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Dune HD and Sigma Designs create 4K Hybrid Media Player and IoT Hub

by Isaac Oburu

Sigma Designs®, a leading provider of intelligent system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for Smart TV, Smart home IoT and IP-based set-top-boxes (STBs), announced that Dune HD has selected Sigma Designs’ SMP8758 and Z-Wave® technology for its …

Tags:Smart TV| UltraHD (4KTV)

Nielsen Ups Information on Connected Devices

by Isaac Oburu

Nielsen’s data about connected TV devices will be available to clients beginning on the 25th April. The company is creating a new ‘viewing source bucket’ called Total Use of Television (TUT), which adds TV-connected …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Smart TV| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Samsung wins RNIB’s Inclusive Society Award for its Accessible Smart TV range

by Isaac Oburu

RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) has presented Samsung Electronics UK with an Inclusive Society Award in recognition of its work in making smart TVs accessible for blind and partially sighted people. Sight …

Tags:Samsung| Smart TV

Connected TV Homes Rise to 49 Million

by Tom Allen

The NPD Group says that 52% of US internet homes had ‘at least one TV’ connected to the internet in Q4’15 – marking an increase of 6 million homes over Q4’14. The types of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NPD| Smart TV| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 09

Death Knell Sounds for Skype on TV

by Tom Allen

Starting in June, Microsoft will end support for the Skype for TV app on smart TVs. It will be up to TV manufacturers as to whether or not they remove the app from their …

Tags:Applications| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Smart TV| Vol 23 - Issue 09

Dialog Semiconductor Expands Power Management Market with Industry’s First PMICs for Smart TVs and Set-Top Boxes

by Isaac Oburu

Dialog Semiconductor plc, a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, solid state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth(R) Smart technology, today announced that the company is entering the smart TV and set-top box …

Tags:Bluetooth| Dialog Semiconductor| Smart TV| STBs

Samsung Smart TV Platform Reaches New Milestone

by Isaac Oburu

Samsung Electronics announced that its Smart TV platform brand in the UK has now passed the 2.5 million weekly unique users mark – a 33% increase in users over the past six months.

Smart TV Rising in Developed Markets

by Tom Allen

Adoption of smart TVs continues to rise in many markets, especially developed regions and China, says IHS. Consumers are increasingly seeking streaming content from online video services. By 2019, IHS predicts that 50% of …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 23 - Issue 04| Worldwide

Samsung Electronics Introduces Advanced Smart TV User Experience

by Isaac Oburu

Samsung Electronics unveiled a new Samsung Smart TV user experience with the refreshed ‘Smart Hub’ user interface and new Samsung Smart Control remote. These Smart TV enhancements provide consumers with easy access to all …

Tags:Samsung| Smart TV

Samsung Uses LED in Modular TV Concept

by Tom Allen

Unusually, Samsung had less to show in the way of displays than normal this year. The company is increasingly saving its big mobile news for MWC in February, so CES is limited to TVs, …

Samsung Electronics Announces GAIA, a Powerful Smart TV Security Solution for 2016 and Beyond

by Isaac Oburu

Samsung Electronics today announced GAIA, a powerful and comprehensive three-layer security solution for its entire 2016 line up of Tizen-based Smart TVs. The service will give users protection across all areas of the Smart …

Tags:CES 2016| Samsung| Security| Smart TV

Samsung Brings IoT to Smart TV

by Tom Allen

Samsung has announced that its entire lineup of 2016 SUHD TVs will be ‘IoT-ready’, and connected with its SmartThings platform. SmartThings, acquired by Samsung in 2014, is an open platform for connection and control …

Tags:Internet of Things IOT| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Vol 22 - Issue 52