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Why Samsung is pushing Tizen across the smart TV ecosystem

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

11 Oct 2022

Tizen

Samsung

smart tvs

Yesterday the world’s largest smart-TV manufacturer by market share announced partnerships with international original development manufacturing (ODM) companies to license its smart-TV operating system,...

Samsung is becoming an important games distribution player, as the ‘gaming TV market’ comes to life

Blog post by Karol Severin

4 Jul 2022

Samsung

Smart TV

Games

Samsung is establishing itself as a serious player in the distribution part of the games industry’s value chain through its ‘Gaming Hub’. Having already partnered with GeForce Now and Stadia games...

Fail Fast, Fail Early – Can Eleven’s UK Struggle Aid Future Growth?

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

21 Feb 2019

Allsvenskan

altice

Amazon Fire Stick

Eleven Sports announced last week it had successfully agreed long-term distribution agreements with all four TV operators in Portugal – Altice, NOS, Nowo and Vodafone. Achieving this agreement puts Eleven...

MIDiA Research Predictions 2017: The Year Of The Platform

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

13 Dec 2016

Access Industries

Alphabet

Amazon

Following an 84% success rate for our 2016 Predictions report, we today launch our 2017 predictions report: ‘ MIDiA Research Predictions 2017: The Year Of The Platform’. The report is immediately available...

Apple Pay’s Launch in Japan is a Bet on Revolutionising the Country’s Streaming Market

Blog post by Zach Fuller

9 Sep 2016

Apple

apple music

Apple Pay

Often lost among the impassioned online reactions to the removal of the headphone jack at Apple’s iPhone 7 unveiling this week was the expansion of Apple Pay’s Asian strategy. This was specifically...

How Ad-blocking Spreads Conflict In A Free For All Ecosystem

Blog post by Karol Severin

4 Feb 2016

ad blockers

Ad Blocking

ad-blocker

Last year in September, the release of iOS9 shifted the ad-blocking debate to a new level, not only because general public is becoming increasingly aware of ad blockers, but also because one of the world’s...

Quick Take: Apple Music Comes To Android

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

11 Nov 2015

android

Apple

apple music

As long anticipated Apple has launched the Android edition of Apple Music. I t is a non-typical move for Apple but not one without precedent, not least of which the Windows edition of iTunes which was...

Is Smartphone Dominance Slowing Down Innovation?

Blog post by Karol Severin

15 Sep 2015

app developers

appdevs

Innovation

In 2009, young prodigy Pranav Mistry introduced his SixthSense Technology Device at a Ted event. The possibilities seemed endless. If you don’t know SixthSense, please watch this video to understand...