Study: Half Of U.S. TVs Are Smart
More than half of all television sets in U.S. homes are so-called “smart TVs” with the ability to connect to internet streaming services, and some seven out of 10 U.S. households reported having at least one smart TV. That’s according to a study of more…
AMC+ Service Comes To YouTube TV
AMC Networks this week expanded its premium streaming subscription service AMC Plus to the YouTube TV live OTT platform, joining the list of supporting distributors including: Comcast, AT&T/DirecTV, Dish Network, Apple TV, Amazon, and Roku. The AMC Plus premium subscription service made its debut last…
Netflix Cracks Down On Unauthorized Account Sharing
Netflix is cracking down on account/password sharing through a new tool that will restrict sign-ons from multiple addresses without confirmation from an account holder’s secondary device, typically a smartphone. Users logging into a Netflix app from outside the main household will be asked to verify…
FuboTV Streaming Service Reports Record Q4, 2020 Results
Sports-centric live TV streaming service fuboTV announced Tuesday that it tallied its strongest fourth quarter ever and year to date. The company said it generated revenue of $105.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, its largest quarterly period to date. The company ended the…
4K Option Coming To YouTube TV
Google’s user-generated streaming content platform YouTube revealed a slew of updates coming including an update to its YouTube TV subscription-based live streaming cable-alternative service that will bring 4K Ultra HD content for viewing both live and offline. The announcement (https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/neal-innovation-series/) was made as part of…
HD Guru Awards 10 Best Of CES 2021 Show Winners
Last week’s 2021 Virtual CES was unlike any before it, and that made determining the winners for HD Guru’s Best of CES 2021 Awards the most difficult to date. In many cases, we didn’t have the luxury of an up-close demonstration and we had to…
Facebook Watch TV App Comes To Select LG WebOS Smart TVs
LG Electronics announced Friday that it is launching support for the Facebook Watch TV app on all 2014 and later webOS smart TVs. The feature will be made available in all countries where Facebook Watch is available, the company said. LG said the Facebook Watch…
Vewd OpX Unveiled For OTT, Linear Pay-TV Integration
Technology to simplify finding and streaming of all-types of OTT content along with linear pay-TV services may soon make its way to your favorite pay-TV set-top box or supporting media streamer. Vewd, an over-the-top streaming platform developer formerly known for its Opera-branded browser family, introduced…
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