LG Electronics (LG) is set to present its first commercial implementation of the Home Connectivity Alliance’s HCA Specification 1.0, enabling cross-brand appliance connectivity through the LG ThinQ smart home platform. By the end of this year, consumers will be able to control appliances from other brands, such as Samsung and Vestel with the ThinQ app, […]
LG Electronics and Amazon Luna have partnered to bring the cloud gaming service to LG’s 2021-2023 Smart TV models in the UK. LG Smart TV owners can now access a range of games on Luna directly from the Home Screen Game Card on 2023 LG Smart TVs or by downloading the Luna app from the […]
Bethesda Game Studios’ open-world space adventure Starfield will be available through the Samsung Gaming Hub with an Xbox Game Pass subscription on September 6th. Samsung Gaming Hub gives gamers a new way to discover and instantly stream cloud games from top gaming partners on supported 2023 TVs and monitors with no console required, including the […]
Basis Technologies, a provider of programmatic advertising and media automation solutions, has announced an integration with FreeWheel that will give advertisers direct access to connected television advertising inventory. Per this integration, FreeWheel, the technology platform for the television advertising industry, will enable Basis platform users to access programmatic guaranteed buying capabilities on premium video inventory […]
Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV (CTV), has announced that the eighth edition of its Quarterly Global FAST Report revealed a surge in CTV adoption rates across Brazil and Mexico, indicating a 94 per cent growth in CTV penetration in Brazil and a closely following 93 per cent […]
TiVo, the company that brings entertainment together and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xperi, and Sharp have announced today that Sharp will launch smart TVs Powered by TiVo as part of a multi-year, multi-million-unit agreement. The first TVs are expected to ship in 2024 starting in Europe. Sharp’s new line of smart TVs integrated with TiVo’s […]
Ad intelligence Software-as-a-Service company AdImpact has agreed a multi-year deal with Inscape, a provider of currency-grade ACR data and the technology division of Vizio Holding Corp. The agreement will combine AdImpact’s advertising intelligence capabilities and proprietary ad catalogue with Inscape’s industry leading ACR data and nationally representative panel (NRP), empowering AdImpact to provide a comprehensive […]
North American private equity firm Novacap has confirmed the successful acquisition of Cadent, a provider of platform-based converged TV advertising solutions. This partnership marks the fourth investment under Novacap’s TMT VI Fund. Cadent has rapidly transformed from an early leader in cable and broadcast aggregation to one of the largest independent platforms for unified audience […]
The Ampang Session Court in Kuala Lumpur has charged and fined a salesperson, Leong Wei Xiang, RM20,000 (€4,000) for selling TV boxes pre-loaded with unauthorised Astro content under Section 43AA (2) of the Copyright Act 1987. He pleaded guilty to the charges and paid the fine. Leong committed the offence on October 21st, 2022, at […]
IRIS.TV, the content data platform, has partnered with GroupM, WPP’s media investment group, to leverage the IRIS_ID as the primary method for accessing video-level data enriched by contextual and brand-suitability data partners. The IRIS_ID is a universal content identifier that allows IRIS-enabled publishers to securely share video-level data to power advertising applications in streaming media. […]