As from July 2016, the OTT service “Divan.TV” is officially present on Sharp Smart TV, Haier Smart TV and Hisense Smart TV in Ukraine and another 200 countries around the world.
As from July 2016, due to the cooperation with the company Foxxum, the service “Divan.TV” is now available on the main bar of Sharp Smart TV, Haier Smart TV and Hisense Smart TV, so the application’s download is not required.
There is a steady trend for increasing number of Smart TV-sets in Ukraine. So, according to the expectations of the research company J’son & Partners Consulting, the number of sold Smart TV-sets in Ukraine in 2016 will reach 44% of total sold devices, and it will amount to 57% of the sold TV-sets in 2017. In Europe, the share of Smart TV sales has long exceeded the sales of traditional TV-sets.
“We are pleased that so respected brands like Sharp, Haier and Hisense became our partners now, together with Samsung, LG and Philips. Our service provides viewers worldwide a full range of the most popular Ukrainian and international TV channels. We are growing, developing and inviting Smart TV owners to grow with us, as stated by Arkadiy Kanyuka, Executive Director at Divan.TV.
“Foxxum is always looking forward to cooperating with Ukrainian partners that represent one of the fast-growing markets in Eastern Europe. The application offers a huge collection of movies and TV shows, which will be definitely interesting to the Russian-speaking community all over the world. This way of cooperation significantly increases the attractiveness of our Smart TV platform”, as commented on by Ronny Lutzi, CEO at Foxxum.
