‘Pay-for-play’: The hidden deals putting News24/Sky News first on your smart TV

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https://www.ettemedia.com/pay-for-play-the-hidden-deals-putting-news24-sky-news-first-on-your-smart-tv/

“Millions of Australians who switch on Samsung or LG smart TVs are susceptible to being fed populist right-wing news without choosing to watch it, in what experts believe is an opaque commercial deal between the Korean technology giants and Murdoch’s media empire that pushes News24 content.”

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There was eventually no way to disable Samsung TV Plus on my old TV. Any time I was not in an app or viewing something via HDMI, it would default to that. It was not like that at all when I originally bought it, this was something they changed about it via OTA software updates. It never forced Sky/News24 on me while I owned it, though (sold it a few months ago), so either this wasn’t pushed to my model or it is a recent change.

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No idea personally, samsung and lg were already on my ‘definitely do not buy’ list.

All of this crap will not be/remain just an issue with these 2 though.

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Note: the article is paywalled, but the visible parts should be of interest to those with the affected brands.

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I fucking knew it!! I recently got a new Samsung TV and it always, always, promotes SkyNews shit.

I was going to stop using an Apple TV with it but have since switched back to using that because it doesn’t promo shit that I hate.

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