Brands, broadcasters and content owners can expand their online video channel and video content portfolio with LG Smart TV at no additional cost with groundbreaking toolset. Opera TV Snap, stream to smart TV in minutes. LG will launch selected channels from Opera TV's portfolio in eight markets: UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the US, Mexico and Brazil.
In its early stages, Opera TV included 18 channels per country, with thousands of videos ranging from movies and dramas, music, sports, news, lifestyle, and nature and travel. More channels will be added periodically, creating a significant opportunity for video content right holders to reach LG TV users.
Opera TV can be found at LG Smart World in the entertainment category on both Netcast and WebOS on TVs from 2014.
Opera TV Snap - toolkit for the base content owners
All of the content inside Opera TV on LG Smart TV is being built using Opera's revolutionary toolkit, Opera TV Snap. With this toolkit, Opera's content partners and broadcasters can convert their video assets easily into smart TV channels in just a few minutes. Broadcasters are also provided with OTT scalability, such as allowing catch-up TV services (OTT VOD), multi-tier redirects for multi-episode video content, and various monetization options with how to display ads in existing TV apps or Opera MediaWorks advertising solutions.
Applications created with Opera TV Snap can be found on LG Smart TV operating systems such as: NetCast 4.0, NetCast 4.5, webOS 1.0 and webOS 2.0 in the UK, France, and Spain. , Italy, Germany, USA, Mexico and Brazil.