Parks Study: COVID-19 Good For Smart TV Viewership
More than 6 million U.S. broadband households cut the cord on traditional pay-TV service between the first quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of Q1 2020, a study disclosed by Parks Associates revealed this week. The report said those who gave up their traditional…
Samsung, LG TVs Updated To Relieve COVID-19 Cabin Fever
As the COVID-19 pandemic increases reliance on digital streaming entertainment to help weather the viral storm, two of the world’s largest television manufacturers announced this week additional new capabilities now available to owners of some of their smart TV sets. On Wednesday, Samsung revealed that…
Major New Smart Home Platform Standard Planned
Anyone interested in purchasing a new TV in part to use as a smart home hub might be interested to learn that Amazon, Apple, Google and the Zigbee Alliance are teaming up in a historically unlikely way to develop a new open standard assuring interoperability…
Hisense To Bring First Roku TVs To United Kingdom
Following on the heels of Amazon’s announced plans to introduce integrated Fire TV-Edition televisions from manufacturing partners in various parts of the United Kingdom and Europe, Roku used the IFA 2019 technology show in Berlin, Germany Saturday to reveal that it is further expanding the…
LG Brings Xfinity Stream App To WebOS Smart TVs
Comcast and LG Electronics USA launched Thursday the Xfinity Stream beta app for 2019, 2018, and 2017 LG Smart TVs. The Xfinity Stream app will give LG TV owners the ability to access live, on demand, and cloud DVR programming included with their Xfinity TV…
Parks: Smart TV Penetration Changing Business Models
The growing popularity of internet-based skinny bundle live TV services, enabled by swelling penetration of smart TV and streaming device ownership in the United States, is gradually taking its toll on traditional subscription-based television viewership. Just last week, AT&T Communications CEO John Donovan declared that…
CR Study Spurs Smart TV Security Fixes
Samsung and Roku are reportedly addressing certain alleged security vulnerabilities affecting smart TVs, and in Roku’s case, media players as well, after potential problems were identify by Consumer Reports (CR) earlier this year. A CR study into smart TV and streaming device vulnerabilities discovered that…
Roku Updates OS, Adds Three Upgraded Media Streamers
Roku is adding a new versions of its operating systems for set-top media adapters (OS 9.0) and for its integrated Roku TVs (OS 8.2) that will offer a variety of features to make the Roku experience even easier to use. At the same time, the…
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