So streaming services certainly - especially ones in third place - have more impetus to get themselves onto Vizio TVs via SmartCast. And while the revenue on the device side of the ledger was down 8 percent year over year, “Platform+” revenue was up 134 percent to $85.9 million for the quarter. Like its competitors, however, there has been a distinct shift toward “platform,” which really means built-in operating systems amd apps - and the advertising and revenue streams that come with them. 2 bestselling TV brand in the United States, per NPD Group. Vizio had some 14.4 million active SmartCast accounts as of the third quarter of 2021 and was the No. “We are delighted to provide SmartCast users with access to premium channels like ESPN and Showtime, as well as live sports, news, and entertainment, through the SLING TV streaming app,” Katherine Pond, vice president of business development at VIZIO, said in a press release. That definitely keeps it behind Hulu With Live TV, which sported some 4 million paid subscribers, and likely behind YouTube TV as well, which last gave word of “more than 3 million” subs, but that was back in October 2020.

Sling TV last reported 2.556 million paid subscribers as of the third quarter of 2021.

Vizio today announced that its SmartCast operating system finally has a Sling TV app, meaning you’ll no longer need to resort to other methods (or other products) to watch Sling on your Vizio TV. 3 live TV streaming service in the United States is finally available on one of the biggest smart TV platforms.

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