Backed by Simon Cowell, Kylie Minogue and Sheryl Crow, the streaming service looks to supplant smart speakers.
Starting today, new free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) linear content offerings featuring fan-favorite programming across Telemundo Enterprises and the NBCUniversal Global Distribution library are available on Google TV and Android […]
CNN Plus will also likely be shut out of Google TV and Android TV on its first day. WarnerMedia said it’s working to expand distribution.
Synamedia, an independent video software provider, has integrated a broad range of its video offerings with Android TV and has extended its Infinite cloud TV platform to support Android TV […]
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Google has altered its approach to TV and streaming, merging Chromecast and Android TV into a $50 Google-branded offering featuring a remote control. Chromecast with Google TV is the official new name for the setup, which marks the end of the Android TV brand name, which had been in use since 2014.
With the incumbent OTT operating systems at impasse with Peacock and HBO Max, Google finally has its opening into the living room, LightShed Partners says.
The TiVo Stream 4K is the well-known DVR company’s first piece of hardware that doesn’t have anything to do with recording TV broadcasts. Instead this little box, designed to plug into HDMI and hang from the back of your television, is all about streaming video — and could be a serious competitor to some favorite such devices like the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K and the Roku Streaming Stick Plus.
Amino, a global media and entertainment technology solutions provider, will showcase its next-generation solutions portfolio at IBC 2019 (Sept. 13-17, RAI Amsterdam), enabling pay-TV operators to meet today’s market conditions […]
Locast, the free over-the-air broadcast TV streaming service, said it has added iPad, Apple TV and Android TV to the devices/platforms on which it is now available. That is in addition to Apple iOS, Android, Roku and Hopper, as well as various browser platforms. Locast, which launched last year, does not have to get a TV station’s permission.
YouTube TV, the “skinny bundle” pay-TV service that launched in the spring via web browsers, Google Chromecast and a mobile app, officially is entering the living room. A new app optimized for smart TVs and connected devices launches this week with availability only on Android TV sets, but by the end of the year YouTube plans to roll it out to major distribution partners including Samsung, Apple TV, Roku and Xbox.
AccuWeather’s critical weather updates and information are now available to Android TV viewers through its new hyper-local, customizable TV app.
WGHP Expands Offerings Via Platforms
Tribune’s Greensboro, N.C., Fox affiliate is now offering news, lifestyle and entertainment segments as video-on-demand content on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Google’s Android TV.
AOL said Wednesday that its library of premium content would be available on Google’s Android TV, the same day the search giant unveiled the first streaming-media player that would run the new platform.
Google about to launch a renewed assault on television called Android TV, an entertainment interface. That means Android TV will look and feel a lot more like the rest of the set-top boxes on the market, including Apple TV, Amazon’s Fire TV and Roku.
