Smart TV OTT software provider Vewd has confirmed that INNOPIA Technologies, a leading South Korean smart device manufacturer, will launch an HDMI-based streaming media device featuring Vewd OS, the entertainment operating system designed for smart TVs, set-top boxes, and smart home and IoT devices. Arriving as pay-TV operators face new challenges to attract and retain […]
DoubleVerify (DV), an independent provider of marketing measurement software and analytics, has released its 2019 Global Insights Report, providing a market-by-market benchmark on the current and future state of media quality on the Internet. The new 2019 data indicate that mobile app brand safety violations have grown 194 per cent in the last year – […]
Connected TV inventory is growing like weeds. eMarketer expects that more than half of the US population (57.2 per cent) will watch connected TV in 2019, up from 51.7 per cent in 2017, and because the time they spend watching will increase too, the amount of connected TV inventory available to advertisers will proliferate. eMarketer […]
Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 74 per cent of US TV households have at least one Internet-connected TV device, including connected Smart TVs, stand-alone streaming devices (such as Roku, Amazon Fire TV stick or set-top box, Chromecast, or Apple TV), connected video game systems, and/or connected Blu-ray players. This is a […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, and HD PLUS, a subsidiary of satellite provider SES and operator of the HD+ satellite platform, have renewed their technology partnership and extended it to include content protection on Smart TVs. NAGRA content protection supports the recently announced HD PLUS […]
LG Electronics will begin rolling out Amazon Alexa support in 14 countries to the company’s 2019 TV models featuring artificial intelligence. The update will be implemented through the Alexa app on 2019 TVs featuring ThinQ AI including LG UHD TVs, NanoCell TVs and OLED TVs. Customers in North America will begin receiving the update this […]
Findings from a study – TV Universe – UK, Sweden, Germany: How People Watch Television Today – from entertainment metadata specialist Gracenote and digital media analyst firm nScreenMedia, focusing on pay TV, free-to-air and online TV viewership in major European countries, reveal that TV viewing has become a complicated undertaking for European audiences, who juggle […]
Hub’s inaugural study on entertainment technology, Entertainment in the Connected Home, shows that even though ownership of new connected devices in the US is high, many who own them don’t use most of their core capabilities. Highlights from the study include: 1) Half of TV homes is the US now have a 4K set – […]
Karate Combat, the global, full-contact martial arts league, has announced a partnership with Vewd, the Smart TV OTT software provider, offering Karate Combat’s app and content on Vewd-enabled devices worldwide. Vewd provides content distribution on Smart TVs and connected devices made by Sony, Hisense, Philips and TiVo, among others. “We are excited to bring our […]
Faz Aftab, Director of Platform Distribution at UK commercial public broadcaster ITV, has revealed that research suggests that people will pay for BritBox, the SVoD joint venture between the BBC and ITV, and that there is room for another SVoD service in the UK. Speaking at a London event on ‘Content and commissioning strategies for […]