Smart TV
Samsung has announced that 2018 and 2019 Smart TVs will offer Apple iTunes Movies and TV Show support, along with support for Apple’s AirPlay 2. The surprise announcement made today has wider implications to Apple’s content service as well as future plans for the Apple TV hardware. The new “iTunes Movies and TV Shows” Smart TV application will be available on all new 2019 TV models from Samsung beginning this spring, as well as seeing support for 2018 models via firmware updates. The adoption of the iTunes library of movies and TV shows gives Samsung TV users a new content delivery source, but most importantly, it gives Apple unprecedented access to a userbase of potential new customers for its service. This also represents the first time...
Samsung's TV Discovery Service Enables TV to Smartphone/Tablet Streaming
I'm not entirely sure I understand the point of MWC this year if everyone is going to pre-empt the show with announcements of their own (or in the case...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/22/2013
Canonical Brings Ubuntu To Televisions
Canonical, a services and software company that backs open-source projects like Ubuntu, recently announced they would be moving to compete in the Smart TV space. The project, called Ubuntu...
3 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/12/2012
Lenovo At CES: Android TV and First Krait Tablet
In 2011, Lenovo made a cursory effort to grab some of the consumer Android tablet space with the 7" K1, and a slightly more concerted effort to grab the...
3 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/9/2012
Roku Streaming Stick Brings Smarts To MHL Equipped TVs
Smart TVs will be a big deal this year. If you sunk your money on one of last year's 3D sets, you probably don't want to do it again...
3 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/5/2012
Sony SMP-N200: Smarting Up Your Old TV
Moving TVs off the shelf is no easy task, so the industry joins in hyping initiatives every year. Last year it was 3D, this year it's Smart. We haven't...
6 by Jason Inofuentes on 9/19/2011
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