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LG webOS 3.5 smart TV Platform Certified by Common Criteria

by Alan Spencer

The LG webOS 3.5 smart TV platform has been certified by Common Criteria for its enhanced application security solution version 1.0 software. Security manager, the webOS 3.5 security software module, was tested in accordance …

LeEco Adds DirecTV Now App

by Alan Spencer

A new software update for LeEco 4K smart TVs has added DirecTV Now for Android TV. This is the first time that the DirecTV Now app has been available on a smart TVs. It …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| OTT Video| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Atmaca Selected Seraphic for Connected TV Platform

by Alan Spencer

Atmaca Elektronik, one of Turkey’s electronics manufacturers, has chosen Seraphic as its TV portal solution provider, in order to be able to launch a new series of smart TVs in Europe, using the brand …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Opera TV Joins Forces with JW Player

by Alan Spencer

Opera TV has expanded its partnerships and has joined forces with JW Player, a digital and mobile video platform and player company. Together, Opera TV Snap and JW Player will enable JW Players’ over …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 17

YouTube Kids App Comes to LG, Samsung and Sony TVs

by Alan Spencer

TVs from LG, Samsung, and Sony will now have the YouTube Kids app installed. The app was introduced a little over two years ago by Google, and is available in 26 countries with more …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Roku TVs Will use ACR To Track What is Being Watched

by Alan Spencer

Roku’s latest update includes Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) to track what viewers are watching via cable or via antenna, and to then give the viewers additional viewing options via streaming. ACR uses image recognition …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Roku| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Sling TV is First Live OTT TV for LG

by Bob Raikes

Sling TV of the US, a subsidiary of Dish Network, said that it will be the first live OTT TV service on LG Smart TVs that support webOS 3.0 and 3.5. The app will …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OTT Video| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 15

iWedia Says Teatro Doesn’t Use Android TV

by Bob Raikes

iWedia and HiSilicon issued a statement clarifying that their recent collaboration on Android solutions, running the Teatro-3.5 STB software solution from iWedia on the Hi3798MV200, the latest UHD STB chipset from HiSilicon, is based …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Software| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Is Smart TV better in the TV or in the Cloud?

by Bob Raikes

The other day, I was reading an article that was complaining about the relative lack of development in Smart TV technology recently. It got me thinking about how Smart TV is developing but also …

Tags:Cloud TV| Smart TV| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Samsung Partners with Wuaki for Europe UHD Expansion

by Alan Spencer

Samsung and Rakuten-owned VOD service, Wuaki, have agreed to partner to expand the Wuaki TV Plus service in Europe. Samsung and Wuaki will team up to sell 4K, HDR film titles through Samung’s smart …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Samsung’s Tizen “Worst Code I’ve Ever Seen”

by Milos Pavlovic

The Motherboard blog has described the Samsung Tizen OS as a ‘Hacker’s Dream’ and a researcher said that he had found 40 vulnerabilities and the site quotes the researcher as saying “It may be …

Opera TV and Zype Launch OTT Offering

by Alan Spencer

Opera TV and Zype have announced the launch of a fully-integrated, end-to-end distribution solution for video content owners to maximize advertising revenue through the Opera TV Store. World Poker Tour and Shout! Factory are …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 13