The flip side (as I understand it) is that sadly now the licensing rights have lapsed Samsung will be removing the app from their smart TV's. There's always a downside!
I've no idea what the future holds for the TVNZ OD app on Samsung smart TVs, but I think they'd be foolish not to keep it. There's only a very few apps on Samsung smart TVs that aren't junk. If they get rid of something that people are likely to want - eg TVNZ OD, 3Now, Youtube, Netflix, then Samsung loses something in comparison to other brands. After all, the whole idea behind them having exclusive rights to the TVNZ app to begin with, was so that they'd have that point-of-difference.
Not saying you're wrong, just that logically speaking it would be foolish of Samsung to drop the TVNZ app. The future will tell. So far it's still on my old Samsung smart tv!
My only source was a seemingly knowledgeable salesperson warning me that if a brought a new Samsung TV there was no guarantees that the On Demand app would remain available. As the exclusive rights lapsed he was quite firm that it was a goner. I was pleased he was upfront with the warning, so that at least was something
Lazy is such an ugly word, I prefer to call it selective participation
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