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Samsung Pushes Its 4K/HDR TV Service in Europe (4k.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the 4K-ok dept.

An anonymous reader quotes 4K.com: Samsung Electronics has announced that its premium Smart TV content service, TV Plus, is now available for users of Samsung Smart TVs in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom... Owners of eligible Samsung Smart TVs with 4K / HDR capabilities in the above-mentioned European countries now have direct access to premium 4K UHD HDR content offered by Samsung, in partnership with Rakuten TV, and can find their favorite shows using the TV Plus straightforward interface... The expansion comes at what could be considered a strategically well timed moment in the European market, given that 4K TV sales in the huge continental market are steadily growing year by year and are expected to rise to over 17 million 4K TV units shipped by the end of 2017. Meanwhile, TV Plus content has become a success in Southeast Asia since its launch, where 70% of Smart TV users in Korea are watching TV PLUS channels, and 41% of Smart TV users in Vietnam are using TV PLUS.

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  1. Samsung tv watches you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Subject said it all.

    1. Re: Samsung tv watches you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Bullshit. No cameras in New models and the mic is in the remote so if paranoid you can use a 3rd party remote.

  2. Quite clever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There isn't that much 4k content around, which probably affects people's decision as to whether it's worth upgrading to a 4k tv set. So giving access to a significant library of 4k content to anyone buying a Samsung tv will probably get them a bunch of sales they wouldn't otherwise have had. There's no mention of cost in the article, I'm not clear if it's free for owners of the specified tv set models, but if so then it seems to be a pretty good deal.

  3. Re:Just what we need by geekmux · · Score: 2

    Yet another streaming service but this one's tied to your hardware

    What? You mean you didn't want to replace your television every other year because they purposely stopped pushing firmware updates, breaking all functionality?

    You must be some kind of communist hippie who doesn't want to support landfills overflowing with capitalistic greed...

  4. Thank you for the ad, Slashdot! by RedMage · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seriously, is this "news" or just ad copy? It sure does sound like product placement to me...

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