Nagravision, the media and entertainment technology division of the Kudelski Group, is expanding its collaboration with DishTV India, a content distribution company with presence in DTH and OTT platforms, to launch a Direct-to-TV service using TVKey Cloud by Nagravision and Samsung. This collaboration sees DishTV becomes the first DTH operator in India to offer secure […]
Samsung TV Plus has announced that nearly 4,000 hours of free-to-stream Korean shows and movies are now available on-demand on the service across a variety of genres, such as K-Dramas, K-Crime, K-Thrillers and K-Romance, among others. The K-Content, available to US users, comes from Koreaan production companies CJ ENM and NEW ID and distribution company […]
Samsung Electronics UK has announced the start of a season-long partnership as the official TV partner of the NFL in the UK and Ireland. The partnership will see the duo deliver the ultimate NFL gameday experience at home through Samsung’s TVs to the ever-growing fanbase who follow the game in the market. The partnership will […]
A report from TrendForce, which monitors the market for TV panels globally, says that while the increase in TV shipments is good, although slight, and that regional variances and shifting consumer behaviour still leaves some room for concern. For example – and as reported by Display Daily – China, traditionally a strong market, saw weaker–than–expected […]
High–quality OLED screens have enjoyed a 50 per cent year–on–year growth as they increasingly get installed in TVs, monitors, smartphones and tablets. Q2 2024 saw strong demand according to a report from Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) which said that TV panel production at Samsung Display “continues to lead with double–digit share for all OLED […]
Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), a producer and distributor of unscripted programming, has announced an expansion of its partnership with Samsung TV Plus, Samsung’s FAST and AVoD service. Samsung TV Plus, which currently distributes the HMPG FAST channels Xplore, Rovr Pets and The Jack Hanna Channel, will license more than 500 hours of HMPG original […]
According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, global smartphone shipments increased 6.5 per cent year over year to 285.4 million units in the second quarter of 2024 (2Q24). Although this marks the fourth consecutive quarter of shipment growth and builds the momentum towards the expected recovery this year, […]
A union representing workers at tech giant Samsung Electronics has called on its roughly 30,000 members to go on strike indefinitely, as part of its campaign for better pay and benefits. The announcement came on the last day of a three-day general strike being held by the National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU), which said it […]
Bitcentral, a provider of professional media solutions for broadcast and digital video, has announced that its ViewNexa streaming platform is now available on Samsung TV Plus, the connected TV service owned by Samsung Electronics. With Samsung TV Plus enjoying a 60 per cent year-over-year increase in worldwide viewership, the platform allows ViewNexa customers to provide […]
Samsung Electronics expects profits for Q2 2024 to jump 15-fold compared to the same period last year, attributed largely to the AI boom which has transformed the prices of advanced chips. The South Korean firm is the world’s largest maker of memory chips, smartphones and televisions. The news pushed Samsung shares up more than 2 […]