William (Bill) Mobley:
"LG Celebrates 10 years of WebOS with TV OS Wars in Spotlight- LG is announcing its “LG Streaming Week” promotion, offering free trials and discount pricing for streaming services to owners of LG TVs with WebOS.
WebOS has had quite a journey on its way to becoming a contender in the TV OS wars, having began as a mobile operating system designed by Palm, before being taken over by HP, then sold to LG after the failure of HP’s entry into the mobile phone and tablet spaces.
That investment by LG has paid off, as WebOS now powers its smartTVs, which have exploded in popularity since the early 2010s. Smart features are now standard on all TVs, and the providers of their operating systems benefit from ad real estate and data opportunities within.
LG is taking full advantage of this, while other TV manufacturers that didn’t have a smartTV OS of their own have had to strike licensing deals with Google or other, reaping fewer of the benefits.
Who will bring this same TV OS logic to the needs of the hundreds of millions of Commercial dedicated households in the Multi-Dwelling, Community, Campus Living, HOA/COA, Hospitality, Healthcare, etc doors? Including ATSC 3.0 merging broadcast, OTT, FASTs, AVOD, and DIY SVOD Bundling. I have a pretty good idea..."
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