The demand recovery for LCD TV panel orders from the global top Korean and Chinese TV makers is nearby according to Omdia’s TV Display & OEM Intelligence Service. Omdia estimates a strong rebound of 19 per cent year on year (YoY) is expected in Q2 2023 along with the anticipation of reaching 161.4 million units […]
Live streaming TV service Sling TV has launched its free advertising-supported streaming television service (FAST) – Sling Freestream – in the US. Unveiled on Sling’s eighth birthday and National Cut the Cord Day, Freestream is available through the Sling app on all Roku devices, and is rolling out across Comcast, LG, Samsung, Vizio and Xbox […]
Video Solutions, the media company that owns and operates wedotv AVoD and FAST channels, has completed a multi-platform launch in Italy for its wedo movies and wedo big stories FAST channels and direct-to-consumer platform wedotv. These launches mark the first time the company has expanded outside its initial launch territories of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and […]
THEMA, a Canal+ Group company, has announced multiple launches of its FAST TV-channel – Vive Kanal D Drama – in Spain. In January the channel became available on 2 platforms – Rakuten TV and Orange TV – and more deals are coming soon. At the same time with the Orange TV launch, the channel has […]
A global study from Samsung Ads through Verve reveals that ads on ad-funded and free streaming TV (FAST) services are more likely to be watched compared to other services – a finding consistent across the UK, Germany, Australia, and India. The global report, Understanding Advertising Engagement across different viewing platform types, compared key markets in […]
Lionsgate+, the SVoD service from Starz, is now available on Samsung Smart TVs, smart monitors, projectors and other Tizen OS-powered devices through a partnership agreement spanning the UK, Ireland, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Colombia. Customers in these countries can subscribe to a library of exclusive content that includes political thriller Gaslit along with period […]
Samsung Electronics has partnered with Fiit – the UK’s hybrid fitness platform– on a partnership which offers consumers a free Fiit 4-month subscription, when they purchase a selected Smart TV or Smart Monitor. Until March 31st 2023, customers looking to upgrade their fitness or TV viewing routines are in luck. The partnership between Samsung and […]
Nokia has signed a new cross-licence patent agreement with Samsung following the expiry of the previous agreement at the end of 2022. Under the agreement, which covers Nokia’s fundamental inventions in 5G and other technologies, Samsung will make payments to Nokia for a multi-year period which started on January 1st 2023. The terms of the […]
Worldwide smartphone shipments fell 17 per cent year on year in Q4 2022 reports Canalys Research. Full-year 2022 shipments declined by 11 per cent to fewer than 1.2 billion, reflecting a challenging year for all vendors. Apple reclaimed the top spot in Q4 and achieved its highest quarterly market share ever at 25 per cent, […]
South Korean electronics giant Samsung says it expects a 69 per cent fall in profits from Q4 2022. The crash in revenues is largely down to falling demand for Samsung’s key products of memory chip-sets, smartphones and TVs. The fall also represents its lowest quarterly profits since 2014, and significantly lower than market expectations. Samsung […]