According to YouTube’s blog, it has now launched its UK movie rental service.

Digital Spy has conducted an interview with Darren Petersen, Samsung UK’s content services manager.Within it he reveals that 70% of the Samsung TV range and 100% of the Samsung Blu-Rayer range are now “smart”, indicating that he believes that connected televisions are not a fad and are here to stay.Read the full article on digital… Continue reading Connected televisions are here to stay, says Samsung

At BARB’s “Bigger Picture” event this morning, Bjarne Thelin, chief executive of BARB, appealed for more involvement from across the television and advertising industries in order to develop the potential of television measurement, and facilitate the coordinated use of additional data and so keep the measurement of television together – creating ‘the bigger picture’.

Samsung smart TV owners now have access to well over 200 apps, with new apps being launched every week.These range from games, to sports apps and general information apps, all downloadable via Samsung’s TV apps store, direct to their smart TVs Smarthub.Watch a demonstration of the Samsung apps store here.At the end of September 2011,… Continue reading Samsung TV apps total more than 200

Parks Associates has released new research on the US smart TV marketplace suggesting that the number of consumers planning on purchasing a smart TV has nearly doubled in less than a year

As broadband subscriptions continue to grow in the EU27, Point Topic has today announced analysis on how many subscribers there will be and how many will take an IPTV service as well. According to the leading global broadband analyst firm, IPTV is set to treble by 2020.

Collectively, US Pay TV providers lost 400,000 subscribers in the second quarter – their single worst period in over three years. Cable TV took the brunt of the hit, though Satellite operators were not left unscathed. While much of the subscriber loss can be attributed to traditional economic churners – “deal seekers” looking for a cheaper price – the percentage of those who say they’re giving up on Pay TV altogether is not abating.

According to reports in Broadcast magazine, BT and TalkTalk are intending to sell the internet-connected TV service YouView for less than £100.

IP Vision, a provider in the UK’s nascent hybrid DTT/IPTV over-the-top (OTT) TV sector, has announced that the FetchTV content portal will be available this autumn via an app as a service to consumers on Panasonic’s VIERA Connect compatible TV sets sold in the UK and Ireland.

Three and the Countryside Alliance have announced the launch of a project aimed at getting people online in rural areas of poor or non-existent broadband.