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Internet TVs Proliferate
dailywireless.org —
... Through alliances with Yahoo!, Netflix, and YouTube, consumers can instantly stream entertainment from viral videos and movies to photo sharing Web sites without the need of a separate PC. ...
The Rebirth of "Web TV"
ReadWriteWeb —
... Other TV manufacturers including Samsung, Sony, LG, and VIZIO introduced sets with Yahoo widget technology integrated into their products. These widgets don't just provide Yahoo content like Sports and News, but rather deliver a platform on which widgets can be built. Says Yahoo, their platform allows developers to extend their "brand, services, and content" to new users by creating TV widgets using ...
CES 2009: My Hit List
NewTeeVee —
... Sure, it plays Blu-ray discs. And it also streams online videos from Netflix, YouTube, and CinemaNow. But my favorite thing about this player is that it includes built-in Wi-Fi, so you don’t have to rely on long (and unsightly) Ethernet cables to connect it to your home network. Add in a few more features, and the BD390 could be the perfect set-top box I’ve been dreaming about. CNET says it will be available in June for $400.
Yahoo Connected TV: This service, which lets you add “TV Widgets” ...
Do widgets belong on you TV?
Gadgetell —
... Having the weather or stocks on your television is really not that different than watching the news except you get your information when you want.
The success of widgets on television is really on the presentation. If you just use computer lingo and tell the consumer to subscribe to RSS feeds and you’ll get a newsfeed, you will lose them. If you set up a friendly interface and dumb it down a bit, then widget acceptance will happen.
Yahoo Connected TV
Full Story » | Written by Iyaz Akhtar for Gadgetell. ...
Yahoo’s Internet TV Widget Platform
Zatz Not Funny! —
... The biggest story of CES, given our focus here at ZNF, was the unveiling of Yahoo’s Internet TV platform. Of course, just as meaningful as the technology itself, are the multiple heavy hitting partners signed to deploy it beginning this spring. While the ...
The Internet on Your TV: Finally Ready For Prime Time?
Technologizer —
... center and few available jacks on my TV–and hey, my wallet appears to be empty, too. Any new functionality would have to be pretty spectcaular to convince me to add yet another device to my TV setup. But there are plenty of examples of boxes you already have bringing Internet content to the TV: TiVo, xBox 360, and PlayStation are all doing it. And the next step beyond that are TVs with really good Internet capabilities built in. (Last week, I visited Yahoo to see its Connected TV platform, which will show up in sets from Sony, Samsung, LG, and Vizio, starting next month. ...
Yahoo’s Bartz Blogs
Technologizer —
... Bartz’s post talks about a corporate reorg and a new Customer Advocacy Group, and promises services that will be awesome, exciting, and make you say “wow.” Fine. Like I say, the proof is in the products, and any changes there are yet to come. But here’s one upcoming Yahoo item that I am already excited about, which Bartz alludes to in passing: I recently visited the company and checked out its Yahoo Connected TV service, which will be built into TVs from Samsung, Sony, LG, and Vizio. It’s based on ...
Google Looks Toward Mobile TV
Internet Evolution: —
... . Yahoo's Connected TV widgets can be clicked via your remote control to bring up weather, Flickr photos, news reports, and other Internet-based services. That pales in comparison to cellphones, which already offer all those capabilities, albeit not integrated into mobile TV. There are challenges: Many Internet-related mobile TV applications require multitasking. You don't want to stop the TV program to view recommendations of what to watch, reply to comments of friends (or strangers) who are watching the same show, view local weather reports, etc. Even if all cellular ...
Samsung Releases the First Yahoo Widget-Enabled TV
Technologizer —
... , the first set that supports the Yahoo Widget Engine platform for Internet-enabled applications that run right on the TV. Walt is impressed with Yahoo’s system, which is based on the cool ...
Widget TV: A Hit?
dailywireless.org —
... The Yahoo! Widget Engine enables the discovery and enjoyment of interactive applications called TV Widgets. Widgets enable viewers to interact with popular Internet services and online media. ...
