Samsung offering OSN Play VOD on Smart TV platform

Samsung is to offer a range of on-demand services from Middle East pay TV provider OSN via an OSN Play app on its Smart TV platform.

OSN Play makes a range of content available for 14 days after its initial airing.

“We are very pleased to announce this expansion in partnership with OSN, which will offer our Smart TV users an enhanced interactive home entertainment experience. We have noticed that our consumers want more on-demand content from their Smart TVs, OSN Play adds to the growing amount of high quality content that we have made available for consumers at the click of a button. By offering OSN Play on our Smart TVs we are bringing the latest movies and TV shows to our consumers, giving them more choice, flexibility and enhancing their viewing experience,” said Vinod Nair, general manager, TV business at Samsung Gulf Electronics.

David Hanson, OSN’s director of digital, said: “Our continuing partnership with Samsung now allows OSN subscribers with Samsung’s 2013 Smart TVs to access a wide array of their favorite content on demand. The OSN Play platform includes content from TV channels such as; OSN Movies, OSN First, OSN Sports 1 and 2, Disney, National Geographic and Food Network. We’re very excited to add yet another touch point for OSN Play to join Samsung tablets, smartphones and laptops.”