According to a recent report from Strategy Analytics, worldwide sales of smart TVs reached 157 million units in 2018, representing 67 per cent of all TVs sold during the year. The latest research found that more than one than one in five smart TVs sold today run on the Samsung developed Tizen platform while one […]
Comcast has launched Xfinity Flex, a new service that provides Xfinity Internet-only customers the ability to use their television and voice control to manage all of the connected devices in their home, and enjoy many of their favourite entertainment experiences on the big screen. Available to all Xfinity Internet customers across the country starting March […]
Foxxum, a global player in the development and operation for Smart TV solutions has introduced BOE as a new partner. BOE provides high end TV panels and TV sets and will now integrate the Foxxum app store into its Smart TV devices. The companies say the collaboration will offer cost-effective, high quality User Interfaces and […]
The operators of a pirate streaming organisation have today been jailed for a total of 17 years for conspiracy to defraud; some of the longest sentences ever issued for piracy-related crimes. Steven King, who masterminded the fraud, has been sentenced to seven years and four months’ imprisonment. Paul Rolston received a sentence of six years […]
FreeWheel, a Comcast company and global advertising management solution, has announced an agreement with Inscape, the smart TV data company with viewing data from more than 10 million VIZIO smart TVs in the US. The terms of the deal give FreeWheel the right to use Inscape smart TV viewing data for modeling representativeness for demographic and consumer audience segments used […]
VoD platform Rakuten TV has revealed pan-European expansion plans through partnerships with Samsung Electronics, LG, Philips and Hisense to introduce a remote control button on their Smart TV units in Summer 2019 directly linking to the Rakuten TV streaming service. The company is undertaking a dramatic step of growth, becoming more prominent across the devices […]
Parks Associates research finds OTT video services have transitioned back into the home’s living room, with a majority (52 per cent) of US broadband households now watching online video on a TV that is connected to the internet. The 360 View: Digital Media and Connected Consumers report also finds that watching TV or movies at […]
Vodafone Spain and Samsung have signed an agreement to integrate Vodafone’s TV app onto Samsung’s smart TVs. With this move, Vodafone makes its pay-TV OTT offering available to Samsung TV owners, who are already able to receive services from rivals Movistar and Orange, as well as other OTT platforms like HBO, Netflix and Amazon Prime […]
Tremor Video DSP, the programmatic video platform, has announced the expansion of its suite of connected TV (CTV) capabilities that features its exclusive data partnerships. Through its platform, marketers are able to engage CTV audiences with the same granularity as previously only available on desktop or mobile. Tremor Video DSP’s suite of CTV solutions includes […]
Motorsport and automotive video provider Motorsport.tv, which in a previous incarnation as Motors TV provided a free-to-air channel on UK DTT platform Freeview, has launched a new service to fuel the passion of fans and open up access to a world of content with its freemium OTT service. As Motorsport Network’s hub for video content, […]