As giant consumer electronics show CES gets under way in Las Vegas, streaming software platform for delivering video Roku has unveiled Roku TV, a new generation of Smart TVs designed to give consumers a simple entertainment experience in a complex connected world. The company plans to license the new reference design platform and software stack […]
DISH Network has developed a ‘Virtual Joey’ software application that delivers the DISH Hopper HD-DVR experience on 2013 and 2014 LG Smart TVs in the US. The app can be used instead of DISH’s hardware-based Joey, increasing installation options where coaxial or Ethernet wiring may be difficult to access. “Television placement is so often dictated […]
Digital age photography and consumer electronics specialist Polaroid is showing what it describes as a superior quality, affordable new line of televisions at CES 2014. Polaroid will début a 50” Smart TV that is Roku Ready, as well as a 50” Ultra HD 4K Television. According to Polaroid, the sets will provide consumers with unparalleled […]
Opera Software has revealed that apps from the Opera TV Store are now available for download on select Samsung Blu-ray players, providing viewers with more choices of online and streaming entertainment for their TV screens. “The Opera TV Store unleashes the full potential of online video content, the most popular consumption category on Blu-ray players […]
Research commissioned by movie and TV streaming service blinkbox suggests that the post-Christmas period could see a surge in on-demand viewing. The Tesco-owned operation suggests that a whopping number of Brits claim they will be turning to the Internet more than ever this Christmas, with most of us fed up with TV Scrooges serving up […]
Streaming service Roku has confirmed that YouTube is available now on the Roku 3 player in the US, Canada, the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The channel is expected to be available on additional player models in 2014. Writing in the Roku blog, Ed Lee, Vice President, Content Acquisition, says the YouTube channel rounds […]
Australian online entertainment service Quickflix is now available on TiVo media devices in Australia and New Zealand. TiVo customers can now enjoy blockbuster movies and hit TV shows, including the best of the BBC and HBO, streamed straight to their TiVo and other connected devices. As a special introductory offer, Quickflix will be offering TiVo […]
Predicting a future of increasingly connected living rooms with improving streaming capabilities, the global number of Connected TV devices is set to grow from an average of just 0.5 per household in 2013 to 1.0 per household by 2017, according to a report from Strategy Analytics. The report predicts a five-year Compound Average Growth Rate […]
LG Electronics hasannounced that music service Spotify will soon be available on LG Smart TV in the UK. The new app provides users with access to a collection of over 20 million songs and is compatible with all 2013 model LG Smart TVs. “Spotify is a welcome addition to the growing selection of premium content […]
Sony and Opera Software have confirmed the launch of two new Indian-entertainment apps in the Opera TV Store for Sony Bravia Internet TVs. These new apps are Sony LIV, Multi-Screen Media’s (Sony Entertainment Network) VoD service, and BIGFlix, which is India’s leading movie-on-demand service by Reliance ADAG. The Sony LIV app offers 18 years of […]