Walmart agrees to acquire TV maker Vizio for $2.3B, or $11.50/share, to boost its ad business via Vizio's SmartCast OS, which lets users stream content with ads
- Walmart is buying TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion in cash. — The move is a bid to boost the big-box retailer's high-margin ad business.
Budget TV maker Vizio is planning a NYSE IPO and pitching investors on its growing ad and streaming businesses, driven by SmartCast, which has 12.2M accounts
Ari Levy / CNBC : Tweets: @megancgraham Tweets: Meg Graham / @megancgraham : Vizio, which is going public this week, is known for bargain TVs but wants IPO investors to focus on its high-growth ads b...
The Apple TV app is now available on Vizio's SmartCast-enabled TV sets in the US and Canada, with three free months of Apple TV+ for users in the US
Todd Spangler / Variety :
Vizio says it is adding support for AirPlay 2 and HomeKit to its SmartCast-enabled TVs, which can now be controlled using Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant
more than 27 million active accounts Rose Behar / Android Police : YouTube TV app now available on all Vizio SmartCast TVs Stefan Etienne / The Verge : LG will bring AirPlay 2 support to its 2019 TVs ...
Vizio says it is adding support for AirPlay 2 and HomeKit to its SmartCast enabled TVs, which can now be controlled using Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant
Apple is reportedly gearing up for a new streaming TV service to rival Netflix, Amazon and Google this year, but in the meantime …
Vizio P-Series review: great 4K TV but Google Cast-powered approach and Android tablet remote have a learning curve, casting via the SmartCast app can be buggy
Chris Welch / The Verge :
Google renames Chromecast app Google Cast; Vizio P-Series TVs launched with Cast support and a 6-inch Android tablet
Today, we are proud … Jon L. Jacobi / TechHive : Vizio's new P-series TVs offer affordable HDR and Google Cast support Tweets: David Chen / @davechensky : “The era of having a...physical remote that s...