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Author:  pcernie [ Wed Sep 08, 2010 8:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Google TV to launch this year
(In the US)

Google will launch a new service to bring the web to TV screens this autumn.

The company's CEO Eric Schmidt said the Google TV service, which will allow full internet browsing via the television, will follow the Android model of being free to manufacturers. Apps from the Android Market will be supported from early next year.

Google will work with a variety of programme makers and electronics manufacturers to bring it to consumers, with the first devices arriving in the US this autumn. The service will be available in other countries from 2011.

Sony will offer a Blu-ray player as well as an HD TV running Google's software, while Logitech will sell a box to connect the system to existing TVs.

Google isn't looking to get into film, TV or other content production, however. "We will work with content providers but it is very unlikely that we will get into actual content production," Schmidt told journalists after a keynote speech at the IFA show in Berlin.

The announcement came less than a week after rival Apple unveiled its latest Apple TV product, and heats up a battle for consumers' attention and potentially the $180 billion global TV advertising market.

Chrome OS

Schmidt also said Google would announce partnerships later this year with makers of tablet computers that would use Google's new Chrome OS, due to be launched soon, rather than its Android phone software that has been used for mobile devices until now.

"It's targeted at the netbook space, but because it's free and open source, people will also use it for tablets," Schmidt said. "But it's too early to say exactly how it will play out and we're looking forward to the partnership announcement's later this year."

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Can't say I'm that excited, but there you go ;)
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Google TV to launch this year
I am still waiting for Google Voice to make it over this side of the Atlantic.
Author:  big_D [ Thu Sep 09, 2010 4:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Google TV to launch this year
As I wrote there:

big_D wrote:
TV irrelevance

TV is becoming more and more of an irrelevance - and the TV companies are in part to blame.

They throw out more and more pap (they call it reality TV) and spend less and less on new shows. In Germany, the US content isn't too bad, because there are few players in the market and they offer FTO for most of the channels, but in the US, the channels are mainly subscription. That said, a lot of the German content is way better than most of the US import dross.

I think, especially in America, services like Hulu and Boxee are going to win through, where the user gets just the programmes they want to watch for a relatively low monthly fee, on demand and streamed movie rentals.

At the moment, I can't say that there is a single programme on television that I would stay home / stay up to watch; and I haven't bothered to record a programme since the early 90s. I probably "watch" about 2 hours of television a week, with it being on in the background for a few more hours, mainly with the girls watching some Schnulze.

GoogleTV certainly isn't something that would encourage me to buy a new TV. If the next TV (hopefully in about 10 years time) has GoogleTV, then I might use it, but it isn't something that I'd rush out to buy. My girlfriend sees the Internet as an evil waste of time and wants me to reduce her daughter's daily ration of Internet (currently 3 hours), because she is becoming less and less social, so chances are it wouldn't be allowed in the house! :-D
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Google TV to launch this year
Reality TV has one benefit for the TV companies it is cheap. I occasionally watch the TV but prefer the radio now. BBC7 with the comedy shows of the past is my main entertainment now.
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