Samsung adds Fetch TV on-demand service to its Smart Hub
Owners of Samsung's latest internet-connected TVs will soon have another selection of viewing to choose from, as Fetch TV's on-demand offering appears as a Smart Hub app.
The new FetchTV video-on-demand app, available early next year, will give Smart TV users access to an extensive library of content, including the latest blockbuster films and indie cult classics through to TV series, documentaries, music concerts, extreme sports, children’s shows and catch-up television.
FetchTV’s content will be available on a pay-as-you-watch system, rather than a monthly subscription fee. However, mini-subscriptions to genre-specific channel packages will additionally be available.
Guy Kinnell, Marketing Director for TV, Samsung UK, said: “From video-on-demand movies through to popular TV series, our partnership with FetchTV will ensure Smart TV users never miss a moment.’’
Eddie Abrams, CEO of IP Vision, provider of the FetchTV service, said: “We are thrilled to further grow the reach of FetchTV via our launch on Samsung Smart TVs. Combining the capabilities and benefits of broadcast TV with those of broadband, Smart TV delivers unprecedented choice and convenience for consumers.”
Comments
Samsung should catch up quickly, and make available new apps (and improve the existing ones) for accessing free contents (BBC, ITC, Ch4/5. The contents and implementation of the SmartHub applications is so poor that it will soon start putting off potentinal new buyers.
So Panasonic got Fetch-Tv too this weekon Viera connect
Well, Samsung won't earn any more money by updating iPlayer & adding 4oD etc. obviously, it will concentrate on things which can earn some revenue.
I'd rather they concentrated on the basics in their web offerings... working with the BBC to update iPlayer, adding 4od (maybe 5 and ITV's offerings for completeness), plus enabling the on-screen keyboard for the remote control apps in YouTube/Vimeo and other apps (anything that pops up a keyboard, ideally).
Oh, and that backlight issue...