![]() Companies like DataCoup, FusionCash, Tapestri, and Tiki allow customers to exchange their data for cash, but not a physical product like a television. Telly's free TV offer is a sharp departure from the way companies traditionally glean personal information from customers. An artist's rendering shows the dual screen display. The company's CEO says it's the smartest TV set ever created. California startup Telly will begin shipping free 55-inch television sets this summer. Customers can return the sets whenever they want, but the goal is for the TV to last in someone's living room for upwards of seven years, Pozin said. The TV set is valued at $1,000 and Telly plans to push software updates to the device to make it even better, chief strategy officer Dallas Lawrence told CBS MoneyWatch. ![]() Two-thirds of people signing up are either Gen Z and millennial households, said Pozin, who co-founded the streaming service Pluto TV nearly a decade ago (Pluto is operated by Paramount, which also owns CBS News.) More than 100,000 people registered to get the TV sets in the first 36 hours of the offer, Telly CEO Ilya Pozin said Thursday. The sets feature a main screen on top where viewers watch content and a smaller second screen below that displays a nonstop stream of advertising. The startup, named Telly, opened an online reservation portal this week for anyone interested in its TV set and plans to ship the devices out this summer. All you have to do is share your personal data, including shopping habits, home address, household income and other details that advertisers desire. ![]() ![]() ![]() A company in California plans to give away half a million 55-inch television sets. ![]()
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