Smart TV solutions provider Foxxum has announced a deal with Egyptian electronics manufacturer El Araby. El Araby, which manufactures a range of consumer technology products for brands including Sharp, Tornado and Toshiba, will deploy the Foxxum CTV OS as an additional option to its pre-existing TV line-up. Foxxum’s CTV OS offers monetisation opportunities through interactive […]
There will be 182.6 million connected TV users in the US this year, up 8.1% from 2017, according to eMarketer estimates. The research firm said that some 55.5% of the US population will use connected TVs this year and tipped this to rise to 60.1% in 2022 when the number of smart TV users reaches […]
Some 69% of US television households now have at least one TV set connected to the internet, up from 24% in 2010 and 50% in 2014. This is according to new stats from Leichtman Research Group, which said there are now more connected TV devices in US households than there are pay TV set-top boxes. […]
Russia pay TV leader Tricolor TV plans to launch internet-connected TV services as well as making TV everywhere services available to subscribers on the go as well as those at home this year, according to CEO Alexei Kholodov. In an interview with local title The Standard, Kholodov also said there was plenty of room for […]
The BBC is rolling out new iPlayer personalisation features for connected TV viewers, in a bid to make it easier to move from device to device. A new ‘Pin and Pair’ sign-in option on connected TVs will let iPlayer viewers twin their computer, tablet or smartphone to their main TV, meaning they can start watching […]
The BBC said that it received more iPlayer programme requests in the week from December 26 to January 1 than during any other week in the history of the catch-up service. Announcing iPlayer stats for the festive period, the BBC said that during the week of New Year, 69.3 million programme requests were made. December […]
The proportion of TV sets connected to the web will climb from just 4.5% at the end of 2010 to 29.9% by 2020, according to Digital TV Research. The report, which covers 51 countries, claims that the number of TV sets connected to the internet will reach 876 million by 2020, up from an expected […]
UK TV technical standards body the DTG has introduced support for the forthcoming Freeview Play connected TV service in the latest edition of the D-Book, the official document for digital-terrestrial TV technology guidelines in the UK. D-Book 8 includes a set of technology foundations for the new service, according to the DTG. Freeview Play is […]
UK DTT platform Freeview has unveiled details of its new connected TV platform, Freeview Play, which it will launch alongside new company branding later this year. At a press conference in London this morning, Freeview managing director Guy North said that Freeview Play marked an “evolution” for the Freeview brand and would take viewers from digital […]
Digital UK has signed contracts for the building and testing of Freeview’s new branded connected TV service. Arqiva has been awarded the contract to provide the metadata system at the heart of the new service, while Digital TV Labs and DTG Testing have signed contracts to test the service. “These agreements are a crucial step […]
