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Samsung TV Plus and CJ ENM for enhanced free ad-supported TV services
In 2015, Samsung forged its own path by launching Samsung TV Plus, a FAST (free ad-supported TV) streaming and video service that offers users free access to sports, news, movies, and TV channels and is built into the company’s Tizen smart TV platform. This resulted in many content and media collaborations for the firm. The entertainment and mass media division of CJ ENM in South Korea was originally known as CJ E&M. CJ ENM is the producer of must-watch TV programs that have a devoted and rising fan audience. They are at the heart of K-POP’s success on the international music scene.
Further, Eunhye Park, the head of CJ ENM’s Content Distribution Strategy, wanted to multiple the growth of the company to a larger extent with two major goals in mind. To look for areas where CJ ENM’s advantage lessens the risks and engage with others who could share the risk and help in development. Samsung Newsroom brought together Yujung Kang, Junga Park, and Sejin Woo from Samsung Electronics’ Visual Display Business along with CJ ENM’s Content Distribution Strategy team, Eunhye Park, Jipyeong Cheon, and Jiyeong Kim, to discuss the development and progress of Samsung TV Plus.
With the initiation of Samsung TV Plus, the firm achieved a milestone in the TV market, and now it intends to use TV Plus to enter the content sector. The partnership with CJ ENM may provide a platform for content providers, advertising partners, and viewers. With the availability of useful data beyond viewer ratings, such as when and where viewers watch, and more, managing content and ads becomes more effective, all credits to Samsung TV Plus. According to Omdia, smart TV shipments made up 92% of all TV shipments in the first quarter of 2023, which resulted in the rise of Samsung TV Plus.
CJ ENM needs collaboration, as in Korea, the FAST services are still in the back seat as viewers enjoy OTT platforms and cable channels to a greater extent. Samsung TV Plus received CJ ENM’s brand channel in May 2023, assisting in the platform’s ascent to the position of top FAST service in Korea. Fast is a well-liked choice for customers in the regions of North America and Europe as they seek low-cost TV subscriptions. But the feature is still unknown to many. That’s why, to improve the user experience and grow the market in Korea and elsewhere, Samsung is contacting content producers. The platform is now accessible in 24 nations globally, and CJ ENM has partnered with Samsung to enter the North American market.
In the near future, the monthly active user base of Samsung TV Plus may hit 58 million in 2027, as per the predictions from Omdia and BlueAnt reports. Earlier this month, we got news that, to commemorate the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023TM, the firm added FIFA+ on Samsung TV Plus for global viewers.
The first quarter of 2024 is already over; during this interval, Samsung has introduced several Galaxy smartphones of particular belonging, such as the flagship Galaxy S24 series, the Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35, the mid-range ones, the Galaxy A15 and Galaxy F15, the budgetable ones, and many more. But the fact is, after being the latest smartphones, they have a lack of ‘charging speed.’
Undoubtedly, Samsung is leading the tech industry with its top-notch features, design, and larger batteries, as compared to other Android manufacturers, but despite all this, it has a massive lack of charging speed. Samsung usually attaches larger batteries to its Galaxy smartphones to enhance the users’ non-stop-using experience. But a larger battery isn’t worth it unless it has a good charging speed.
On the other hand, Chinese manufacturers are equipping their smartphones with charging speeds north of 100W, whereas 45W is the maximum speed you can get on Galaxy smartphones. However, even 45W charging is quite rare among Galaxy phones. Samsung has launched most of the Galaxy devices in the last couple of years, including the flagship with support for 25W.
Here we are making things easy for you if you are looking to buy a Galaxy smartphone that debuted in 2024 with the support of 45W charging speed by mentioning a list of devices:
- Galaxy S24 Ultra
- Galaxy S24+
- Galaxy F55
- Galaxy M55
- Galaxy C55
The list is quite short, even considering that the Galaxy F55, M55, and C55 are just rebranded variants of the same smartphone for different regions. Now Samsung is setting up to launch its next-generation foldable devices, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6, in July, but it is yet to be confirmed whether these devices will get a boost in charging speeds from 25W or not.
The Korean brand – Samsung has recently announced its two mid-range Galaxy smartphones – Galaxy A55 5G and Galaxy A35 5G. A new benchmark listing has a spot for Samsung’s affordable smartphone, Galaxy35 5G.
Samsung is now gearing up for its next affordable Galaxy smartphone, the M35 5G, as the reports are unvunveilhey have found a new benchmark listing for Samsung the Galaxy M35 5G.
The smartphone has been spotted with the model number as an identification code – SM-M356B on the Geekbench 6.2.2 database. Not only this, but it also confirmed the presence of 6GB of RAM and Android 14 OS. The chipset also came to know which is the latest Exynos 1380.
The codename for the motherboard is also mentioned, which is ‘s5e8835.’ The reports say that it has scored 656 and 1967 points in performance scores on the benchmarking platform. Exynos 1380 is the latest chipset of the Korean brand, which is a 5 nm processor. It consists of 4 Cortex A78 cores, which clock at 2.4GHz, and 4 Cortex A55 cores, which clock at 2.0GHz. It is coupled with a Mali g68 MP5 GPU. It also has an AI Engine.
This also offers connectivity options, which include the latest Bluetooth version 5.3 and Wi-Fi 802.11 ax with three bands. It supports a camera resolution of at least 200MP for capturing images, and for video recording, there is support for up to 30fps 4K recording. The storage supported is UFS v3.1, and RAM will be of the LPDDR4x/5 type.
Samsung has recently debuted its two smartphones, Galaxy A55, and Galaxy A35; the Galaxy A35 5G smartphone is powered by Exynos 1380 chipset. From this perspective, Galaxy M35 5G could be a variant of Galaxy A35.
At the moment, no specs and features of the device have been revealed or leaked. Still, since Galaxy M series smartphones usually have a bit higher battery power of at least 6000mAh, the forthcoming Galaxy M35 5G smartphone also arrives with the same battery power.
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Verizon rolls out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices
Verizon has rolled out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices. Earlier, these devices had received the same update outside the US, but now they are gradually expanding to the US.
The Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 are spotted getting new updates with the firmware version numbers F926USQS5HXBD and F711USQS6HXBD, respectively. It is worth noticing the update is currently available for the devices locked to Verizon, but it will soon be available on more carriers.
For your information, the latest update for Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 doesn’t bring any significant changes, but as it is the latest security patch, it will provide some internal fixes to maintain the security of the devices.
If you are getting some other issues from the last update, you should also update the device to the latest update, as it may also address some issues. Along with the update, other improvements may also be made to enhance the overall performance of the devices.
Suppose you use the Galaxy Z Fold 3 or Flip 3 device in the US. In that case, you can update the device to the latest version by simply going to the system settings and then to the software update. If you haven’t received the update, you should wait for some time, as it may arrive in the next few days.