LG Electronics (LG) has become the first company to incorporate the AllJoyn open source software framework into its Smart TV platform, giving users a new level of interoperability between devices. AllJoyn, developed by Qualcomm Innovation Center, is designed to create a common language that seamlessly connects the Internet of Things, regardless of brand or operating […]
Tripleplay, the digital technology specialists, has become the first hospitality TV solution developer in the Australia and New Zealand region to implement a stable and high quality hotel user portal solution without a set top box onto LG’s range of hospitality smart TVs. The first site in the ANZ region to adopt the Tripleplay LG […]
Accedo, a specialist in TV application solutions, has announced the official launch of the Accedo XDK, its cross platform development kit for Smart TV devices and game consoles. Accedo’s XDK provides a professional approach to the industry fragmentation by offering a framework which enables an enhanced development process by using reusable modular components and a […]
LG has admitted it continued collecting data on viewing habits even after users had activated a privacy setting designed to prevent it. The TV manufacturer has apologised to its customers and said it would issue an update to correct the problem. UK-based IT consultant Jason Huntley, who raised the issue in a blog, welcomed the […]
LG says it is investigating allegations that some of its Smart TVs send details about their owners’ viewing habits back to the manufacturer, even if the users have activated a privacy setting. A UK-based IT consultant blogger, DoctorBeet, detailed how his Smart TV was sending data about which channels were being watched. He also indicated […]
OTT television plays an important role in driving customer engagement and providing existing and prospective customers additional means of consuming their content, according to Luke Bradley-Jones, Product Director, TV, at BSkyB. Delivering a Keynote Address at the OTTTV World Summit in London, Bradley-Jones told delegates that Sky’s range of content access offerings such as Sky […]
A report from Deadline Media TV covering Connected television in the UK and Ireland concludes that for the next half-decade, Connected television is primarily a complementary, incremental, platform for existing broadcasting and content owners, and that within the UK and Ireland, television-like OTT TV will generate revenues of some £532 million in 2013, representing about […]
Research from Sony Pictures Television unit Crackle suggests that streaming to connected TV surpasses all other streaming devices and is now nearly as popular as watching live TV. According to the study, conducted by Crackle in association with Frank N. Magid Associates, control is increasingly in the hands of the viewer as connected TV is […]
According to research from TDG, more than half of US consumers with a connected TV have increased their use of OTT TV sources in the last year, with 24 per cent reporting a sizeable increase. Only 8 per cent of connected TV users report a decline in OTT TV viewership during the last year, meaning […]
According to a market research report by MarketsandMarkets, the total Social TV market is expected to reach $256.44 billion by 2017 with a CAGR of 11.2 per cent. To make television a more active and interactive experience, Social Television came into existence. TV viewers are currently looking for something interesting to watch and get opinions […]