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LG Smart TVs offer free Apple TV+ trial

LG Smart TV owners in over eighty countries can gain access to three months of Apple TV+ for free. The promotion is available to new Apple TV+ subscribers and applies to all compatible 4K and 8K LG Smart TV models from 2018 to 2022 running webOS 4.0 to webOS 2022. To redeem this offer, users […]

December 2, 2022

FilmRise FAST channels on LG Channels

FilmRise, the New York-based film and television studio and streaming network, has announced today that LG will expand its FAST channel offerings with the launch of a suite of FAST channels across North America, UK, Ireland and the Nordics in addition to FilmRise AVoD content for the LG Channels service. FilmRise founder, Danny Fisher, commented: […]

November 21, 2022

TSN on LG Smart TVs in Canada

LG and TSN have announced availability of the TSN app on LG Smart TVs from 2018 and later. Plus, customers that have purchased select LG televisions between November 4th and December 15th, 2022, and are new TSN subscribers, can receive five months on LG. TSN is Canada’s Sports Leader and the network’s deep and varied roster of live sports […]

November 8, 2022

Report: Big losses for advanced panel sector

The ‘big three’ TV and smartphone panel makers have reported larger net losses for Q3 2022, and reflecting weak demand and lower prices for panels. A report from Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) looks in details at LG Display, AUO and Innolux, and says each of the three reported the “worst quarter in years”. For […]

November 2, 2022By Chris Forrester

Playground TV Channel on LG Channels in Europe

The Playground TV Channel is now availble on LG Channels across Europe. “We are happy to announce that we are today premiering Playground TV channel on LG Channels across LG TVs in Europe ”, said Daniel Nordberg, CEO & Founder of Playground TV. “LGs innovation and readiness to adopt free advertising-based streaming television, FAST [free […]

September 29, 2022

Red Bee, Nowtilus, Equativ launch High View FAST channels on LG Smart TV

Red Bee Media, Nowtilus and Equativ (formerly Smart) have announced the launch of their jointly created Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) offering. The product combines technology and expertise from the three companies to create a B2B solution for implementing and managing FAST channels. High View, a Germany-and-Austria-based independent media company, is the debut customer, distributing […]

September 29, 2022

LG lowers OLED expectations

Reports out of South Korea say that LG Display (LGD) is lowering its expectations for its OLED panel shipments for this calendar year. LGD is reported to have reduced its expected shipments to 7.8 million OLED panels for 2022. Next year should see unit sales increase. Part of the output reduction is because Samsung – […]

September 28, 2022By Chris Forrester

IAS, Magnite, mParticle execs join LG Ads Solutions

LG Ads Solutions, the connected TV and cross-screen advertising service, today announced three new executive appointments. Joining the team are Tony Marlow as Global Chief Marketing Officer, Barbie Brewer as Global Head of Human Resources, and Edward Wale, as Vice President, Europe. The new appointments will help fuel continued business momentum amidst strong growth in […]

September 8, 2022

LG Electronics and Intertrust for partnership

LG Electronics (LG) and Intertrust have announced that LG Smart TVs will be Intertrust ExpressPlay XCA-enabled. LG’s XCA enabled TVs will support operators in Germany starting in 2023. Intertrust XCA is a revolutionary conditional access system built on standards-based and widely deployed Marlin DRM technology and is fully compatible with OTT and broadcast systems. By […]

September 6, 2022

LG unveils new gaming UI

LG Electronics is expanding the gaming experience on its latest TVs, adding new cloud-gaming services to give users more choice, and a UI update that makes it easier to get in the game. Blacknut and Utomik Cloud, arriving on LG TVs in September and November, respectively, deliver a wealth of titles spanning classic games, indie […]

September 5, 2022