Hisense Adds Haystack TV News To Vidaa Smart TVs
China-based TV manufacturer Hisense is expanding its integration deal with over-the-top (OTT) local TV news aggregation service Haystack TV Under the expanded agreement, Hisense is to pre-install and prominently place the Haystack TV app on Hisense TV models carrying its Vidaa smart TV OS platform….
Samsung Goes To Infinity And Beyond In TV Designs
Samsung is using CES 2020 to expand its 8K Ultra HD TV lineup while presenting a next-level design statement in its QLED TVs that shuns the bezel and sharpens the image with next-level AI picture processing. At the same time, the company is stepping up…
Plex Launches Free, Ad Supported Movie Service
Streaming media service Plex is stepping into the ad-supported streaming movie business today by launching free movies, documentaries and TV programs via its advertising-based video-on-demand offering. The service is subscription free and doesn’t require any special hardware. Content resolution will be offered in up to…
Smart TVs On Tap In Pre-Black Friday Specials
It’s time for the Holiday shopping season and Amazon has started offering a slew of Pre-Black Friday promotional deals on popular 4K Ultra HD, Full HD and HD TVs, with a wide range of bargain price points and performance levels. The good news is that…
CBSN Added To Samsung TV Plus Free Channel Library
In a bid to make its Tizen-based televisions further appeal to the rapidly growing cord-cutting community, Samsung announced Thursday that it has added CBSN – CBS News’ free 24/7 streaming news service – to its Samsung TV Plus app service. Samsung TV Plus is an…
Samsung Offers Tizen OS To 3rd Party TV Makers
Samsung Electronics said it is making its Tizen OS, which it uses for its TVs, smart home appliances and mobile devices, available to other third-party TV makers. The announcement, which was posted on the corporate web site Tuesday, comes out of the Samsung Developers Conference…
OnePlus Launches TVs In India With Eyes To U.S.
Following on the recent successes of China-based television manufacturing brands TCL and Hisense, additional contenders are lining up to take their shots at markets around the world. The latest challenger is a Chinese electronics brand called “OnePlus.” The heretofore maker of smartphones just announced in…
Roku, Walmart Agree To Audio Product Deal
It looks like anyone interested in picking up a pair of smart speakers optimized for Roku smart TVs, soon will be able to find them at Walmart under the discount store chain’s “onn” private label brand. The announcement was made somewhat cryptically as part of…
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