 08, 2013

Broadcom CEO Scott McGregor took to the airwaves on CNBC during the first day of the International Consumer Electronics Show to talk about some of the hottest technologies being showcased here.

In the clip, the interview with McGregor begins at about the :30 mark and continues to about 4:20.  He covers a number of topics, including smartphone advancements, the adoption of 5G WiFi and the technology that’s powering tomorrow’s TVs.

A couple of the key takeaways from McGregor in …

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