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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
Raymond Snoddy says there is one small worm in the bud when it comes to cable networks all over both Europe and the US; while revenues are holding up reasonably well – and even continuing to rise despite the recession – subscriber numbers are being hit… Almost everywhere competition to cable is becoming more intense!
BSkyB and YouView will find it difficult to match TiVo, according to a new report by investment bank Morgan Stanley.
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.
Further panellists have been announced for MediaTel Group’s Connected TV Experience on October 11-12.
180 million US internet users watched online video content in August for an average of 18 hours per viewer, according to the comScore Video Metrix. The total US internet audience engaged in a record 6.9 billion viewing sessions.
US service provider Verizon has just launched free apps that allow customers access to its video-on-demand service ‘Flex View’ anywhere they like to their iOS devices, including iPhone’s and iPad’s.
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.
