CBS ACCESS

[rob55meyer]

Please develop an app to allow CBS access subscribers to download it to their LG TV.  ROKU has it as well as Amazon Fire

Thanks

[William Clements]

I agree, what will it take to get it on the webOS store

[Tom Eisenmenger]

This isn't an LG issue, it's a CBS issue since they are the developer. I wouldn't think it would take too much work to port the app to LG WebOS, though. They have it for Samsung (#1 market share smart tvs). Vizio (#2 market share) uses Chromecast so they have it too.  LG is #3 market share, about 1/6 the market of Samsung and Vizio combined.

[George Hofmeister]

13 hours ago, Tom Eisenmenger said:

This isn't an LG issue, it's a CBS issue since they are the developer. I wouldn't think it would take too much work to port the app to LG WebOS, though. They have it for Samsung (#1 market share smart tvs). Vizio (#2 market share) uses Chromecast so they have it too.  LG is #3 market share, about 1/6 the market of Samsung and Vizio combined.

You make a good argument for not producing the app for webOS, the flip side of that is that CBS is potentially missing out on 1/6th the market.  If CBS have people capable of creating apps for Samsung & Vizio then a webOS app would be easily within their comfort range.  At the end of the day it gives CBS another access to another revenue stream.  Going by the many post of the forum it seems that the bulk of users purchase their TV first and then look for an app not the other way round.