Opera Software has announced its cooperation with Hisense, the fifth largest LED TV provider in the world. Opera will deliver its Opera Device Software Development Kit (SDK) for Linux-based devices to the company’s TV model 55XT770/50K360/K300 series, and Hisense will use Opera’s leading HTML5 engine to bring an enhanced TV-viewing experience to their customers. With […]
Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer Hisense has assembled an R&D team based in Qingdao, Canada, and the US to develop a Google TV product for the global market to be released as soon as possible, according to sources within the company. Google China president John Liu and Hisense chairman Zhou Houjian jointly announced in July that […]
Espial, a specialist in on-demand TV software and solutions, has revealed that the Espial TV Browser has been selected to power Toshiba’s next-generation LED TVs in the US. The high-speed browser enables television providers to easily deploy personalised, interactive applications that offer a more engaging viewing experience to consumers. “Toshiba’s selection of the Espial TV […]
In the next five years, electronics retailer Flanco predicts that smart TVs will be the main type of TVs purchased by Romanians. Romanians spend on average over four hours a day watching TV, but at the same time, they are social networks enthusiasts, averaging over four hours surfing the Internet, according to the company. One […]
The media engagement Shazam has announced that it has achieved the milestone of exceeding a quarter of a billion users globally. Shazam also announced that it has expanded its Shazam for TV second-screen service in the US to support TV programming on any channel, anytime of day. Now, Shazam fans can use the app as […]
Mediaset Spain, owner of commercial TV channel Tele 5, is launching an OTT service called Mitele exclusively on Samsung’s tablets and smartphones. The service will allow users to watch live the commercial broadcasts of Tele 5 and Cuatro as well as to have access a la carte to a wide catalogue of International and National […]
TDF Media Services, the TDF business unit dedicated to providing innovative solutions for the media industry, has announced the launch of the first end-to-end HbbTV platform. This comprehensive brand new platform for broadcasters and media companies is able to support any kind of video-based hybrid TV services. Thanks to the HbbTV technologies, it is now […]
A survey by Quixel Research has found that 88 per cent of current Apple customers in the US would be interested in buying an Apple television. Furthermore, among non-Apple owners, 80 per cent of owners of a flat-panel TV say they’d be extremely, very or somewhat interested in an Apple TV. “This potential Apple (interactive […]
SmarDTV and Nagra, both Kudelski Group companies and Samsung Electronics have successfully combined CI Plus and HbbTV with DRM to enable video-on-demand for OTT networks directly to iDTVs without the use of a STB. The system integrates the Nagra Gravity User Interface running in HbbTV on Samsung 2012 TV models allowing Nagra PRM protected content […]
IBM has unveiled a new cloud platform and announced it will power the Philips Smart TV platform delivering greater interactive services to millions of TV viewers in more than 30 countries in Europe, as well as Brazil and Argentina. The announcement at the IFA consumer electronics event in Berlin provides IBM cloud services on a […]