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Roku & Google Make Up

by Bob Raikes

What They Say NextTV reports that Roku and Google have finally resolved their dispute over the carriage of YouTube and YouTube TV in a multi-year agreement. The dispute had gone on since April and …

Tags:Google| Roku| Smart TV| Streaming Video| YouTube

Amazon Gives Up Alexa Hands-free Voice Tech to Toshiba for New High-end Fire TV Smart TV Line

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Toshiba TV brand in the US has signed up with Amazon to use its Alexa app along with the FireTV. The voice operation can use a remote or not. Toshiba’s …

Tags:Smart TV| toshiba| USA| Voice Input

Google releases Android 12 for TV with refresh rate switching, 4K user interface

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google has released Android 12 for TV to developers. Features are: Media Avoid motion judder during playback using refresh rate switching Certified API-accuracy for reporting display modes, HDR formats and surround …

Tags:Android| Operating Systems| Smart TV

Links Week Ending 3rd December 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. Vodafone TV launches on LG smart TVs …

Links Week Commencing 29th November 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Mobile phone museum celebrates ugly and iconic …

Omdia Updates on Streaming and HbbTV

by Bob Raikes

HbbTV held its 9th Symposium and Awards event in Paris – a mixture of the live and virtual. We picked up on the live stream and were interested to hear what Paul Gray, Director …

Huge fines and a ban on default passwords in new UK law

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The UK government has introduced new legislation, the The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill which has three new rules. easy-to-guess default passwords preloaded on devices are banned. All products now …

Tags:Legislation| Security| Smart Home & Home Networks| Smart TV| UK (United Kingdom)

Links Week Ending 26th November 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. LG 2022 OLED TVs: 42″ C2, 83″ …

MediaTek Announces New Pentonic Smart TV Family with New Pentonic 2000 for Flagship 8K 120Hz TVs

by Artem Alekseenko

MediaTek unveiled its new Pentonic smart TV family with the introduction of the Pentonic 2000, which will power next generation flagship 8K TVs. The MediaTek Pentonic smart TV series is built on MediaTek’s innovative …

Tags:Mediatek| Smart TV| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

ExpressPlay announces integration with Hisense Smart TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vidaa and Intertrust ExpressPlay announced that Hisense SmartTVs based on Vidaa can be preloaded with Intertrust’s ExpressPlay XCATM content security for broadcast TV protection. This allows SmartTVs to protect content without …

Tags:Broadcast| DRM & Content Protection| Piracy| Security| Smart TV

Links Week Ending 19th November 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. The Economist Looks at the Metaverse ($) …

Parks: U.S. Consumer Adoption of Smart TVs Reached 56% in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Parks Associates reported that SmartTV penetration has now reached 56% of US broadband homes. Smartspeakers and smartdisplays reached 53%. 82% of domestic broadband households subscribe to at least one OTT video …