Following its 2014 introduction of Fire TV, which became the #1 best-selling Amazon device category, with Fire TV Stick quickly becoming Amazon’s fastest-selling product ever, Amazon is introducing the next generation of Fire TV—the new Amazon Fire TV with support for 4K Ultra HD, and the new Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote. The new […]
Spain’s Telefonica has entered into a partnership with Samsung to extend its Movistar+ app to future Samsung smart TV models that enables subscribers to watch Movistar pay-TV channels without a STB. Currently, Movistar + offer is available on selected 2014 and 2015 Samsung smart TVs through the OTT app. With the agreement both companies will […]
The OTT TV and video business lures operators and broadcasters with an expanded audience reach, new technological capabilities and unrivaled user engagement levels. However, to succeed, TV operators have to meet such challenges like complex video delivery and an uncertain business model. And they also have to differentiate themselves from all other access methods for […]
The popularity of OTT SVoD has influenced the increase of connected media devices in consumers’ homes. However, the smart TV is no longer the ‘go to’ connected media device for several consumers. Nowadays, consumers are not just relying on one connected media device per household, but rather, they are turning to multiple devices due to […]
Usage of laptops and smartphones is outpacing that of STBs and smart TVs in the connected living rooms of today, according to new global research from Irdeto. The research reinforces a growing consumer trend of multi-screen usage and second screen devices becoming ‘first screens’, with PCs or laptops being the most used devices in living […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook has unveiled a new set top TV box with its own app store and new operating system. The device features a remote control with a touch-sensitive panel and a microphone that allows it to be voice-operated through Siri. “The future of TV is apps,” declared Cook who acknowledged it had taken […]
There’s a lot of whooping at Apple product launches. As the analysts and reporters are unlikely culprits (though I do know some journos who are worryingly hard line Apple adherents), we have to assume the uncontained excitement belongs to staffers. I suppose it’s hard to not to drink the Kool-Aid when you’re on the payroll. […]
Gaming fans can now enjoy Major League Gaming (MLG) content on their smart TVs with the new MLG.tv app in the Opera TV Store. MLG, a specilaist in eSports, has produced more than 1,000 hours of original content and premier eSports competitions. Through the Opera TV Store on Sony, Samsung, HiSense, and RCA devices in […]
Apple will make gaming central to the Apple TV proposition it is expected to reveal on Wednesday, according to the NYT – though announcement expectations have been disappointed before. The newspaper’s website reports that the new product is expected to have a starting price of around $150, more power for better graphics, a new remote […]
By 2019, there will be the equivalent of five media-enabled devices per household around the world, according to research from IHS Technology. US homes are predicted to have 10 devices, on average, making it the biggest market. The market will be driven by smartphones, whose installed base is