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Janko Roettgers

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Covers:  Intersection of entertainment and technology including streaming, smart TVs and speakers, AR / VR, the metaverse.
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Janko Roettgers’s Journalist Portfolio

Google wants to take on Dolby with new open media formats

Google wants to take on Dolby with new open media formats

The company wants to establish an open, royalty-free alternative to Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision. The project…

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Mark Zuckerberg on his big metaverse bet: 'I feel a responsibility to go for it.'

Mark Zuckerberg on his big metaverse bet: 'I feel a responsibility to go for it.'

Q&A with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Who owns your address in AR? Probably not you.

Who owns your address in AR? Probably not you.

One day, we will all don AR glasses, capable of serving up information geospatially tied to every house and p…

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20 years of orange cones: The history of VLC

20 years of orange cones: The history of VLC

How a student project became one of the world's most popular open-source apps, powering much of modern-day me…

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What TV remotes tell us about power struggles in streaming

What TV remotes tell us about power struggles in streaming

TV remote controls are a major battlefield in the TV wars, which are fought one branded button at a time.

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How Google kneecapped Amazon's smart TV efforts

How Google kneecapped Amazon's smart TV efforts

The search giant has pressured TV manufacturers not to use Amazon's Fire TV system.

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Articles

One startup's quest to change streaming for deaf people

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By Janko Roettgers
| Lowpass
Hi there! My name is Janko Roettgers, and this is a special edition of Lowpass, coming to you a couple days early. Next week, everything will be back to normal .... Some tech founders have rich parents. Others max out their credit cards or spend down their retirement accounts to make it through those first crucial months before they can actually raise any finding.
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Ads on your TV home screen?

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By Janko Roettgers
| The Verge Verified
Monet is just one of a number of home screen replacements (or launchers, as they’re called among Android enthusiasts) that takes cues from Apple TV to bring a new sense of minimalism to Google’s streaming platform. Most of these launchers do away with the endless rows of content recommendations, the big hero images that try to get you hooked on the latest TV shows, and the increasing amount of ads and sponsored content.
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The home screen rebellion

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By Janko Roettgers
| Lowpass
Hi there! My name is Janko Roettgers, and this is Lowpass. This week: Users and developers are fighting back against bloated smart TV UIs, and the backlash against AI glasses is growing. A quick note: Next week’s newsletter will likely come to you a bit earlier in the week than usual. We’ll be back to the regular schedule the week after, and then take off the first week of August for a much-needed vacation.
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Awards

Los Angeles Press Club Award

2017 - General News – Hard or breaking news on any issue related to the arts and entertainment industry

Won the award for hard or breaking news for a report on the story behind a hack that led to the leak of an unreleased Netflix show. Title of the article: "How Hollywood Got Hacked: Studio at Center of Netflix Leak Breaks Silence," published in Variety and on Variety.com. Judges’ comment: "We read about hacking everyday, including the attacks that have ravaged Hollywood, but Roettgers takes us inside one successful hack with a gripping hour-by-hour account accessing both what happened and lessons learned."

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