Smart TV (Connected TV, Integrated Digital Television, IDTV) News

Amagi and LeadStory launch personalized FAST news channel
Oct 15, 2024 – Amagi has collaborated with Samsung TV Plus and LeadStory to launch a personalized FAST channel that allows viewers to curate their news experience by selecting their preferred news categories.
News categories: Amagi, LeadStory, Samsung TV Plus, Srinivasan KA, Cam Price, Ed Love, Australia, Digital TV, New Zealand, Smart TV, Streaming, UX

DishTV India offers satellite direct-to-TV with Nagra and Samsung
Oct 7, 2024 – DishTV is launching a Direct-to-TV service in India using TVKey Cloud by NAGRAVISION (SIX:KUD.S) and Samsung, offering secure satellite content on Samsung TVs without the need for a set-top box.
News categories: NAGRAVISION, DishTV India, Samsung, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, India, Satellite, Smart TV

Freely to be integrated into Amazon Fire TV smart TVs
Oct 7, 2024 – Everyone TV has announced that its new streaming platform Freely will be available, from this autumn, on Amazon Fire TV smart TVs and other smart TVs with Fire TV OS built-in.
News categories: Everyone TV, Amazon, Panasonic, TCL, Freely, Jonathan Thompson, Emma Gilmartin, Gareth Rayworth, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial, TV OS, UK

Madhive selects Samba TV as audience targeting partner
Oct 2, 2024 – Madhive has selected Samba TV as its preferred ACR TV audience partner to enrich its local offering. The integration will allow audience targeting based on TV viewing behaviour and ad exposure.
News categories: Madhive, Samba TV, Hearst, Luc Dumont, Aden Zaman, Jonathan Sumber, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Smart TV, USA

Bouygues Telecom upgrades automated testing capability with Witbe
Sep 26, 2024 – Witbe (Euronext: FR0013143872; ALWIT) has announced that Bouygues Telecom is using its Witbox+ automated testing to deliver video services more efficiently, with a superior QoE for viewers.
News categories: Witbe, Bouygues Telecom, Marie-Véronique Lacaze, Loubna Hamdoun, Digital TV, France, IPTV, QoE, Set Top Box, Smart TV

LG and Rakuten TV launch VOD service in Europe
Sep 25, 2024 – LG and Rakuten TV have launched LG Movies & TV, a VOD service accessible without the need for a subscription and now available on LG TVs across the UK, Germany, Spain and Italy.
News categories: Rakuten TV, LG Electronics, Sidharth Jayant, Chris Jo, Digital TV, Germany, Italy, Smart TV, Spain, Streaming, UK

CloudTV to extend Smart TV OS to set-top boxes
Sep 20, 2024 – CloudTV is to extend its Smart TV OS to set-top boxes, the company's co-founder and COO has told the Financial Express. The OS is targeted at ISPs, DTH operators and MSOs in India, and internationally.
News categories: CloudTV, Abhijeet Rajpurohit, Digital TV, India, Set Top Box, Smart TV, TV OS, Worldwide

Eutelsat chooses Wiztivi to develop HbbTV app for Sat.tv Connect
Sep 18, 2024 – Wiztivi has created a custom HbbTV app for Eutelsat. Wiztivi was chosen to design and develop the Sat.tv Connect application after successfully delivering Eutelsat's Fransat Connect HbbTV app.
News categories: Wiztivi, Eutelsat, Jeroen van Vliet, Apps, Digital TV, Europe, France, HbbTV, Middle-East, Satellite, Smart TV, UX

Vestel signs MoU to acquire a 4.64% VIDAA stake
Sep 18, 2024 – Vestel has signed an MoU to acquire a 4.64% ownership stake in the VIDAA Smart TV platform. The acquisition will strengthen Vestel's position in the highly competitive Smart TV market.
News categories: VIDAA, Vestel, Guy Edri, Ergün Güler, Digital TV, MandA, Smart TV, TV OS, USA, Worldwide