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Walmart buys Smart TV company VIZIO in $2.3bn deal

February 20, 2024 13.11 Europe/London By Julian Clover

US retail giant Walmart is to buy of VIZIO and its SmartCast Operating System in a deal worth $2.3 billion.

Filed Under: Business, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: Vizio, Walmart Edited: 21 February 2024 09:38

HBO Max added to VIZIO Smart TVs

September 2, 2021 11.35 Europe/London By Julian Clover

HBO Max has gone live on VIZIO SmartCast TVs in the United States, giving access to several million households.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: HBO Max, Vizio Edited: 2 September 2021 11:35

Vizio reorganises its platform business

October 28, 2020 19.18 Europe/London By Robert Briel

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Vizio has announced a set of changes to its organisational structure of SmartCast operating system and advertising business.

Filed Under: Connected TV, Newsline, TV Tagged With: addressable advertising, Smart TV, US, Vizio Edited: 28 October 2020 19:18

Disney, Turner, NBC, CBS, Discovery join forces for addressable TV advertising standard

March 13, 2019 07.15 Europe/London By Robert Briel

A number of American media and technology companies, in collaboration with US smart TV company Vizio, have formed a consortium dedicated to the development and deployment of a new, open […]

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Standards, Tech, Top Story Tagged With: addressable TV, CBS, Discovery, Disney, NBC, Project OAR, Turner, Vizio Edited: 13 March 2019 17:55

Vizio pays $2.2m for spying on smart TVs

February 7, 2017 09.57 Europe/London By Robert Briel

US smart TV producer Vizio has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General for spying […]

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission, FTC, smart TVs, US, Vizio Edited: 8 February 2017 11:51

Vizio adds Xumo OTT to SmartCast

December 7, 2016 10.21 Europe/London By Robert Briel

US TV set manufacturer Vizio has added Xumo, a live and video-on-demand (VOD) over-the-top service, to the Vizio SmartCast app.

Filed Under: Connected TV, Newsline Tagged With: smart TVs, SmartCast, US, Vizio, Xumo Edited: 7 December 2016 10:24

Chromecast to be featured in Vizio TV sets

February 29, 2016 08.38 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Google’s Chromecast has partnered with TV manufacturer Vizio on a series of new TV sets that offer Chromecast-like functionality out of the box, according to Variety.

Filed Under: Newsline, OTT, Tech Tagged With: Chromecast, Google, Netflix, smart TVs, US, Vizio Edited: 29 February 2016 14:22

Samsung, LG and Vizio join Sony as Google TV partners

January 6, 2012 10.10 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Google TV-powered devices for consumers will be around many places at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Filed Under: Connected TV, Editor's Choice, Hybrid, Tech, Top Story Tagged With: Google TV, LG Electronics, Samsung, Sony, Vizio Edited: 7 February 2017 10:05

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