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Sharp Roku TV QLED launches in UK

Sharp Corporation, the consumer electronics brand, and streaming specialist Roku have announced the first Sharp Roku TV QLED for the UK market. Designed to deliver premium picture quality and intuitive streaming, the Sharp Roku TV QLED model  – available in a 50″ screen size – combines 4K UHD resolution with QLED (Quantum Dot) colour for […]

May 8, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Canal+ app pre-installed on Sharp TVs

Canal+, media and entertainment company, and Sharp Consumer Electronics have announced a new strategic partnership. This collaboration aims to enhance the user experience on Sharp Smart TVs running the TiVo operating system by bringing the Canal+ App to the platform and providing access to Canal+’s content offering, including premium sports, movies and series. In all […]

May 5, 2026

Pro Direct Group invests in LifeJacket

Pro Direct Group, the sports retail and media businesses and home to SoccerBible, has made a strategic investment in LifeJacket, the digital football culture platform founded by former Soccer AM host John Fendley produced by Sharp House Digital Media. The partnership sees Pro Direct Group take an equity stake in LifeJacket and a seat on […]

April 7, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Whale TV signs new TV brand partnerships; adds Boosteroid

Whale TV, the independent TV operating system, has announced new licensing partnerships with five TV brands: Aiwa, Blaupunkt, EFL, ONVO and JVC. These TV brands will start using Whale OS 10, the company’s latest-generation television operating system, for their upcoming smart TV models. Whale TV has also announced Moka as a new Whale OS 10 […]

January 6, 2026

TiVo OS entering US market with Sharp

TiVo, a wholly-owned subsidiary of entertainment technology company Xperi, has announced it will be entering the US television market with Sharp Home Electronics Company of America. Already available in Europe, TiVo OS has eight partners, such as Sharp Europe, to introduce its smart TVs Powered by TiVo with over 33 brands including Bush, Daewoo, Digihome, […]

January 7, 2025

Freely reveals new smart TV partners

Everyone TV – the organisation leading the evolution of free TV in the UK – has revealed multiple new smart TV brands are joining the Freely line-up with Toshiba, Sharp, Panasonic and Metz all confirmed to offer the new streaming service backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The addition of these […]

June 24, 2024

Sharp launching smart TVs powered by TiVo

TiVo, the company that brings entertainment together and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xperi, and Sharp have announced today that Sharp will launch smart TVs Powered by TiVo as part of a multi-year, multi-million-unit agreement. The first TVs are expected to ship in 2024 starting in Europe. Sharp’s new line of smart TVs integrated with TiVo’s […]

August 10, 2023

Roku top selling smart TV OS in US in 2021

For the second year in a row, the Roku Operating System (OS) was the leading smart TV OS sold in the US according to NPD’s Weekly Retail Tracking Service, based on available data from January 3rd 2021 through December 4th 2021. Additionally, Roku announced a partnership with Sharp to bring Sharp Roku TV models to […]

January 4, 2022

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Wireless technology specialist Qualcomm has introduced its latest premium 5G mobile platform, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, claiming it leads the way into a new era of premium mobile technology equipped with cutting-edge 5G, AI, gaming, camera, and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies to transform the next generation of flagship devices. Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 will be […]

December 2, 2021

Research: Over 8m TV sets sold in UK in 2020

With lockdown measures enforced around the globe, it is understandable that 2020 saw the steepest growth in UK TV sales in over a generation, which exceeded 8 million sets, reports Futuresource Consulting. Being deprived of opportunities to enjoy holidays, cinema, theatre, concerts and so forth, people naturally gravitated towards the TV and diverted their spend […]

April 21, 2021