Samsung Electronics has announced a partnership with Central European Media Enterprises (CME) to bring CME’s Voyo transactional and subscription VoD services onto Samsung Smart TVs. Viewers will be able to select from hundreds of titles including blockbuster movies and series, to catch-up on their favourite local shows immediately after broadcast, to view TV episodes ahead […]
It is ironic that the frontline in the net neutrality conflict has shifted to a country where broadband speed is more abundant than anywhere on earth. KT Telecom of Korea has announced it will ‘manage’ the broadband capacity it claims is being soaked up by Smart TV users. It says it must do so to […]
Red Bull is considering connected TVs as its next major broadcast platform for its host of live-event streaming and video-on-demand content. The brand, which already has a web-based TV channel, redbull.tv, is incorporating connected TVs into the heart of its digital strategy as another key channel to host its content, reports NMA. Red Bull international […]
TV and video platform specialist Vision247 has launched the Vision TV Network, delivering live streamed international broadcasts via compliant FreeviewHD-connected devices. The service enables broadcasters and video content owners to broadcast their channels over the Internet, to all FreeviewHD-enabled devices in the UK. Vision247’s own channel, Vision TV Network, aggregates premium channels from national broadcasters […]
South Korea’s leading ISP KT has put itself firmly in the vanguard of network providers that believe service providers must pay for connection to their markets. KT says it will demand a share of the profits companies such as Google and Apple derive from Internet-enabled TV services as network operators. Last week KT took its […]
IP&TV World Forum reveals that Google will run the opening workshop at its TV App Hub. With social TV one of the most important emerging technologies, the TV App Hub which takes place on days one and two of the conference, will assess the monetisation opportunities presented by the convergence of television and apps Global […]
ITV has written to Apple to warn the technology giant off using its three-letter name for its long-awaited, “iTV” smart television. Adam Crozier, chief executive of the UK commercial broadcaster, raised the issue with the company when he took the job in 2010, amid expectations that Apple would follow the pattern of branding used for […]
KT, South Korea’s biggest Internet provider is to limit access to certain TV applications that slow down overall network speed in a move that may cause a clash with major television manufacturers aggressively marketing Internet-enabled TVs. “Internet-enabled TVs increase network traffic by up to 15 times compared to conventional IPTVs. At the current growth rate […]
China’s Lenovo, the world’s No.2 PC maker, plans to sell smart televisions in China and has no immediate plans to ship overseas due to a lack of content, CEO Yang Yuanqing has said. “We’ll just focus on China for our smart TV sales. We’ve shipped tablet PCs globally. Our smartphones are currently still sold just […]
Samsung Electronics has said it plans to sell more than 25 million smart TVs this year as it tries to capture the emerging Internet TV market. The firm hopes to fill more than half of its planned global flat-screen TV sales of 50 million this year with Internet-enabled, interactive TVs, said Kim Hyun-Suk, head of […]