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Janko Roettgers

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San Francisco, United States
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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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How the World Cup became a US streaming success story Original

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By Janko Roettgers
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This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. The 2026 World Cup is breaking streaming records around the world: Brazil’s CazéTV YouTube livestream of that country’s opening game against Morocco surpassed 12 million concurrent viewers, a new milestone for YouTube.
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How the World Cup became a US streaming success story

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By Janko Roettgers
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Tech News Tube is a real time news feed of the latest technology news headlines.Follow all of the top tech sites in one place, on the web or your mobile device.
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No more lightbulbs, much more sports: Five predictions for Roku’s future

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By Janko Roettgers
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Tech News Tube is a real time news feed of the latest technology news headlines.Follow all of the top tech sites in one place, on the web or your mobile device.
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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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