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Samsung Add Voice And Gesture Recognition To Smart TV Development Kit
The new SDK v.3.5 will let app developers to build voice and gesture recognition into their TV apps and the TV OS.See it on Scoop.it, via Connected-TV
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Netflix, Amazon Instant Video top 'must-have' apps for Internet-connected TV...
Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu+ and seven other streaming services top the charts as "must-have" apps for Internet-connected TV owners.See it on Scoop.it, via Connected-TV
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Vizio's $99 Co-Star Google TV now available for pre-order, shipping August 14th
Vizio has started to take pre-orders for its $99 Google TV. Dubbed the Co-Star, the tiny set top box, which includes two HDMI ports, an ethernet jack, and a USB socket, sits between a television...
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Advertisers Slow to Capitalize on Connected TV Consumption
According to DFC Intelligence, 24 million North American households currently own a connected TV. That number is expected to nearly quadruple in the next four years, rising to 81 million...See it on...
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Angry Birds Game Comes to Samsung’s Smart TVs - AppNewser
Angry Birds Game Comes to Samsung’s Smart TVs...See it on Scoop.it, via Connected-TV
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Apple TV outsells Xbox 360 in latest quarter, still a ‘hobby’ - GeekWire
Apple sold 1.3 million Apple TV devices during the June quarter, an increase of 170 percent over the same quarter a year ago. Microsoft sold 1.1 million Xbox 360s worldwide during the same time...
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Google TV will get its own version of AirPlay
Google is working on bringing AirPlay-like functionality to its Google TV platform.See it on Scoop.it, via Connected-TV
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Roku gets $45M in funding from News Corp., BSkyB
Roku has raised $45M in additional funding from News Corp., BSkyB and others. The company wants to use the funding for further international expansion, and also hints at additional partnerships with...
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Smart TV Owners Connecting Quickly | Brightcove Blog
Two-thirds of consumers who purchase an LG Smart TV are connecting their sets to the Internet within two weeks of buying the unit, LG's Matt Durgin tells Beet.TV at PLAY 2012.See it on Scoop.it, via...
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Vizio Sells Out Co-Star Stream Player In Under 12 Hours | TechCrunch
Vizio quietly posted that it sold out the Vizio Co-Star Stream Player pre-order in the first 12 hours that it was available.See it on Scoop.it, via Connected-TV
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Microsoft kicked off public beta for 2012 Xbox Live update, but quickly ran...
And just like that, it was all over.Shortly after the well-known, always-informative Major Nelson announced that this year's upcoming Xbox Live upd...See it on Scoop.it, via Connected-TV
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» Google jumps into the TV business with Fiber
Google jumps into the TV business with Fiber...See it on Scoop.it, via Connected-TV
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E-Commerce News: Television: The Smart TV Transformation Is Under Way
For years, pay-TV services were the dominant means of delivering premium content to consumers....the smart TV helps to minimize barriers to entry into the consumer home for over-the-top (OTT) video...
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The End of Cable TV? How Everyone Will Watch Television In The Future
Even as cable/satellite TV carriers like Comcast and DirecTV squabble over dollars and cents with broadcast and cable networks like NBC and Viacom, the very structure of their decades-old business...
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AOL HD connected TV app is now AOL On for Samsung, Roku and Sony; TiVo coming...
Last summer the AOL HD app launched on the Boxee, Roku, Yahoo Connected TV and DivX platforms, and now it's moving to 2.0...See it on Scoop.it, via Connected-TV
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Apple pushing to add cable services to set-top box, according to report
Apple is talking to some of the biggest U.S. cable providers, but no deals are in place, according to the WSJ. Apple has an uphill battle ahead in order to catch up with Microsoft, who's been able to...
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TVSync API unveiled, helps devs build second-screen and smart TV apps
Second screen apps seem to be all the rage as of late, and Vobile's freshly announced TVSync API platform can help developers ride...See it on Scoop.it, via Connected-TV
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Survey finds broad interest in an Apple TV
If an Apple Internet-connected TV proves to be more than a rumor, there appears to be a market ready for it.See it on Scoop.it, via Connected-TV
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Infographic: Live TV Loses Ground to Consoles, DVRs
In the first quarter of 2012, Americans spent almost 35 hours a week watching video via a variety of platforms, including tablets, smartphones, and gaming consoles.See it on Scoop.it, via Connected-TV
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