Inview, a provider of end-to-end Smart TV ecosystems, has signed an agreement with Altech Multimedia, a provider of innovative products and services to the Global Multimedia market, to develop low cost broadcast and connected TV solutions for Africa, the Middle East and emerging markets. Altech Multimedia will port Inview’s Liberator platform onto its latest set-top […]
‘Smart TV in Italy’, the first of a series of reports from Deadline Media TV on OTT and connected television, details the current market for Smart TVs in Italy within the framework of broadcasting, broadband and mobile communications. Deadline says that using MHP (Multimedia Home Platform), Italy is the first country to widely deploy a […]
For years, US consumers have had three simple criteria when buying a television: price, size and picture quality. While those factors remain, American television buyers now are placing increased importance on technology features, including Internet connectivity and 3D display, according to the Smart TV Consumer Survey conducted by the IHS Screen Digest TV Systems Service […]
Senior managers at UK free-to-air digital satellite platform Freesat have confirmed the service’s support for the HTML5 multimedia Internet standard. The move follows Freesat’s successful launch of YouTube built on HTML 5, offering a TV-optimised, visually stunning and fully interactive viewing experience. James Strickland, Chief Technology Officer, noted that previous standards such as MHEG, which […]
A new era of television consumption is being ushered in across Central Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) according to a report by Discovery Networks, which also suggests that supercharged by the digital age, audiences led by the young and early adopters are showing an increasing appetite for new TV services that complement existing […]
A mobile-device operating system that Hewlett-Packard once had high hopes for is set to get a second chance at LG Electronics. LG will acquire the system, known as webOS, and some of the employees who work on it from HP for an undisclosed amount. LG plans to use webOS in televisions, confirmed Skott Ahn, LG […]
TV ratings company Nielsen has revealed plans to expand their definition of “TV” to include viewers watching TV over broadband. The new definition of a “TV household,” is any household with “at least one operable TV/monitor with the ability to deliver video via traditional means of antennae, cable [set-top box] or satellite receiver and/or with […]
Samsung has confirmed it will unveil its TV Discovery service at the Mobile World Congress later this month. The service will allow users to find TV and video content from various providers, including Netflix and Blockbuster, on their mobile phone or connected TV. The TV Discovery service relays real-time informational from a variety of sources, […]
Yoon Boo Keun, head of Samsung’s consumer electronics unit, speaking at a briefing in Seoul, said the electronics manufacturing giant will boost investment in high-end Smart TV sets, and in particular OLED-based screens. Samsung is to release a new 55” set this coming weekend in South Korea. Not to be outdone, LG is also ramping […]
DVR specialist TiVo has entered into a partnership with Flingo, a provider of Smart TV applications and TV platform technologies. The partnership will help TiVo to gain access to several TV applications and video contents. By integrating Flingo applications into TiVo set-top boxes, TiVo will now be able to stream video content from TMZ, A&E, […]