Is Disney and its Disney+ service getting its mojo back? It’s probably a topic for another KMB Comm blog, but with the recent releases of its “Daul Maul: Shadow Lord” and “Daredevil Born Again” series, it seems Disney is back.
In addition, arguably the best series from the Netflix Marvel Comic Universe (MCU), “Punisher,” is getting a reboot with the upcoming release of “Punisher: One Last Kill.”
This streaming media update is good news for those that don’t follow the National Hockey League (NHL), the National Basketball Association (NBA), which are both gearing up for their respective playoff seasons, or Major League Baseball (MLB) and its regular season.
Moreover, in less than two weeks the most popular sports league in the U.S.—the National Football League (NFL) will hold its annual college football draft and that will dominate TV viewership numbers.
In the meantime, however, let’s focus some of this week’s noteworthy tech news stories.
KMB Comm Residential News Tidbits
Since the tech week in review started with news about media, let’s look at a LinkedIn story on investor Bill Ackman and his firm Pershing Square attempt to merge Universal Music Group (UMG) with a “U.S.-based acquisition vehicle.”
The deal, according to LinkedIn, is worth about $60 billion or about $35 a share. The deal would also force the music group to list its shares in the U.S., which analysts theorize could produce about $17 billion over the next five years.
More KMB Comm media news, this post comes from AV Nirvana. The enthusiast website states the high-performance home entertainment company Kaleidescape is growing its Movie Store through the addition of content from Angel Studios.
AV Nirvana says that Angel Studios focuses on value-driven storytelling fueled by content that is designed to impact consumers on a personal level. Angel Studios’ content includes Sound of Freedom, Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin, and the Tuttle Twins.
Another item posted on LinkedIn comes from Parks Associates.
The research company’s “The Connected Consumer” newsletter says the average U.S. Internet household has a download speed of 500 Mbps or faster and pays about $72 per month for Internet service. U.S. homes also receive 2.5 additional services, and Parks points out that over the past five years self-reported download speeds have more than doubled across the U.S. as fiber continues to grow in implementation.
The excerpt from a white paper co-written by TechSee, called, “Seeing the Unseen: Delivering Connectivity with Confidence,” looks at how Wi-Fi coverage, poor router placement affects service quality and impact consumer confidence.
Some of the other interesting points from the white paper include 40% of smart product owners report problems with their devices losing connectivity, and the loss of connectivity was the most common problem for product owners.
Rounding out the residential news stories for the week is a CE Pro post.
On April 7, the website posted a story on the Audio Collective Group becoming the exclusive U.S. distributor for M&K Sound. The story points out the M&K product line features a choice of on-wall and in-wall speakers for home theater that includes a THX Certified Dominus architectural speaker.
More News from the Week
Over in the commercial AV side of the technology integration industry, SCN’s AVNetwork website features a story on the state of Pro AV in 2026.
Reflecting to 2025, the story stays the Pro AV market was migrating from singular hardware decisions and gravitating to networked, software-friendly, IT systems. The story continues that as 2026 progresses, the migration into IT-based solutions has deepened.
AVNetwork.com cites AVIXA trends such as security, AV/IT/AI convergence, interoperability, sustainability, and immersive displays as “defining themes” for the year.
Closing the week out is a story from Yahoo Finance that says Apple has approved a third-party driver for its Silicon Macs. Citing a story from Tom’s Hardware, the post suggests the news could provide Nvidia more opportunities in the AI market.
Yahoo Finance points out that Apple is well known for its closed ecosystem, which is a selling point for many users. The problem the story continues, is that while the closed ecosystem offers better performance, security and user experiences, the market is moving so quickly with AI advances, the closed ecosystem has shown to be an issue.
The surprising Apple news that it has approved a driver from AI startup Tiny Corp enables NvidiaGPUs to work with Silicon Mac computers as part of external setups. Because of the speed AI advancements, the story adds Nvidia may become the company it works with as, as experts see the company possibly willing to work with other manufacturers.
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