[News] Yahoo! expands Web-connected TV push
Yahoo! expands Web-connected TV push
(AFP) – 1 hour ago
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Yahoo! announced partnerships with television
and other device manufacturers on Thursday as the Internet company
joins others seeking to jump from the computer to the TV screen.
"Consumers are in love with their televisions, watching more TV,
and demanding Internet connectivity to further enhance their
viewing experience," said Arlo Rose, senior director of Yahoo!
Connected TV.
Yahoo! said the online programs known as "widgets" for the
increasing number of Web-capable televisions would be embedded in
more models and include video on demand, social networks, games
and online shopping.
One year after announcing partnerships with Samsung, LG Electronics
, Sony and Vizio, Yahoo! used the annual Consumer Electronics Show
here to announce tie-ups with China's Hisense,ViewSonic, MIPS
Technologies and Sigma Designs.
Yahoo! also announced it was releasing a widget development kit to
allow developers to create their own TV widgets.
Vizio's upcoming HDTVs will incorporate Yahoo! widgets as will
Web-connected TVs from Hisense and ViewSonic's VMP80 media player.
Yahoo! said the VMP80 media player will allow HDTV owners to view
movies, TV shows, Web videos, and photos and go shopping and play
games with TV widgets.
"Consumers can enjoy the greatest Internet content while
simultaneously viewing their favorite programming," said ViewSonic
Americas vice president Jeff Volpe.
MIPS will include the Yahoo! widget platform on digital TV and
set-top box applications while Sigma Designs said it will offer
Yahoo! widgets on Blu-ray players and other devices.
Current Yahoo! widgets allow TV viewers to go online and shop at
eBay or update their status on Twitter or Facebook, for example,
while watching TV.
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