OKAST, the white-label video streaming platform publisher, has announced a new agreement with Multi-Channels Sport Group for the launch of MCS Extreme. Born in 2010 in France, the TV channel MCS Extreme quickly became a reference in extreme sports before being integrated into the SFR Sport and RMC Sport packages. The channel is now launching […]
As more Americans are approaching what their lives looked like before Covid, their attitudes are beginning to return to normal. However, Hub Entertainment Research’s newest wave of Predicting the Pandemic study shows there’s evidence that many changes in behaviour – including some of those most disruptive to the entertainment industry – are here to stay. […]
Strategy Analytics reports that more than 665 million homes worldwide owned a Smart TV at the end of 2020. This equates to 34 per cent of global households, a figure that is set to rise to 51 per cent by 2026 when Smart TV ownership will reach 1.1 billion homes. Sales of Smart TVs grew […]
According to research by advisory firm Interpret, half of consumers who plan to purchase a smart TV or a streaming media player within the next three months will be first-time buyers. The remainder are existing owners who are replacing their streaming device, upgrading to a newer version, or switching to a new brand. According to […]
Vestel has announced the launch of Amazon Music on its Smart TVs. Available immediately, the Amazon Music app has been rolled out to all Vestel-manufactured Smart TV ranges across Europe. With Amazon Music, Vestel-made Smart TVs can offer Prime members access to two million hand-curated songs and over one thousand playlists and stations at no […]
Consumer electronics company TCL Electronics and streaming platform and device specialist Roku are launching TCL Roku TV models in the UK, available in both HD and UHD resolution, in sizes ranging from 32” to 65”. Both the 4K UHD (RP620K) and HD (RS520K) models support HDR Pro which uses Dynamic Colour Enhancement through 3D LUT […]
An estimated 22 million Italians watched content on a Smart TV in the period from October 1st 2020 to May 21st 2021 – a 39 per cent rise on the same period in 2019-2020. According to figures from the Studio Frasi Observatory, the overall audience dropped by 2.2 per cent, from 11.6 million to 11.3 […]
Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland is working with TV manufacturer TP Vision to promote the rollout of addressable TV in Germany. The two companies have concluded a cooperation agreement based on the implementation of the HbbTV specification for targeted advertising (HbbTV TA) in Philips Smart TVs. HbbTV TA enables a new level of addressable TV implementation, where, […]
While pay-TV is largely stable, and SVoD continues to grow, OMDIA’S latest consumer survey (April 2021) suggests that a significant number of users are eschewing AVoD and instead increasingly consuming content via paid alternatives. The launch of Studio AVoD service will draw viewers away from BVoD, reducing the overall number of services that a consumer […]
AVoD service Pluto TV and LG Electronics are expanding their partnership to offer Pluto TV channels on all 2016 to 2021 LG TVs running webOS in select European markets. With LG TV owners in Germany and the UK being the first to enjoy the Pluto TV app on LG TVs as of early this year, […]