Connected TV

YouView plans fresh updates

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YouView is planning a string of updates for the coming months, as it aims to take “connected TV into the mainstream.” Speaking at the Westminster… Read more

Amazon reportedly planning STB

Amazon is reportedly developing its own internet-streaming TV set-top box with plans to launch the device this autumn. According to a Bloomberg report, which cites… Read more

TVs need ‘sophisticated’ second screen interface, says Google exec

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Second screen experiences on smartphones are reflecting the “increasingly sophisticated nature” of what viewers expect from their connected TVs, according to Google executive George Panayotopoulos.… Read more

Cloud-based TV market expected to grow six-fold by 2017

Cloud-based TV revenues will grow to over US$750 million (€580 million) by 2017, up from US$120 million in 2013, according to a new report from… Read more

Spotify plots TV push

Internet-powered music service Spotify is planning to make a bigger push into the living room, with more smart TV apps and set-top deployments in the… Read more

LG buys HP webOS to boost connected TVs

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LG has agreed to buy HP’s webOS software in a deal that it said would enhance and support its next-generation smart TV offerings. The agreement,… Read more

Smart TVs to take over half of TV market by 2015

Uptake of connected TV is soaring and over half of new TVs will be smart TVs by 2015 with the proportion rising to two-thirds a… Read more

Humax launches new YouView box

Humax has launched a new YouView set-top box for the UK market. The Humax DTR-T1010, which provides access to the connected TV service developed by… Read more

Samsung chief sees strong growth in big screens

TV manufacturer Samsung expects strong growth from very large screens this year, despite a poor global economic outlook. The Korean firm also plans to develop… Read more

BT reveals YouView numbers

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UK telco BT now has just over 60,000 TV customers with YouView connected TV boxes, the company has revealed. BT said it signed up 21,000… Read more