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France: Téléfoot on Samsung TVs

Mediapro’s football streaming service, Téléfoot, which launches tonight (August 21st) with live coverage of the Ligue 1 clash between Bordeaux and Nantes, has announced it is available on Samsung smart TVs. The Téléfoot app will be automatically pre-loaded on Samsung smart TVs models from 2019 or 2020, whilst those with 2018 models can download it […]

August 21, 2020

SPI/FilmBox debuts Filmstream on Samsung TV Plus

SPI/FilmBox announced that their new ad-supported digital channel Filmstream has made its worldwide debut on Samsung Electronics’ video service, Samsung TV Plus in the UK. Filmstream is the newest addition to SPI’s portfolio and currently features a broad selection of independent movies and world cinema classics. “The rise of on-demand content consumption has left some […]

July 29, 2020

Eurofins launches testing services for CI Plus 2.0

Eurofins Digital Testing, a global player in end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services, has announced the launch of updated testing services for the new CI Plus 2.0 standard. Eurofins is the exclusive test partner for version 2.0 of the standard, appointed by CI Plus LLP (the Trust Authority for the CI Plus standard) and […]

July 29, 2020

Study: Disney+ functionality on Amazon, Apple, Android etc

Disney+ has room for improvement on Samsung’s smart TV system Tizen. The streaming service performs better on Android TV and Amazon’s Fire TV as well as Apple TV and LG’s Web OS. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by TeraVolt. Although the player of Disney+ works perfectly with Tizen (100 per cent), the […]

July 23, 2020

Forecast: AR/VR devices to ship 43.2m in 2025

Total shipment of AR/VR devices is expected to reach 5.12 million units in 2020, according to Trendforce. Thanks to the release of various glasses-like AR/VR devices, the AR/VR devices market is likely to rapidly expand from 2021 to 2022, with a forecasted shipment of 43.2 million units in 2025. This market is projected to reach […]

July 23, 2020

SpotX: 64% Brits more likely to choose AVoD over SVoD

SpotX, the global video advertising platform, has revealed research into the behaviour of connected TV (CTV) audiences in Europe. Conducted by research firm Statista, the report reveals the latest data identifying the characteristics of CTV viewers in the big five markets. The findings, complemented by insights from Samsung Ads Europe, aim to help advertisers better […]

July 16, 2020

Samsung ‘we can do Europe’s 5G’

South Korea’s Samsung has said it could provide Europe’s 5G infrastructure. EVP Woojune Kim said the company was in active commercial discussions with European operators to supply network equipment, and was investing its resources in 4G, 5G and 6G. “The one thing that is a challenge for Samsung entering the UK or European market is […]

July 9, 2020

CTV Seller Trust rankings from Pixalate

Ad fraud intelligence and marketing compliance platform Pixalate has launched the Connected TV/OTT Seller Trust Index (CSTI), describing it as a “breakthrough” addition to Pixalate’s suite of programmatic seller quality ranking, and the world’s first quality-based ranking system for programmatic OTT/CTV sellers. Pixalate’s new CSTI ranks the overall quality of programmatic sellers across three major […]

June 30, 2020

Sony & Panasonic sue Samsung over OLED patents

Japan’s JOLED, the joint-venture between the OLED divisions of Sony and Panasonic, is suing Samsung Electronics and its subsidiaries in the US and German courts and alleging patent infringements on the joint venture’s organic light-emitting diode panel technologies. The US lawsuit accuses Samsung and its Samsung Electronics America subsidiary as well as Samsung Display of […]

June 25, 2020By Chris Forrester

Samsung UK launches The Sero rotating TV

Samsung Electronics has announced the launch of its first mobile-friendly TV, The Sero. Defined as “the TV that champions content viewing in as many ways possible by rotating between horizontal and vertical orientations”. The Sero is now on sale and available to purchase in the UK. Samsung says its “revolutionary brand-new Lifestyle TV ushers a […]

June 1, 2020