California Democrat Representatives Anna Eshoo and Jerry McNerney have written to cable, satellite and streaming companies calling on them to better combat disinformation – and they name Fox News, Newsmax and One America News Network as culprits. Both signatories are both on the powerful House Energy & Commerce Committee. The letter doesn’t call for the […]
Roku, the US streaming specialist, has released fourth quarter and fiscal year 2020 results that beat analyst’s expectations. In a conference call, Roku CEO and founder Anthony Wood said: “In Q4, we grew our active account base by over 5 million resulting in a record 14.3 million incremental active accounts for the year. And we […]
Pixalate, a global ad fraud intelligence and marketing compliance platform, has released its first Connected TV App-Ads.txt Reports for Roku Apps and Amazon Fire TV Apps, reviewing app-ads.txt adoption trends in 2020. The reports analyse the state of app-ads.txt adoption among Connected TV (CTV) apps in the Roku and Amazon Fire TV Channel Stores (Roku […]
European AVoD service rlaxx TV is now available on Apple TV as well as smart TVs by Panasonic and Grundig in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The service launched on Amazon Fire TV devices and Android TV in early January 2021. The new availability on Apple TV, Panasonic and Grundig smart TVs adds around […]
A survey from ENGINE Insights has found that 69 per cent of Americans watched Super Bowl LV on a Smart TV on February 7th. Some 40 per cent of them watching via a Samsung TV, 21 per cent on LG devices, 11 per cent on Vizio and only 8 per cent on Sony. Over half […]
Documentary+, a global streaming platform, has gone live. The service is a joint venture between non-fiction studio XTR and the late Tony Hsieh. With a large curated collection of feature-length and short-form content, the Documentary+ library ranges from Academy Award-winners to festival darlings and is available to audiences for on any device. Documentary+ launches with […]
Roku and Philco have announced a new partnership that will bring the Philco Roku TV™ models to consumers in Brazil. The new Philco Roku TV models bring affordable streaming through four screen sizes including 32-inch, 42-inch, 50-inch and 58-inch Philco Roku TV models. The 50-inch 4K Ultra HD is already available for purchase online. The […]
Float Left and streaming video experience specialists 24i have announced that 24i will now leverage the power of Float Left OTT technology to offer advanced applications on Roku, one of the leading connected TV devices. Float Left has more than a decade of experience in the OTT space. They were Roku’s first development partners and […]
Amagi, a global SaaS leader in broadcast and streaming TV technology, has announced that Moonbug Entertainment, one of the largest digital media companies in the world, has selected its cloud solutions to create and distribute linear channels on Free Ad Supported Streaming TV (FAST) platforms in the US. Since launching in 2018, Moonbug has grown […]
Streaming specialist Roku has announced that Roku OS was the No. 1 smart TV OS sold in the US and Canada, according to NPD’s Weekly Retail Tracking Service. Roku TV held 38 per cent of market share in the US and 31 per cent in Canada, based on available data from January 5th through December […]