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The benefits of smart TV dongles over TV operating systems

When looking at purchasing a TV today, it’s not just the hardware specs we need to consider. Screen size, resolution, and colour gamut are still very important, but these elements tell you only a fraction about what user experience you’ll receive. Instead, it’s the TV’s firmware and operating system that often determine whether actually using […]

April 20, 2026

Omakase Player by Konstrukt is native player for TAMS

Konstrukt, a technology and engineering firm specialising in media supply chain solutions, has announced that its open-source Omakase Player now enables native integration and playback for the Time Addressable Media Store (TAMS) framework. Omakase Player is a core component of the TAMS Tools UI, delivering a frame-accurate viewing experience for cloud-native media workflows. The announcement […]

April 20, 2026

Report: 41% of UK consumers create content

MIDiA Research has published Rebuilding TV in the creator era: UK video consumption and creation, a new report examining how the UK video market is undergoing a structural shift as content consumption and creation converge. The report finds that in Q4 2025, 41 per cent of UK consumers create content of any format, rising to […]

April 16, 2026

Roku surpasses 100m streaming households

Roku, the TV streaming specialist, has announced that it has surpassed 100 million streaming households worldwide. Homes around the globe watch TV using a Roku streaming player, a first-party Roku-made TV, or one of the many Roku TV models built by Roku’s global hardware partners. “Surpassing 100 million streaming households is a defining moment, not […]

April 16, 2026By Nik Roseveare

DFB, Deltatre unveil German football streaming service

Deltatre, the streaming, digital, data and broadcast graphics partner, and the German Football Association (DFB) have announced DFB.TV+, a DFB-owned streaming service developed and operated by Deltatre, set to go live on May 22nd ahead of the DFB Cup Final (on May 23rd). As a key component of DFB.TV – the DFB’s first 24/7 pay-TV […]

April 16, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Amazon launching Fire TV Stick HD

Amazon has unveiled its new Fire TV Stick HD, that comes with a new Fire TV user interface and Alexa+ built in. The new Fire TV Stick HD – which is 30 per cent slimmer compared to the previous model, making it the same thickness as the HDMI cable – also delivers significant speed improvements […]

April 16, 2026

Panasonic debuts Astrova for Air Canada

Astrova  – a Panasonic Avionics seat-back solution for aircraft – has entered service with Air Canada on one of its Airbus A321 aircraft. The flag carrier of Canada is retro-fitting Astrova on 19 A321 aircraft with the IFE solution also being installed on an additional 67 of the carrier’s fleet across a number of aircraft […]

April 16, 2026By Chris Forrester

Forecast: V to overtake LG’s webOS in Europe

Omdia forecasts that V (formerly VIDAA), the smart TV operating system developed by Hisense, looks set to overtake LG’s webOS in European shipments, signalling a major shift in the competitive balance of the smart TV market. V’s rapid rise has been driven by the strong momentum of Hisense and its expanding footprint across Europe. The […]

April 15, 2026

CIMM outlines structural shift in identity across CTV

The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) has released a new paper defining a structural shift in how identity operates across the US TV and CTV marketplace – from a tactical capability to core market infrastructure. As converged viewing accelerates and advertising workflows evolve, the paper sets out the critical role that identity now plays, […]

April 15, 2026

Norigin Media releases React Native library

Norigin Media has announced the release of its React Native library, enabling an intuitive remote-control navigation solution across Apple TV and Android TV native platforms. The open-source Norigin Spatial Navigation tool previously supported web-based Smart TV apps on Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Vizio and Hisense V devices. The free and unified technology stack allows software […]

April 15, 2026