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Samsung Smart TV is set to introduce ads in an update to the Smart TV SDK, according to Electricpig.

Boxee have announced that it has released its last software version of its online TV service for Boxee for PCs, Mac and Ubuntu.

According to new research released by eMarketer, online video has reached critical mass among US internet viewers, predicting 169 million people, or 71% of US internet users, will be watching online video each month by the end of 2012.

According to the latest research from Informa Telecoms & Media, awareness of Smart TVs remains low as UK retailers fail to educate consumers of their benefits and provide even the most basic information regarding connected-TV features.

New Parks Associates research shows that consumer interest in internet-enabled TVs nearly doubles interest in 3D TVs.

Online video advertising is expected to gain money from traditional TV budgets, according to Break Media. The digital video ad network says there will be a 32% rise in online video ad money coming from TV budgets.“Video advertising spending is growing faster than expected, and this is the first time a significant portion of the increased… Continue reading TV ad budgets shifting to online video

Virgin Media and the BBC have announced a new deal to bring BBC TV services to TiVo via the red button.

The Connected TV Marketing Association, has expanded its professional industry network to Europe with the appointment of Michael Lantz, CEO of Stockholm-based TV apps specialist Accedo Broadband, as its president for Europe, while Dr William Cooper, CEO and founder of informitv, will function as its Honorary UK Chair.

Almost 1.2 billion people age 15 and older watched 201.4 billion videos online globally during October 2011, according to new data from the comScore Video Metrix service. Google sites, driven by YouTube.com, ranked as the top video destination with nearly 88.3 billion videos viewed on the property worldwide during the month.

Although one in ten (10%) Britons already own a smart TV (one which can be connected directly to the internet via ethernet cable or WiFi), only a further 4% intend to purchase one at some point in the next 12 months, according to YouGov’s latest research.