[Link] Australia’s free-to-air channels demand guaranteed prime position on smart TVs

Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

Australia’s commercial free-to-air TV channels have called on the federal government to introduce legislation guaranteeing them prominence on smart TV home screens, claiming they are becoming “increasingly hard to find” among global streaming rivals such as Netflix.

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[Link] Reg reader returns Samsung TV after finding giant ads splattered everywhere

Read: 8/11/2021 www.theregister.com

A Register reader triggered a kerfuffle for Samsung after asking the electronics biz if he could disable large and intrusive adverts splattered across his new smart TV's programme guide.

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[Link] Vizio In Hot Water Over Smart TV GPL Violations

Read: 22/10/2021 hackaday.com

As most anyone in this community knows, there’s an excellent chance that any consumer product on the market that’s advertised as “smart” these days probably has some form of Linux running under the hood.

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