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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Filmzie, the AVoD streaming platform, has announced its content is now available to watch in the UK on rlaxx TV, the Germany based AVoD TV provider. As part of its ‘Watch more, search less’ vision, rlaxx TV combines the viewing experience of linear television with the flexibility of a modern streaming service. rlaxx TV is […]
European AVoD service rlaxx TV is now available on Apple TV as well as smart TVs by Panasonic and Grundig in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The service launched on Amazon Fire TV devices and Android TV in early January 2021. The new availability on Apple TV, Panasonic and Grundig smart TVs adds around […]