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apps and social integration

ability to stream in HD quality has transformed the offering

“dumb” monitors

Retailers are looking to increase their margins

Media companies, too, are spreading their bets,

Netflix,

Technology companies aim to serve all sides

network equipment makers

fighting among themselves over standards.

Walmart bought the Vudu digital media servic

Sonic Solutions acquired DivX

Pace, the world’s biggest set-top box maker, is buying 2Wire to serve telcos

Google’s developer conference

Google, Intel, Sony, Logitech, Adobe, Dish Networks and Best Buy appeared on stage together to launch Google TV

experimentation.

competing services on the same device

etflix and Vudu streaming movies and Yahoo Widgets

, Google TV represents Google and Intel trying to simplify and spur mass adoption with their own content combinations, operating system and interface,

Google TV as a unifying solution

app developers to target a Google TV platform and end up on multiple devices

Google TV concept allows viewers to find the content they want through search, with results that mix regular broadcast programming with web content, recorded TV and personal media such as photos and music

Google’s Chrome browser is the interface to the web and there is a big-screen version of YouTube

“Google TV is not designed for local TV needs

“Different markets around the world have different requirements,

problem with innovation in the TV industry is the go-to-market strategy,

TV industry has a subsidised model that gives everyone a set-top box for free. So no one wants to buy a box. Ask TiVo… ask us… ask Google in a few month

7% of the respondents frequently engaged online with content related to the TV show or advertisement