Popular apps right now are Netflix and other movie-on-demand services.
#WHAT IS RTE PLAYER TV#
Today’s TV consumer is switched on to video-on-demand, catch-up TV services and we are seeing a significant proportion of activation rates. “It is all about keeping in step with trends.
Samsung Ireland’s product marketing manager Brendan Carr explained the manufacturer is keen to push the boundaries of smart television in Irish homes and pointed to the new ES8000 LED TV that includes voice and motion control, as well as facial recognition. Heart of the matter – the user experience “This is the first step in terms of deployment of the RTÉ Player across hybrid platforms,” he said. He pointed out that different manufacturers’ TV platforms are quite different in terms of streaming protocols, SDKs, etc, but the team at RTÉ has used CE-HTML as the basis for which other manufacturers of TV sets will eventually be able to host the Player. O’Doherty said the RTÉ Player was rebuilt especially for Samsung’s smart TV platform using CE-HTML which enables back-end streaming to deliver high-quality imagery on large screens. But it’s quite an intuitive user interface design.” Because users will be using a remote control it requires different ways of accessing content. “Pictures are larger as are menu structures. O’Doherty explained it opens up a new audience for the ‘leanback’ experience of the Player and the development required a new user interface design to operate via the remote control. It is the first smart TV large-screen deployment and brings the Player right into the living room.”
Speaking with, Marcus O’Doherty, head of technology for RTÉ Digital, explained: “From an RTÉ perspective, this is a significant milestone for the RTÉ Player which was first deployed in 2009. Samsung’s newly launched ES8000 features Samsung’s 5mm (0.2-inch) ultra-slim bezel and also sports a slim 38mm (1.5-inch) profile which provides more viewing room without increasing the size of the TV. The RTÉ Player app will work with all Samsung 2012 smart TVs and smart Blu-ray Players, as well as Samsung 2011 smart TVs and Blu-ray players. RTÉ Player is also now available online, on mobile, on the PlayStation 3, and most recently on UPC via its on-demand service. Samsung Apps is the first and biggest app store available for TVs, with more than 20m apps already downloaded worldwide, proof that consumers are rapidly embracing the smart TV format. RTÉ Player will join an ever-growing collection of services available on Samsung smart TVs, such as, YouTube, Netflix,, Facebook and Twitter, giving viewers a huge choice of content and entertainment through their televisions. The agreement between Samsung and RTÉ will allow Samsung Smart TV users to access a selection of RTÉ’s flagship programmes, via the RTÉ Player App which is available on Samsung smart TVs, from June.
#WHAT IS RTE PLAYER PC#
Until now, the catch-up TV phenomenon has been a smartphone, PC and tablet experience but that is about to change.
Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ has revealed Samsung will be the first TV brand to offer the RTÉ Player app, bringing catch-up TV to the physical TV.
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