.tv Google & Intel in web TV launch

[ixex]

In today’s 5/17/10 Financial Times under Companies & Markets there are 2 interesting articles.

Sorry..this is from the paper version and there is no link except what was mentioned in the actual paper..mentioned below. www.ft.com/media


1) Google and Intel in web TV launch
By Chris Nuttall

Describes the launch of a “Smart TV” platform.

Just some excerpts:

Quoted by Intel’s CEO to analysts “ The revolution we’re about to go through is the biggest single change in television since it went colour”.

The article stresses a section titled Concept that aims to transform small screen viewing.
“ Grid- style TV guides will be replaced by interfaces blending broadcast TV with internet content”

2) Second article regarding YouTube right under the above article on the same page.
By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson

YouTube persuading content providers that it can offer “ TV-size audiences”.
U.S. households typical daily television consumption of more than 5 hours.

“YouTube is the only place you can put your content on the web and reach a TV-size audience in every country”…”it could prime the market for tomorrow’s TV deals”

“People look at YouTube as the largest video site and say..How much larger can you get?”


YouTube is a pioneer in video internet..but really, why in the future would one watch YouTube all the time?
Why would one watch a small screen? STILL in the middle of a monitor PREHISTORIC!!!...placing the internet not on the monitor, but the family's main large flat screen- is the future. The regular home internet as it is now, is already prehistoric and static!! Why I registered even DONTREAD.TV )

The bandwiths need to be increased and we pipe it in!




Apparently the articles are somewhere on: ft.com/media

Thanks,
Dar (ixex)

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[Jeff]

Link(s) please; and do they specifically reference the ccTLD ".TV"? :blink:

Kind regards,
Jeff

 

[ixex]

Only link mentioned in the paper: ft.com/media

No direct references to .TV

 

[Jeff]

No direct references to .TV

Thank you for the clarification. :yell:

Jeff

 

[vincenzo]

Here is the URL:
FT.com / Technology - Google and Intel in web TV launch
I believe if you register for a free account on FT.com you can view 3 articles per week.
In the meantime, here is the full text:

Google and Intel in web TV launch

By Chris Nuttall in San Francisco

Published: May 16 2010 18:07 | Last updated: May 16 2010 18:07

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.

Top executives from the Silicon Valley companies are reported to be ready to reveal a deal with Sony, bringing web services to its televisions, during Google’s annual developer conference in San Francisco.

Intel’s Atom microprocessor and Google’s Android operating system are spearheading their assault on set-top boxes and TVs featuring integrated internet services.

The technology companies have had little success penetrating the TV industry to date but both are now seeking to take advantage of service providers and TV manufacturers scrambling to add web capabilities and content.

“The revolution we’re about to go through is the biggest single change in television since it went colour,” Paul Otellini, Intel chief executive, told analysts last week.

At the Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, in January, manufacturers showed off televisions, Blu-ray players and set-top boxes with internet connectivity and services ranging from movies provided by Netflix, CinemaNow and Vudu to channels playing internet radio, connecting to online photo services and adding social networking features such as Twitter and Facebook.

Intel pioneered internet “widgets” on TV screens with Yahoo in 2008 but while many other players have entered the market since, it remains fragmented and has been slow to take off.

“If you had asked me a year ago, I would have said no way Intel and Google could make an impression,” said Kurt Scherf, principal analyst at research firm Parks Associates. “But Intel looks to have gained some traction and the operating system space is so wide open that it’s a case of why not Google at this point.”

Intel said its latest Atom chip offers better audio and video performance, wider and open software support and is cheaper than the competition.

It currently has an order backlog of 1m units for the chip. France Telecom and Telecom Italia are among a number of customers lined up to put the chips in set-top boxes.

“We’re seeing the beginning of explosive growth,” Eric Kim, head of Intel’s Digital Home group, told analysts. “Right now, we’re gearing up for a massive retail launch of [connected devices] this year.”

Google is expected to call on its Android developer community this week to create applications for TVs and its software could prove popular if it also promises advertising revenues for TV manufacturers.

“Consumer electronics manufacturers want a piece of this [advertising] pie and Google is the player in this very crowded space that can immediately offer them revenue share,” said Mr Scherf.

- Vincent

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A ssidenote continued from the same article:

Concept that aims to transform small screen viewing

A year from now, according to Intel, television will have been reinvented by a concept it calls Smart TV, writes Chris Nuttall.

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.

Intel says its chips and software will enable not just internet video streaming but could also allow cable operators to turn set-top boxes into video game consoles with games served over the connection.

Grid-style TV guides will be replaced by interfaces blending broadcast TV with internet content.

Samsung, Sony, LG, Vizio, Sharp and Panasonic are all releasing internet-enabled TVs this year with features such as Skype video calls, Netflix movie streaming and on-screen widgets that offer news, weather, financial quotes, social networking and internet radio.

Apple has yet to mount a serious challenge. Its Apple TV box allows users to buy and rent movies from its iTunes store to play on their TVs. But apart from YouTube videos and Flickr photos, its access to the wider web is limited.

- Vincent

 

[ixex]

Thanks Vincezo for finding the information and link!

 

[ViReal]

Thanks for the post. Not sure I understand everything that's going on, but sounds like a game changer none the less.