Samsung Electronics has reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30t 2022. Total consolidated revenue was a record for the third-quarter at KRW 76.78 trillion (€0.05tn) despite a challenging business environment, while operating profit declined 23 per cent from the previous quarter to KRW 10.85 trillion. With record revenue in each of the […]
Producer, record executive and entertainment impresario Simon Cowell and talent discovery formats specialist Syco Entertainment, along with international entertainment executive Tim Van Rongen, have partnered with Universal Music Group and its Republic Records label to create StemDrop. The service is described as a new evolution of musical collaboration, curation and artist discovery to be launched […]
THEMA, a CANAL+ Group company, has announced the first deal for Vivaldi on Samsung TV Plus; the classical music FAST channel is available now for viewers in Spain and Italy. Samsung TV Plus is Samsung’s free ad-supported Smart TV video service, delivering instant access to news, sports, entertainment, and more. Samsung TV Plus delivers free […]
Samsung Electronics has announced a partnership with leading international ODM (Original Development Manufacturing) companies such as Atmaca, HKC and Tempo — a collaboration that will enable non-Samsung smart TV models to use Tizen OS for the first time. New TVs from Bauhn, Linsar, Sunny, Vispera and other brands will be available in Australia, Italy, New […]
Reports out of South Korea say that LG Display (LGD) is lowering its expectations for its OLED panel shipments for this calendar year. LGD is reported to have reduced its expected shipments to 7.8 million OLED panels for 2022. Next year should see unit sales increase. Part of the output reduction is because Samsung – […]
Samsung Ads has optimised the Samsung Smart TV home screen to help consumers in moments of discovery, with the launch of a brand new 1st Screen (home screen) Masthead ad placement for 2022 Samsung TV models. The Samsung 1st Screen Masthead is a new, high-impact ad unit re-engineered to aid discovery and recommendation, and drive […]
QVC and HSN, specialists in multiplatform video commerce, have launched their interactive streaming shopping service on Samsung Smart TVs in the US. The QVC+ and HSN+ streaming experience combines QVC’s and HSN’s five linear broadcast channels – QVC, QVC2, QVC3, HSN and HSN2, offering 50+ hours a day of live vCommerce content – with three […]
Conviva, the streaming analytics platform, has released the results of its quarterly State of Streaming Report which shows continued growth in the global streaming market, including gains of 14 per cent in Q2 2022 as compared to Q2 2021. Asia and Latin America saw the most growth – 90 per cent and 70 per cent, […]
Findings from the first biannual Plume IQ Smart Home Market Report from personalised communications services specialist Plume reveal comprehensive intelligence about the growth of the smart home sector, including the changing popularity, penetration and usage of connected devices and home networks. The report analyses anonymised and aggregated data from a cross-section of the 41 million […]
Samsung Electronics America says it is ushering in a new chapter of Samsung TV Plus, the TV manufacturer’s free ad-supported TV (FAST) and VoD service reaching 24 countries and 465 million devices globally across TV and mobile. Launched in 2015 as one of the first FAST services by a device manufacturer, Samsung TV Plus has […]