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HbbTV Starts Application Discovery Service

by Bob Raikes

RadioDNS and HbbTV announced that RadioDNS has implemented support for HbbTV’s “Application Discovery over Broadband” specification. This new functionality is intended to benefit consumers that live in markets where the existing HbbTV triggers are …

Berliner Philharmoniker App Comes to Samsung Smart TVs

by Andrew Fenn

Berliner Philharmoniker, named in many polls as the world’s best orchestra, is bringing its Digital Concert Hall app to Samsung’s 2015, 2016 and 2017 Smart TVs. According to the press release, the updated version …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Element to Launch Roku-Powered UHD TV Later This Month

by Andrew Fenn

Element will launch its first Roku-powered Ultra HD TV later this month. The 50″ LCD panel-based TV will run Roku OS and support resolutions up to 2160p, plus HDR10. Users will have access to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Roku| Smart TV| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Dataxis: 40 Pay TV Operators with Android STBs in Q3 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Dataxis research has found that around 40 worldwide pay TV operators have deployed Android set-top-boxes (STB) in the third quarter of 2017. Android is generally used by operators wishing to create more “over-the-top (OTT) …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Funai Electric Signs on to Roku TV Licensing Program

by Andrew Fenn

Funai Electric has joined the Roku TV licensing program. Under the program, Funai will build Roku-powered smart TVs, to be released under the Philips brand in the US. Philips smart TVs running Roku OS …

Sling TV Rolling Out to Select Samsung Smart TVs

by Andrew Fenn

Sling TV is now available on select Samsung Smart TVs, making it the first live and on-demand over-the-top service to come to the platform. The service is currently available on Samsung’s 2016 line of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 42

LG webOS Brings Channel Plus and DAZN to Canada

by Andrew Fenn

LG is expanding its webOS smart TV platform with LG Channel Plus and DAZN both coming to Canadian users of its 2017 line of Ultra HD smart TVs. Powered by Xumo, Channel Plus is …

Philips Brings New Features to Android TVs with Nougat

by Andrew Fenn

Philips has begun rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat to its 2016 and 2017 lines of Android-powered Smart TVs. The update will enable Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) HDR for live broadcast and streaming, as well …

Korea Telecom Now Using Alticast Apex Virtualisation Platform

by Alan Spencer

Alticast has announced that Korea Telecom is using Apex, from Alticast, to deliver a graphics user experience for both linear and on-demand content, completely virtualizing STB functionalities across nearly five million already-deployed IPTV STBs …

Tags:Korea| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 37

NetRange Smart TV Platform Now Available on KTC Devices

by Andrew Fenn

While we were at IFA we missed the news that the company that claims to be “China’s leading manufacturer of flat-panel displays”, KTC, has teamed up with Germany’s NetRange to bring its Smart TV …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Roku IPO Goes Well

by Bob Raikes

Roku completed its IPO with 18 million shares sold along with a 2.35 million allocation of additional shares by the underwriter at $14. The IPO valued the company at $2 billion. The share price …

YuMe TV SDK is Cross Platform

by Bob Raikes

YuMe Inc has released the YuMe Connected TV (CTV) SDK, designed to help publishers and advertisers engage audiences with TV-like, full screen ad experiences on connected devices such as Amazon Fire TV and Apple …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 35