Your TV gets smart
Yodel Anecdotal —
... But these widgets aren’t limited to Yahoo! content. Since we’ve opened the API to developers, anyone can build a widget, which you can easily download from the Widget Gallery, not unlike an app store. Soon you will be able to add widgets for Twitter, the New York Times, Netflix, eBay, CBS Sports, Showtime and MySpace (just to name a few) to your dock. Perhaps coolest of all, you can access video content through these widgets — so, for example, Blockbuster onDemand movies can stream right from the web to your TV screen. All this with just your remote. ...
Product Pulse - March 27, 2009
Yodel Anecdotal —
... The Interwebs invade your TV: You probably won’t ditch your computer any time soon, but now your TV can do more than just coddle couch potatoes. The new Yahoo! TV Widgets are here, debuting in Samsung’s new LED TV 7000, letting you multitask with a vengeance as you watch the boob tube. Without interrupting your program, you can check out content from Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Weather, and Flickr as well as (coming soon) great third-party brands like Twitter, the New York Times, Netflix, eBay, CBS Sports, Showtime and MySpace. You’ll ...
Yahoo Net service comes to Samsung TVs
Crave: The gadget blog —
... Yahoo calls the technology TV Widgets, but Samsung is branding it as Internet@TV. It provides access to a handful of Yahoo services--news, stock quotes, Flickr photos, weather--as well as the Twitter microblogging service, sports scores, eBay shopping, and CBS content. (CBS is owner of CBS Interactive, which publishes CNET News.) ...
Yahoo Net service comes to Samsung TVs
Webware.com —
... Yahoo calls the technology TV Widgets, but Samsung is branding it as Internet@TV. It provides access to a handful of Yahoo services--news, stock quotes, Flickr photos, weather--as well as the Twitter microblogging service, sports scores, eBay shopping, and CBS content. (CBS is owner of CBS Interactive, which publishes CNET News.) ...
SHIFT: Networking your TV — it's not just for geeks anymore
DVICE Atom Feed —
... Why do I care who has an Ethernet jack and who doesn't? I don't, but the divas of the HDTV and Blu-ray world should. Suddenly Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, et al. are hawking a new class of Net-connected living-room devices — specifically HDTVs offering Web access (e.g. Sony's Bravia Link, Panasonic's VieraCast, and the Yahoo! Widgets available on some Samsung and Sony models) and ...
Adobe Adds TV To Flash Platforms; Enabled Sets Due Later This Year
paidContent —
... that several of its models would support the service starting this spring and, according to its website, is selling the TV Widget-enabled sets now. ...
Widgets Will Spark Internet TV
Internet Evolution: —
... (Nasdaq: INTC), and a handful of television manufacturers displayed what could be done. Yahoo has been working on widgets for a few years for computers and cellular phones. At CES, Yahoo showed its " TV Widgets " running on a ...
Future Gadget & Tech Preview from Inside Intel’s Research Labs
Chip Chick —
... This isn’t just future tech, it’s already happening. Announced at CES, TV widgets with Yahoo are sure to be the next big thing. The system powering the widgets is powered by Intel’s new Gigabyte device that has the CPU & GPU all on one chip. That allows the device to be powerful enough to process 2 streams of HD content simultaneously, which are 3x the quality of Blu-ray. That also means that the system is future proof and will be able to handle really heavy duty HD files - as they become available. The system also has support for Flash 10, ...
Will TV Ever Get an App Store Moment? [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network —
... Today’s TV application marketplace is in a similar place today as Apple was in its pre-App Store state: lots of competing ...
Waiting on the Widgets
Zatz Not Funny! —
... . Given so many partner announcements (Intel, Samsung, Vizio, Sony, LG) and demos, I was hopeful we’d see a glut of Yahoo Connected TV products, including ...
Yahoo Loses Connected TV Leader Patrick Barry. Is Bartz Paying Attention?
TechCrunch —
... , who heads up Yahoo’s Connected TV group, sent out an email to staff this morning (reproduced below) informing them that he is leaving at the end of the month to “move on to new projects.” According to the email (below), he is briefing staff right now. ...
Waiting on the Widgets
Technologizer —
... . Given so many partner announcements (Intel, Samsung, Vizio, Sony, LG) and demos, I was hopeful we’d see a glut of Yahoo Connected TV products, including ...
