"smart TV" articles

Sony's Internet TV products were showcased its Google TV™ products on Tuesday, including both TVs and a Blu-ray Disc Player/"smart TV adapter" box (like the Logitech Revue), priced around $400 (the Revue is priced at around $300). Given consumers' hesitancy to add yet one more box into their main entertainment console, I wonder if they would be more receptive to the idea of an integrated Blu-ray Disc player/smart TV adapter compared to a stand-alone box? $400 is a big...

UK technology company BiBC is launching an internet TV service. The over-the-top service will be deployed via TV manufacturer Philips’ new range of connected TVs. IT will allow consumers to watch content from ITV, Cartoon Network and others for £2.99 (€3.57) a month.

Google is entering the market for smart TV at a time where there is much indecision about the ideal technology solution. The market is searching for a solution that will benefit the TV manufacturer, content owners, and advertisers. This new white paper from Parks Associates looks at Google's strategy and the current market conditions for connected CE. Click here to download.

INTEL's GM for Retail CE, Wilfred Martis, will be the new keynote at the CONNECTIONS Digital Living Conference June 8-10 in Santa Clara. He will be discussing "Smart TVs: Ready for Primetime." Martis joins other keynotes including: -- Joseph Ambeault, Director, Product Development & Management, VERIZON - The Service Provider and the Connected Home -- Scott Birnbaum, VP, SAMSUNG - TV Technology in the New Age of Consumer Buying -- Mitch Singer, CTO, SONY -...

Google and Intel are expected to announce a significant breakthrough into consumer electronics and the broadcast industry this week with the launch of a “Smart TV” platform reported a recent Financial Times' article . With TVs, Blu-ray players and set-top boxes rapidly adding wired or wireless internet connectivity to their features, a host of companies are tailoring and integrating web-based content for living room entertainment. “If you had asked me a year ago, I...

Verizon introduced YouTube and streaming music access to FiOS TV customers yesterday. They have screen shots and video available for a closer look. Verizon's Internet Radio and Internet Videos services are both accessible via Media Manager, which already allows subscribers to search and view on their TVs user-generated content from online video-sharing sites blip.tv, Dailymotion and Veoh. In addition, Verizon has expanded the Media Manager service, making it available to all FiOS TV...

In a recent study, the internet surpassed TV as the “most essential” medium. By 2013, 55% of all TV models shipped by manufacturers will have a built-in web connection, says Steve Koenig, director of the Consumer Electronics Association. The internet-connected TVs will not require separate boxes, software or setup. Only 18% of TVs shipped from manufacturers have built-in web connections today. Partnerships have been developed...Google is in a partnership with Sony and...

Google is working to bring Web software to televisions through a partnership with Intel, Sony, and Logitech, according to a recent BusinessWeek article . Moving beyond the Internet search engine business, Google is now challenging companies like Yahoo, TiVo, Rovi, and Microsoft in delivering the Internet to TVs. Parks Associates VP of Research, Kurt Scherf is quoted in the article, “it’s a sign of the legitimacy of Internet connectivity moving well beyond the PC and...