Parks Associates has released its latest Consumer Electronics Dashboard research, which shows 66 per cent of US internet households now own a smart TV. The survey from Q3 2023 shows the most popular smart TV operating system is Samsung’s Tizen at 35 per cent, a slight drop compared to Q1, but the decline was not […]
Pixalate, a privacy and ad fraud compliance platform, has released its Q3 Global CTV Ad Supply Chain Trends Report, a comprehensive analysis of the state of open programmatic Connected TV (CTV) advertising from July through September 2023. The report reveals that Roku had an estimated 51 per cent global CTV device market share in Q3 […]
Pay-TV operator Claro Colombia, Samsung and NAGRA have confirmed that streaming service Claro tv+ can now be enjoyed on Samsung Smart TVs without the need for an additional decoder. The launch expands the multiscreen content consumption experience for customers, facilitating access to all the content in this entertainment ecosystem. This joint development with Samsung and […]
Ateme, a specialist in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, announces it has enabled 4K UHD live streaming with Dolby Audio for Mola TV, the Indonesian subscription video-on-demand and over-the-top streaming service. In the very first deployment of its type, English Premier League (EPL) football matches with high-quality video and […]
ERT has launched the latest version of the Greek ERTFLIX OTT platform. The new backend implementation and the updated interface are the results of cooperation with the Greek systems company Telmaco S. A. and the team from Insys Video Technologies. ERTFLIX is a platform of the Greek state TV broadcaster, ERT, and provides users with […]
Samsung Electronics has unveiled details for the Samsung Gaming Hub at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Powered by Tizen, the Samsung Gaming Hub is a new game streaming discovery platform that bridges hardware and software to provide a seamless player experience. Samsung also announced partnerships with leading game streaming services – NVIDIA GeForce NOW, Stadia […]
MTV Oy and Sofia Digital have jointly developed a new way to make advertising interactive when watching content on Smart TV. The solution helps to enable clickable campaigns to be activated through TV-screen using companion devices, like smartphones. This solution answers the problem, which many advertisers have – namely identification and targeting of individual TV […]
ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has announced that Pluto TV, the free streaming television service, will launch in Italy on October 28th. With over 52 million global monthly active users spanning 25 countries in three continents, Pluto TV will be Italy’s first Free ad-supported television (FAST) service and will complement Paramount+ when the premium streaming service […]
Strategy Analytics reports that more than 665 million homes worldwide owned a Smart TV at the end of 2020. This equates to 34 per cent of global households, a figure that is set to rise to 51 per cent by 2026 when Smart TV ownership will reach 1.1 billion homes. Sales of Smart TVs grew […]
Android TV and Huawei’s HarmonyOS are set to dominate the coming years across both the shrinking footprint of operator set tops, and the ballooning number of smart TVs and connected TV (CTV) devices, according to forecasts from Rethink TV. Pay-TV households will decline