Tag: Smart TV
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Comcast, Walmart Could Be Working on Smart TVs Together Soon
A new report from the Wall Street Journal suggests Comcast could be working with mega-retailer Walmart to develop and promote smart TVs. The deal would represent yet another move from Comcast as it looks to position itself as a worthy streaming competitor alongside Roku, Amazon, and others. According to the WSJ’s report, Walmart would promote…
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Deal Alert: Save on TVs, Roku Devices & Soundbars at Best Buy
Not to be outdone by Amazon Prime Day, Best Buy has some incredible deals of its own happening right now. From smart TVs to streaming devices to speakers, here are some of the top deals today at Best Buy, ahead of its two-day sale Tuesday and Wednesday. TV Deals Best Buy has deals on TVs…
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Comcast Could Be Flexing Its Way Into Smart TVs
Comcast has already dabbled in the streaming device market with its X1 and Flex hardware, but a new report suggests the cable giant might be looking to enter the smart TV market as well. Protocol, citing industry sources, reported this week that Comcast has been in talks with TV manufacturers and is exploring smart TVs…
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Smart TV Viewing Has Grown 239% Year Over Year, With Streaming Growth Slowing
Streaming usage continues to rise, but not quite at the rate it was earlier this year. And along with that, better ads are being served up to streaming customers. As a part of their 2020 “State of Streaming” report, Conviva released some data about the current streaming landscape, and it showed that streaming is still…
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Smart TVs for Every Budget
Over the years, smart TVs (TV’s with built-in operating systems that support streaming services and apps), have become much more common. We’re well beyond that days where only the highest-end TVs offered onboard support for the Netflixes and Hulus of the world. So if you’re just getting into cord cutting and could use some help…
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Remote App Support is Leaving Older Samsung Smart TVs
Samsung is shutting down its Smart View app that serves as a remote for older smart TVs this fall. The iOS and Android app will be discontinued on October 5th, 2020. Users report getting pop-ups notifying them about the news, and Samsung’s Play Store has the announcement in the app’s description. Android Police was first…
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Research Group Expects Android TV to Lead Pay TV Set-Top Platforms Worldwide
The paid set-top TV landscape is certainly changing, and one research group expects Google’s Android TV platform to come out on top in the coming years. Rethink Technology Research’s report suggests the smart TV platform will triumph by riding on waves of increasing success in the Asia-Pacific, European, and Latin American regions. The report, titled…
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Roku Is the Most Popular Streaming Player, But the Amazon Fire TV & Smart TVs Are Gaining Ground
This week Cord Cutters News surveyed over 3,000 of our readers on a wide range of cord cutting topics. One of the questions we asked was “what streaming player do you use?” From these answers, we can get a fairly good idea of what most cord cutters are using to stream their movies and TV…
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Today at CES Vewd (formally Opera TV) Announced Their New Smart TV OS Called Vewd
According to Vewd, their new smart TV is the first smart TV OS that “truly leads with video, offering an immersive, dynamic and cinematic viewing experience directly from the homescreen.” A Vewd rep went on to say smart TVs with their new OS will not need to download apps. “Vewd OS offers thousands of popular…
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Westinghouse Announces a New Line of 4K Android TV Powered Smart TV
Last night Westinghouse Electronic announced a new line of Android TV-powered smart 4K Ultra HD televisions. This new line of Smart TVs is powered by Android TV and includes features like voice search along with Google Cast. Westinghouse’s new Android 4K Ultra HD TVs will be available in Q2 2018 and come in sizes ranging from…