SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it held a global conference aimed at enhancing its smart TV content and platform business. The South Korean tech company said some 300 content developers and business partners from 30 countries attended the webOS Partner Summit, held at LG Science Park in western Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — E-Mart announced today the release of a new 65-inch 4K ultra-high-definition (UHD) smart Google TV under its Electroman brand, which is part of its home appliance private label (PL). The TV is an upgraded version of the existing Electroman 55-inch Android TV, and its larger screen size is in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Tuesday said it will expand its streaming service on smart TVs as the tech giant tries to increase its presence amid the pandemic-driven stay-at-home trend. The South Korean company said LG Channels will be launched in an additional 11 European countries, including Switzerland and the [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Tizen, a Linux-based operating system developed by Samsung Electronics Co., was the top smart TV streaming platform last year, a report showed Wednesday, thanks to its status as the world’s largest TV vendor. Tizen accounted for 12.7 percent of global connected TV devices in use in 2020, up from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday its smart TV platform will be used by other TV makers this year as the company eyes boosting its software capability. LG said some 20 TV manufacturers, including RCA, Konka and Ayonz, will release TVs installed with its webOS platform. To attract more TV [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Tuesday said Google’s cloud gaming service will be available on its smart TVs as the South Korean tech powerhouse eyes to expand its TV sales with better service offerings. LG said it will be the first TV manufacturer to support Google’s Stadia via its smart [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Friday unveiled its upgraded smart TV platform that will be used for its 2021 TV models as the South Korean tech company eyes to improve its software capabilities. LG, the world’s second-largest TV maker, said the webOS 6.0 will run on its 2021 TV sets [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday that more content on the Korean Wave of popular culture can be watched on its smart TVs via its streaming service as the company tries to attract more consumers in major markets amid the pandemic-driven stay-at-home trend. LG Channels will now have more content [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung and Apple have joined hands to add Apple’s iTunes Movie, TV, and AirPlay 2 features to Samsung’s Smart TVs. It is the very first time in the global television market for both iTunes and AirPlay to be featured on a single smart TV. The announcement came shortly before [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Smart TV sets are expected to take up more than 40 percent of global TV shipments in 2015, data showed Wednesday, with South Korean firms anticipated to maintain their lead in the market. Sales of smart TVs are expected to reach 97.1 million units this year, up 11.3 percent from [...]