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TikTok TV adds connected devices

Following the launch earlier in November of TikTok TV in the US and Canada with Amazon Fire TV as its first partner, the TikTok TV app is now available on Google TV and other Android TV OS devices, LG Smart TVs, and Samsung Smart TVs. “We’re taking TikTok to the big screen in the living […]

November 23, 2021

Apple Music on LG TVs

LG Smart TV owners globally can now access Apple Music. Now available in the LG Content Store for LG Smart TVs running webOS 4.0 and higher, the Apple Music app provides subscribers with access to over 90 million songs ad-free, over 30,000 curated playlists, music videos in 4K and the Apple Music Radio live streaming […]

November 18, 2021

Insight TV on LG U+ in South Korea

Insight TV has announced that its linear UHD HDR service will launch on LG U+ in South Korea. This launch comes after three successful years reaching viewers in South Korea with the Insight TV 4K service on the SKB 4K package and Insight TV programming on the UMAX platform and now means that Insight TV […]

November 18, 2021

MUSEUM TV launches on LG U+ in South Korea

THEMA ASIA-PACIFIC has announced the launch of MUSEUM TV on LG U+, one of the largest IPTV player in South Korea and a longstanding partner of THEMA.LG U+ Premium Pack customers have now access to MUSEUM TV (channel #225), the leading channel entirely dedicated to the visual arts, appealing to a large audience of passionate […]

November 18, 2021

Analyst: Shortage of OLEDs will affect TV market

With Black Friday just days away – always a huge event in the sale of TV sets – a report from analysts at KB Securities says that with Samsung entering the OLED market next year there could well be a shortage of OLED panels. LG Display (LGD) is the sole supplier of the high-end TV […]

November 17, 2021By Chris Forrester

JW Player and Applicaster team up

JW Player, the video software and data insights platform, has announced the company has partnered with Applicaster, the SaaS app management platform, to launch an integrated OTT app solution for broadcasters and content owners alike. The out-of-the-box solution enables content owners to quickly launch their own custom OTT apps at scale without requiring any development, […]

November 17, 2021

India’s aha 2.0 powered by Firstlight Media

The aha streaming service is using Firstlight Media’s industry-first end-to-end cloud-native OTT platform as the technology foundation to power its next phases of growth in India and beyond. aha has launched a first-to-market “glocal” strategy that harnesses a 100% cloud-based infrastructure to deliver localized services in discrete markets, all powered by a single, common backend. […]

November 16, 2021

Rakuten TV expands free channels on LG TVs

Rakuten TV, already featured on LG Channels in key five European markets, has expanded its content offering in the UK with the rollout of five channels on the free content streaming service from LG Electronics, LG Channels, which offers an enhanced viewing experience for smart TV customers. CNN, Rakuten Stories, Comedy Movies, Action Movies and […]

November 11, 2021

hayu on LG TVs

NBCUniversal has announced that hayu – the all-reality TV SVoD service – is now available on LG TVs running webOS 4.0 through webOS 6.0. Reality TV fans in 27 territories can now watch their reality content via the hayu app – enabling more ways for subscribers to access the service within Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, […]

November 8, 2021

Report: Global streaming market still growing

Despite predictions of a pandemic peak, streaming adoption continues to gain ground in almost every single region quarter after quarter, according to the Q3 2021 State of Streaming report from Conviva. Streaming viewing time grew 21 per cent worldwide in Q3 2021 as compared to the same quarter in 2020, led by Africa, Oceania and […]

November 5, 2021