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LeTV Takes 20% Stake in TCL

by Tom Allen

China’s LeTV is to acquire a 20% stake in TCL: an acquisition valued at HKD2.2 billion ($291.6 million). Through the move, LeTV will become TCL’s second-largest stakeholder. The official owner of the shares will …

221 million connected TV devices to ship this year

by Isaac Oburu

Competition for control of the living room between Apple, Roku, Google and Amazon is intensifying as each brand looks to establish an advantage over the other through the launch of new innovative device hardware …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| Consoles| Media Players| Smart TV| Streaming Dongles

AirCast Mobile and NetRange Team Up to Bring Personal Content to Smart TVs

by Isaac Oburu

Users can now watch videos and photos from their smartphones, tablets or PCs and send them to selected Smart TVs of family and friends in a one-stop solution NetRange, the global leader in white …

Tags:Smart TV| User-generated Content

LG Smart TVs And ‘Google Play Movies & TV’ Expand Content Options For U.S. Consumers

by Isaac Oburu

Starting this month, U.S. owners of LG Smart TVs will be able to enjoy thousands of movies and TV shows through “Google Play Movies & TV.” Compatible with LG’s industry-leading webOS Smart TV platform …

Tags:Google| LG Electronics (LGE)| Smart TV| USA

Opera TV launches on LG Smart TVs

by Isaac Oburu

LG Smart TV will launch selected channels from Opera TV’s portfolio in eight markets: the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, USA, Mexico and Brazil. The first phase of the Opera TV launch will …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Smart TV

Spain: Over 4m use connected TVs

by Milos Pavlovic

Telecompaper reports that the IAB of Spain has reported that 64% of connected users in the country use Smart TVs for the connection, with gaming consoles and PCs close together at 29% and 28%, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Spain| Vol 22 - Issue 44

NEW TV DESIGN TO MOVE TELEVISIONS OFF THE WALL

by Isaac Oburu

Samsung Electronics today announced that the Samsung Serif TV is officially available to order from Monday 2nd November in the UK. Designed by celebrated French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and launched at London’s …

Tags:Samsung| Samsung Display| Smart TV| TV Set Market

Smart TVs Dominate Spain Connected TV Use

by Tom Allen

Spanish trade body IAB Spain has found that around 4.3 million people in the country regularly use connected TV. 64% access through smart TVs, followed by games consoles (29%), PCs (28%), hybrid DTT (10%), …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Spain| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Quantenna and Vestel Collaborate on Next-Gen Wireless HD TV

by Isaac Oburu

Quantenna Communications, the leader in ultra-high performance Wi-Fi, today announced the collaboration with Vestel, the largest TV manufacturer in Europe, on a new smart TV with 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi. Powered by Quantenna’s award …

Tags:Broadcast| Smart TV

45% of WE Broadband Homes Have a Smart TV

by Bob Raikes

Parks Associates said that 45% of Western European broadband households own a smart TV, with the highest percentage in Germany, where over 50% of broadband households have this type of internet-connected CE device.

Tags:broadband| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 22 - Issue 42

The Connected Media Device Ecosystem: Smart TVs vs. Dedicated Streaming Media Devices

by Tom Allen

The popularity of OTT SVOD has influenced the increase of connected media devices in consumers’ homes. In turn, connected media devices continue to change consumers’ TV/video viewing behaviour by bringing a variety of sources …

Tags:Market Data| Media Players| OTT Video| Smart TV| SVOD

The Smart TV Experience: Fierce Competition from Alternative Connected Devices

by Helen Vince

The popularity of OTT SVOD has influenced the increase of connected media devices in consumers’ homes. However, the smart TV is no longer the ‘go to’ connected media device for several consumers. Nowadays, consumers …

Tags:Smart TV