The two Chinese giant TV panel makers, TCL and Hisense, have gained significant market share according to data from Omdia’s TV Display & OEM Intelligence Share. The paid now hold a 24 per cent market share for their Q1 2023 trading, and up from 22 percent for the same period last year. A 4-year average […]
Global home appliance and consumer electronics brand Hisense has published the results of a study into UK TV owners’ viewing habits. The research focused on Brits’ attitudes to popular TV series and the effect those views have on TV purchasing decisions. Half (49 per cent) of those surveyed for the study watch their favourite shows […]
VIDAA, the smart TV operating system, has launched its new OS focused on the US market on Hisense smart TVs, following a large-scale deployment in Latin America. Less than three years old, VIDAA now streams an average of one billion hours of content per month in 180 countries and territories. Additionally, the OS supports AirPlay […]
Pearl TV, the coalition of US broadcast companies transitioning to digital television standard NEXTGEN TV, is claiming major milestones in the rollout of NEXTGEN TV to US households and the broader ecosystem of partners that enable the deployment of devices and the broadcaster application platform, RUN3TV. These latest developments focus on consumer and innovation options […]
Viaplay Group and Hisense’s Smart TV platform VIDAA have agreed a multi-market, multi-year device partnership. The Viaplay streaming service app will be pre-installed on all Hisense Smart TVs sold in Viaplay’s current direct-to-consumer markets and in North America, where Viaplay will launch in early 2023. The Viaplay app will receive premium placement in the Hisense […]
The 25GS-PON Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) Group has announced that, in evidence of the rapidly growing, global momentum behind 25GS-PON development and deployments, the Broadband Forum (BBF) membership has approved initiating work to add 25GS-PON to both its Interoperability Testing and PON Management projects. This is a key development as 25GS-PON technology continues to mature, verifying […]
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, an operators of AVoD streaming services, along with VIDAA USA, the company developing and managing the VIDAA platform on Hisense Smart TVs, have announced an agreement to add Crackle streaming services and a Crackle-branded remote control button – providing immediate access to the service on devices powered by VIDAA […]
Pearl TV, the coalition of US broadcasters transitioning to NEXTGEN TV, has confirmed that the NEXTGEN TV models from Hisense – U7H and U8H – are now available at retail, starting at $799 (€802) MSRP. Hisense joins existing vendors, Sony, Samsung and LG Electronics, which already have more than 70 models at retail. “Hisense has […]
Despite the temptations of lower-cost Chinese and Turkish television manufacturing it seems the world prefers South Korean-built TVs. Data from technology research specialist Omdia indicate that Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have firmly held onto the Number 1 and 2 spots in terms of market share. Omdia’s data says that Samsung Electronics posted a 29.5 […]
White-labelled, turnkey Smart TV and OTT ecosystems provider NetRange has been chosen to provide content for the new range of Hisense TVs powered by VIDAA OS. “NetRange has been an invaluable partner to us in ensuring that we have Smart TV apps for all the key markets of our exciting new VIDAA OS-powered TVs,” says […]