Parks Associates: Younger Generations Are More Volatile OTT Subscribers
The average subscription to an over-the-top streaming service in U.S. broadband households is roughly 2.5 years and has an extremely impacted by age, according to a study released this week by Parks Associates. The media market research firm found that subscription lengths for younger consumers…
Spectrum TV App Returns To Roku App Store
Roku and Spectrum TV ended a nine-month feud this week that removed the Spectrum TV cable service app from the Roku app store over the period. The new agreement means that subscribers to Charter Communications’ pay-TV services will once again find the provider’s app in…
HBO Max App Comes To Some LG WebOS TVs In The U.S.
LG said Tuesday that the app for the new year-old popular premium streaming service HBO Max has finally come to its webOS-based smart TVs, dating back to 2018 models. To promote the relationship, HBO Max is also making available free preview episodes of some of…
Study: Smart TV Global Penetration To Reach 54% Of Homes By 2026
The estimated global penetration of smart TVs at the end of 2020 stood at 665 million households (or 34% of households around the world), according to a new study from market research firm Strategy Analytics. The study released last week further forecasts the penetration number…
Review: Samsung 65Q70A Offers Colorful HDR For Edge-Lit UHD TV
Our review of Samsung’s 65-inch 65Q70A revealed a solid performing 4K UHD HDR quantum dot television with a reasonable price for purchasers who don’t mind trading off some level of bright HDR specular highlights, wide viewing angles and shadow detail. The television steps down in…
LG Updates webOS With Alexa AI Voice Control In Third-Party TV Brands
LG announced Tuesday that it has extended support for Amazon Alexa voice control to third-party TV brands using its webOS smart TV operating system. The popular AI voice control platform has been available in LG TVs using newer versions of webOS but now it will…
NBCU, Samsung Reach Peacock Deal In Time For Tokyo Olympics
Those Samsung TV owners worried about missing out on any of NBCUniversal’s in-depth coverage of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics got good news Monday, when the media giant announced it has reached a deal with the No. 1 TV brand to put the subscription-based Peacock App…
TVs With Vewd App To Get Support For Facebook Watch
Vewd, the over-the-top and hybrid TV solutions provider, announced this week that it is bringing access in supporting smart TVs to videos from Facebook Watch. TV manufacturers that have deployed Vewd’s smart TV software can now add the Facebook Watch app globally, either through the…
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