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Samsung integrates Eclipsa Audio into soundbars

Samsung Electronics has announced the integration of Eclipsa Audio — a 3D audio technology developed in partnership with Google — into its 2025 TV and soundbar lineup. “We are proud to lead the industry with the integration of Eclipsa Audio into our 2025 TV and soundbar lineup,” said Taeyong Son, Executive Vice President and Head […]

January 3, 2025

New festive flicks and TV picks on Samsung TV Plus

Samsung is welcoming a range of new content to bolster its free, festive line-up on Samsung TV Plus, as families settle in for the Christmas holidays. With over 200 live TV channels and thousands of movies and shows on demand, Samsung TV Plus offers a range of programming to suit every taste, such as viral […]

December 18, 2024

Samsung developing 500 Hz TV

South Korean press reports say that the nation’s giant technology company, Samsung Display, is in the final stages of developing a 500 Hz OLED panel, and could be on show at the CES technology show in January 2025. This very high refresh rate of images would aid production of monitors and would be ideal for […]

December 4, 2024By Chris Forrester

Samsung TV Plus adds 12 FAST channels from A+E

Samsung TV Plus – Samsung’s free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) service – has launched a selection of  US content from the library of A+E Media Group for viewers across the UK and European regions. The 12 new channels feature many fan-favourite programmes from across the library of A+E Networks’ global brands, including A&E, The History […]

December 2, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Samsung TV Plus adds Mythical 24/7 FAST channel

Mythical, the digital-first entertainment studio led by creators Rhett & Link, has announced two new ways for fans to watch Mythical content on Samsung TV Plus. As of November 15, 2024, Mythical’s always-on, FAST (Mythical 24/7) channel is available on Samsung TV Plus in the US and Canada. Additionally, all episodes of Rhett & Link’s […]

November 27, 2024

Data: Global TV shipments soar 11%

Display Daily, in its quarterly analysis of the TV and panel manufacturing sector, reports that global TV shipments experienced a significant rebound in Q3 2024, growing 11 per cent year-over-year (YoY) to 62 million units, marking the second consecutive quarter of YoY growth. Quoting Counterpoint Research, it suggests this resurgence is attributed to a shortened […]

November 25, 2024By Chris Forrester

Samsung commercialises cloud gaming platform

Samsung Electronics is fully commercialising its mobile cloud gaming platform as it officially launches out of beta in North America. First introduced as an open beta in 2023, Samsung’s mobile cloud gaming platform delivers benefits to players by allowing full-fledged Android-native games to be played instantly without download or reduced latency on all Galaxy devices, […]

November 22, 2024

Samsung Gaming Hub adds Xbox Game Pass titles

Samsung is introducing new ways to stream some of the biggest games of the year via Samsung Gaming Hub and a new version of the popular trivia game The Six via the Tizen platform. Owners of select Samsung Smart TVs, monitors, The Premiere 7 & 9 projectors, or The Freestyle 2nd Gen projector can instantly […]

November 19, 2024

Research: 68% of US homes have a smart TV

Parks Associates’ consumer research, Battle of the Platforms: Assessing Connected TV Ecosystems, surveyed 8,000 US internet households and finds that 68 per cent now own a smart TV and 46 per cent own a streaming media player, an increase from 2020 when 54 per cent and 42 per cent owned these devices, respectively. “TVs are […]

November 15, 2024

Research: Samsung reveals key moments for CTV advertisers

Samsung Ads has revealed research, conducted by LongTerm CoLab and in partnership with ISBA, forging a new path for advertisers to reevaluate traditional TV models and re-centre the consumer in the CTV conversation. Change the way you CTV offers new and unique data from actual consumer TV behaviour, paired with buy-side qualitative insights, that attempts […]

November 12, 2024