Connected entertainment platform specialist VIZIO has confirmed that live streaming service SLING TV is now available on VIZIO SmartCast TVs. VIZIO says that millions of SmartCast users across America can now access the SLING app to watch the live content they love, plus over 150,000 on demand shows and movies. With free channels such as […]

Discovery and LG Electronics Canada have announced that discovery+, the definitive non-fiction subscription streaming service, is now available on LG Smart TVs in Canada, including LG’s line-up of LG OLED TVs and LG QNED MiniLED TVs. LG customers in Canada now have direct access to discovery+ and more than 200 exclusive, original series across fan-favourite, real […]

Parks Associates consumer research featured in its OTT Video Market Tracker reveals that in Q3 2021, 27 per cent of US broadband subscribers reported the Samsung Tizen Smart TV is their primary device for consuming video content. The firm’s most recent update recaps top industry and consumer trends of Q4 2021 and highlights anticipated market […]

WildEarth TV, the live and interactive wildlife TV channel, has announced its launch on Samsung TV Plus in Italy, Spain, Netherlands and Sweden. The WildEarth TV channel is a 24/7 mix of interactive wildlife content, featuring 8 hours of live programming a day including twice-daily live safaris direct from locations including South Africa’s Djuma Game […]

At the end of last year, Samsung announced it would open its own operating system to other TV manufacturers. This decision came only a few months after LG started to license its webOS TV platform to third-party TV makers, that would consequently be allowed to integrate LG’s operating system into their TV sets. LG already […]

VIDAA, a smart TV operating system and content platform preinstalled on most TVs manufactured by Hisense and other global Smart TVs, has selected Unruly, a global video and Connected TV (CTV) programmatic advertising platform, as its strategic Sell-side Platform (SSP), to enable global access to all of their video and native display media. VIDAA will […]

Findings from Hub Entertainment Research’s study, Voice Control: The Future Speaks, show that nearly all consumers have used voice commands to control at least some devices. But there are still roadblocks to voice control becoming the default method of tech interaction – chief among them, concerns about privacy. Voice command is commonplace among consumers. Four […]

Disruptel, the interactive TV and AI innovator, has announced a partnership with TCL, the consumer electronics brand. Through the partnership, the two companies will develop new AI-powered features, enabling users to see information related to what’s on-screen and ask questions about what they’re watching. Disruptel has developed an AI platform that processes and understands video […]

Findings contained in a whitepaper from analyst firm Parks Associates reveal that nearly 70 per cent of US broadband households own at least one streaming video product that is connected to the Internet. Ownership of smart TVs and streaming media players continues to rise, and gaming console ownership has held steady after several years of […]

The US consumer technology industry is projected to generate over $505 billion (€467bn) in retail sales revenue for the first time ever according to a new forecast from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The projection represents a 2.8 per cent revenue increase from 2021’s impressive 9.6 per cent growth over 2020. Strong demand for smartphones, […]