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Say you’re watching TV and an ad for Chevy’s Silverado pickup catches your eye. Come this fall, viewers using Google’s new interactive television technology will be able to type the object of their desire into an onscreen search box and launch a YouTube video or surf over to Chevy’s website. Advertisers foresee a new medium [...] When the rumor went around that Apple would be releasing a new iPhone-OS based Apple TV, there was a lot of excitement. I didn’t really buy into the new Apple TV hype. Now, we know it’s not coming, or if it is, it’s not going to amount to much. We know this because Steve Jobs [...] Todd Spangler of Multichannel News argues that Google TV may be making the same mistake with cable companies and customers that TiVo did back in its early days. Which is to say, 1) “The new device is external to the cable/satellite set-top box and controls it using an IR blaster (i.e., it’s a non-integrated kludge [...] Google TV has generated a lot of excitement for being based on Google’s Android operating system and Chrome Web browser. Consumers need the tools to access their favorite TV programs and Websites, which is where Logitech fits in. The peripheral maker is providing the companion box to control the service and remote controls to talk [...] In what may have been Google’s worst kept secret in years, the word is out. Google, along with its partners, Intel, Logitech, and Sony is on its way to delivering the Web to your television . And, what will they be using to do this? Why, they’ll be using Google’s Android Linux of course. Android is [...] The New York Times is reporting that “Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Web into the living room through a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes.” For more, click here for the rest of the story. Everyone who follows Internet video or Google knows that YouTube loses money. Now, thanks to Multichannel News , we know that Credit Suisse analysts Spencer Wang and Kenneth Sena”estimate that YouTube’s total bandwidth costs in 2009 will be close to $300 million.” Ouch. Maybe, Google really is trying to make a deal with the movie studios [...] Alfred Poor is reporting that “Google is negotiating with Hollywood studios for deals to offer streaming movie rentals on YouTube.” We’re not talking the older films that are already available, we’re talking new movies coming out on YouTube the same day as they appear on DVD. Interesting times ahead! More > |
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