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Google Play Movies Launched on Samsung Smart TV

by Yvette Raikes

Google’s film streaming service, Google Play Movie, is now available as an app on the most recent 2016 models of Samsung’s Smart TV. Currently this does not include 4K films, but it supports up …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Fake Cat News

by Matthew Brennesholtz

In a recent announcement, CatTronix Inc., a startup based in New York, has announced it is developing a user interface for computers that will make them more accessible to cats. “Why should cats be …

Samsung Offers Showtime

by Yvette Raikes

Samsung is now offering the Showtime streaming service and the Showtime Anytime app on some 2015 and all 2016 smart TV models in the USA. The streaming service will cost $10.99 a month, with …

Philips 2009 Smart TVs Lose Their Smarts

by Bob Raikes

Like many ‘intelligent’ devices, SmartTVs have a limited life and Philips will withdraw smart features from the 8000 and 9000 series TVs that it sold in 2009 at the end of December and using …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Smart TV| Streaming Dongles| Vol 23 - Issue 47

US Connected TV Viewing Growing Rapidly

by Bob Raikes

US connected TV penetration will reach 71.2% of US internet users by 2020, according to eMarketer, representing 60.4% of the population. The analyst reports that growth in the use of connected TVs will increase …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Smart TV| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Freeview Play Coming to LG Smart TVs

by Bob Raikes

LG said that owners of 2016 LG Smart TVs in the UK will be able to take advantage of the Freeview PLay service, which extends the EPG for DTT content to allow the downloading …

Freeview Play Scroll Back TV Guide Coming to LG Smart TVs

by Isaac Oburu

Today, LG Electronics announced that owners of 2016 LG Smart TVs, will be able to take full advantage of Freeview Play functionality by scrolling back through their TV guide to enjoy shows from the …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Smart TV

LG Smart TVs Have Payment Options

by Yvette Raikes

LG is working with Paymentwall, so that developers for LG webOS smart TVs can create apps which will support over 140 payment methods in more than 200 countries. This will allow consumers to conduct …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Payment Systems| Smart TV| Vol 23 - Issue 39

EKT Integrates STB to Smart TVs

by Bob Raikes

One of the stories that we missed in the flood at IBC was the development of a Smart TV design by EKT which also claims to supply “Tier 1” network operators. The TVs have, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| STBs| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Foxconn Chooses NetRange for Smart TV Ecosystems

by Isaac Oburu

Foxconn, one of the world’s largest consumer electronics manufacturers, will equip its TV devices with white label smart TV portal solutions from German technology and software development company NetRange. As part of the collaboration, …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Smart TV

Sony Removes YouTube App From Older TVs

by Isaac Oburu

Sony has announced that they will remove the YouTube app on Sony internet-enabled 2012 TVs following changes by YouTube that can’t be supported by the TV’s hardware. YouTube switched from using the Flash Player …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Smart TV| Vol 23 - Issue 35

HbbTV to Merge with Smart TV Alliance – Mozilla Ends Firefox OS

by Bob Raikes

The HbbTV Association is merging with the Smart TV Alliance so that applications in the future will be able to use a single architecture. The two groups have started technical collaboration and will merge …