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Paramount+ on Hisense Smart TVs in UK

Paramount+ and VIDAA have announced that Paramount+ is now available on Hisense Smart TVs, powered by VIDAA, across the UK. The UK is the latest addition to the partnership, which brought the streaming service on Hisense Smart TVs in Australia, Latin America and Canada earlier this year. Hisense TV owners in the UK can now […]

October 2, 2023

Data: Premium TV shipments show modest recovery

According to data from research firm Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), global premium TV shipments in Q2 marked a slight rebound, with a 4 per cent increase compared to the same period in the previous year, tallying up to 4.7 million units. This rise is predominantly attributed to the surge in sales of Chinese TV […]

September 21, 2023By Chris Forrester

VIDAA selects Amdocs’ Vubiquity technology

Amdocs, a provider of software and services to communications and media companies, has announced that Vubiquity, an Amdocs company, has been selected by VIDAA USA, a smart TV operating system and content platform powering leading brands worldwide, to provide AVoD / free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST), and TVoD / electronic sell-through (EST) content to VIDAA […]

August 3, 2023

Data: Chinese panel makers increase market share

The two Chinese giant TV panel makers, TCL and Hisense, have gained significant market share according to data from Omdia’s TV Display & OEM Intelligence Share. The paid now hold a 24 per cent market share for their Q1 2023 trading, and up from 22 percent for the same period last year. A 4-year average […]

May 16, 2023By Chris Forrester

Study: 29% Brits say watching TV is a ‘national pastime’

Global home appliance and consumer electronics brand Hisense has published the results of a study into UK TV owners’ viewing habits. The research focused on Brits’ attitudes to popular TV series and the effect those views have on TV purchasing decisions. Half (49 per cent) of those surveyed for the study watch their favourite shows […]

April 29, 2023

VIDAA OS on Hisense smart TVs

VIDAA, the smart TV operating system, has launched its new OS focused on the US market on Hisense smart TVs, following a large-scale deployment in Latin America. Less than three years old, VIDAA now streams an average of one billion hours of content per month in 180 countries and territories. Additionally, the OS supports AirPlay […]

January 6, 2023

NEXTGEN TV ecosystem hits milestones

Pearl TV, the coalition of US broadcast companies transitioning to digital television standard NEXTGEN TV, is claiming major milestones in the rollout of NEXTGEN TV to US households and the broader ecosystem of partners that enable the deployment of devices and the broadcaster application platform, RUN3TV. These latest developments focus on consumer and innovation options […]

December 16, 2022By Colin Mann

Viaplay device partnership with VIDAA

Viaplay Group and Hisense’s Smart TV platform VIDAA have agreed a multi-market, multi-year device partnership. The Viaplay streaming service app will be pre-installed on all Hisense Smart TVs sold in Viaplay’s current direct-to-consumer markets and in North America, where Viaplay will launch in early 2023. The Viaplay app will receive premium placement in the Hisense […]

November 8, 2022

25GS-PON continues to gain global traction

The 25GS-PON Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) Group has announced that, in evidence of the rapidly growing, global momentum behind 25GS-PON development and deployments, the Broadband Forum (BBF) membership has approved initiating work to add 25GS-PON to both its Interoperability Testing and PON Management projects. This is a key development as 25GS-PON technology continues to mature, verifying […]

October 17, 2022

Crackle button on Hisense TV remotes

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, an operators of AVoD streaming services, along with VIDAA USA, the company developing and managing the VIDAA platform on Hisense Smart TVs, have announced an agreement to add Crackle streaming services and a Crackle-branded remote control button – providing immediate access to the service on devices powered by VIDAA […]

October 13, 2022