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Logitech ‘blew $50m on Google TV’

Logitech CEO Guerrino de Luca has admitted it blew $50 million on Google TV, which it dropped last week. He said they might back the platform again but this time “the product was not mature at the launch.” Google does not disclose how many users it has for Google TV but has admitted version 1 […]

November 18, 2011

HbbTV to take off next year in Spain

Spain’s electronic industry forecasts that connected TV will take off next year in the country with 25 per cent of the estimated 4.5 million TV sets to be sold ready for HbbTV, according to Ametic. In the current year, 15 per cent (675,000) of 4.5 million TV sets sold are HbbTV-ready, but worldwide events like […]

November 18, 2011From David Del Valle in Madrid

Google Music app for Google TV

One day after announcing Google Music, the company has unveiled a new Google Music app for Google TV. The app streams music directly from user’s library stored in the cloud and integrates into the Google TV system to play in the background and allow users to set up a playlist to serve as a soundtrack […]

November 18, 2011

Digital River for Panasonic TVs

Digital River, a provider of global e-commerce solutions, has extended its US e-commerce agreement with Panasonic. Based on the new agreement, Digital River is supporting purchases made via the VIERA Connect Market in 27 European countries, including Austria, Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK. Using their remote controls, owners […]

November 18, 2011

Research: Consumer appetite for innovation in TV services

British TV and film viewers are hungry for change to the traditional TV status quo, frustrated by a lack of accessibility to content, according to a UK-wide survey exploring changing consumer attitudes and behaviours to TV and video. The survey was conducted by media management specialist Red Bee Media, and is a part of the […]

November 17, 2011By Colin Mann

Google TV is still a go

Google is committed to a TV platform and sees a lot potential as the connected TV market develops, despite the failure of its first attempt at TV, according to Suveer Kothari, head of international, Google TV. Kothari told the OTT Summit in London Google was aiming to make ‘Google TV 2’ as open an operating […]

November 16, 2011

ConnecTV gives US stations TV Everywhere

US local TV station groups covering 76 million American homes are partnering with ConnecTV to launch a free second screen application in early 2012 that will offer viewers additional content and social media features tied to live TV. As part of the agreement, a number of the broadcasters have also made an undisclosed investment in […]

November 15, 2011

Logitech drops Google TV

Logitech has pulled the plug on Google TV set-top boxes, saying consumers just aren’t ready for the device which merges television and the Internet. “Google TV or the child of Google TV or the grandchild of Google TV will happen,” said Guerrino De Luca, the chairman and acting chief executive of the Swiss computer peripherals […]

November 14, 2011

Tablets trump desktops for video consumption

Findings from data gathered by online video platform Ooyala suggest that people are watching more and more video online, with greater consumption on tablets compared with desktops. Ooyala has initiated the VideoMind Video Index report, its first quarterly overview on the state of online video. “It’s the work of a team of Ooyalans who have […]

November 14, 2011By Colin Mann

LG to debut Google TV at CES?

Google and LG Electronics may unveil a television using the search giant’s software at the January Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, according to Bloomberg. The product would be LG’s first model with Google TV. Support from the world’s second-largest TV manufacturer would boost Google’s attempt to bring its dominance in Internet search to living […]

November 11, 2011