Samsung may put its free TV Plus streaming app into other manufacturers’ TVs
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6834D)
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Samsung TV Plus, the app that houses hundreds of free channels, could eventually make its way to other, non-Samsung TVs. That's according to media tech reporter Janko Roettgers, who writes in his Lowpass newsletter that Samsung's in talks to bring its streaming app to TCL TVs.
Introduced in 2015, Samsung TV Plus is a free, ad-supported streaming (FAST) service that comes preinstalled on newer Samsung TVs. The service gives viewers a way to flip through a collection of channels, much like you would with a traditional TV service.
Samsung TV Plus has a pretty strong slate of content for a free app, with Samsung adding popular shows like Top Gear, Law & Order Special Victims Unit, NCIS, and Chicago Fire last August. It also offers a range...