Global sales of connected TV devices soared to a new record in Q4 2020, reaching 109.1 million units, according to research from Strategy Analytics’ TV Streaming Platforms service. According to the report, Amazon became market leader for the first time with sales of 13.2 million devices and a market share of 12.1 per cent. Samsung […]
FITE, the global platform for sports and entertainment, has announced that its OTT app is now live on LG Smart TVs globally (model years 2018-2021), including LG OLED TVs. The FITE app, offers an array of premium Pay Per View events, SVoD package options and free programming including the linear channel, FITE 24/7. Louis Lewow, […]
LG Electronics has announced the availability of its popular webOS TV platform ecosystem to other TV brand partners, disrupting the status quo in an industry known for its proprietary operating systems across different manufacturers. LG is now expanding its expertise beyond TV manufacturing to encompass webOS TV software platform development and adoption by other TV […]
Chinese electronics and TV giant Skyworth has apologised to South Korean LG Electronics for the – seemingly – deliberate misuse of LG’s world-beating ‘rollable’ OLED TV screens. LG complained over Skyworth’s US subsidiary (Skyworth USA Corp) misuse and Skyworth, in its statement, acknowledged its unauthorised use of the LG images during last month’s CES virtual […]
LG Electronics has announced a strong year with 2020 revenues of KRW 63.26 trillion (€46.5bn) and record-setting operating profit of KRW 3.20 trillion, an increase of 31.1 per cent over 2019, driven primarily by higher sales of premium home appliances and OLED TVs as well as strong growth in vehicle component solutions. Sales in the […]
LG Electronics has announced a partnership with Google to bring Stadia to its latest webOS smart TVs in the second half of this year. After Stadia comes to Google TV, LG will be the first TV manufacturer to natively support Stadia gameplay via webOS. Stadia on LG TVs will allow customers to instantly play hit […]
In a series of 2021 predictions in a report from Bob O’Brien of the Digital Supply Chain (DSCC) he suggests that LCD television panel prices will remain higher in 2021 than in 2020 at least until Q4 this year. O’Brien says: “2020 started with panel prices rising after Samsung and LGD announced that they would […]
LG Electronics (LG) is once again making its presence known in the fast-growing global esports industry with a partnership with Gen.G Esports (Gen.G), one of the biggest esports organizations in the world. Gen.G and LG will collaborate to further develop the esports scene internationally with the help of LG’s category-leading UltraGear gaming monitors. Ranked sixth […]
LG Electronics has announced the introduction of webOS 6.0 for its 2021 OLED, QNED Mini LED, NanoCell and UHD smart TVs. Paired with the new Magic Remote, the latest version of the company’s acclaimed smart TV platform offers viewers a more enjoyable and intuitive content discovery experience. The upgraded LG ThinQ AI in webOS 6.0 […]
LG Electronics (LG) and Alphonso have announced a significant investment by LG in Alphonso to bring together the two TV companies’ technologies and innovations to LG’s smart TV line-up. With this investment of nearly $80 million (€65.1m), LG will become Alphonso’s largest investor with a controlling stake of over 50 per cent. LG says it […]