Of the eight different examples listed on the Google TV’s new channel spotlight page, ShortForm’s channel demonstrates the full potential of the search engine giant’s internet TV platform.
Last week, Google launched a new version of its Google TV software …
Google has officially announced plans to bring a slew of original content to YouTube, backed by some big names, but the news could also be huge for Google TV.
The company’s smart TV platform could certainly use a killer product …
A year after Google TV’s middling launch, Google is finally ready to take another stab at its ambitious smart TV platform.
The company announced today that the long-awaited GTV update, which brings with it a revamped interface, Android apps, and …
Editor's Pick
Apple is almost certainly making a TV, but it’s probably not aiming to replace the big screen in your living room. Instead, the company will likely start with a product aimed at being your second (or third) television.
It seems …
Google’s answer to television, Google TV, is known as a flop due to its poor user interface and lack of content from major TV networks. Hopefully that will soon change.
The company released a preview version of a new Google …
Logitech CEO Gerald Quindlen announced that he’s stepping down from his role at the company this morning, following a sluggish first quarter earnings report.
Slow sales of Logitech’s Google TV Revue set-top box, which Quindlen was a major supporter of …
At Google’s I/O developers conference today, the company confirmed that Google TV will receive a major upgrade to Android 3.1 this summer, as well as access to apps in the Android Market.
That’s good news for the handful of Google …
Guest Post
Ty Braswell, founder of Creative Digital Strategies, is a consultant specializing in growing mobile TV revenues for companies including the NHL and Major League Soccer and was Virgin Records VP of New Media during the early Napster years.
Working for …
Following on the heels of Vizio’s surprising Android phone and tablet announcement, the company is also revealing that it’s bringing Android to the living room with its new Google TV-powered VIA Plus HDTVs and Blu-ray players, and it’s readying a …
More than a fifth of all television sets sold in 2010 were smart TVs, according to the research firm DisplaySearch, which says the numbers signal that “a quiet revolution in TV viewing” is gaining a foothold.
How “quiet” the revolution …
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Google TV just can’t catch a break. We reported last week that Google asked a number of hardware manufacturers to delay their Google TV devices for a few months, and now there’s word that Logitech may be halting production …
Google TV was supposed to be one of the stars of the show at the Consumer Electronics Show next month in Las Vegas. But the star just got the hook.
Sony and Logitech have already launched Google TV products, which …
Two months after Google TV devices hit the streets, the platform is seeing its first major update, bringing with it an improved Netflix app, a remote control app for Android and more.
I mentioned in my review of the Logitech …
Perhaps tired of seeing its customers dump traditional cable service in favor of online video (a process known as cord cutting), telecom giant Comcast is testing a new service that will combine web video content with traditional TV.
The service …
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Amidst the hoopla surrounding Google TV and Apple TV, Microsoft has been oddly quiet. Now we have an idea of what the software giant is up to: It’s apparently in talks with media companies to license TV networks for a …
“Potential” is the key word when discussing Google TV. It has the potential to completely reshape the way we watch TV, the potential to change the way content providers do business, and the potential to give Google the sort of …
The list of Google TV haters continue to grow. Viacom confirmed this morning that it is blocking Google TV’s access to its web video, which includes popular networks like Comedy Central, MTV, and Nickelodeon.
First reported by GTV Hub, the …
Google has scored a coup for its new TV Ads platform. Google announced today that it has partnered with Verizon FiOS TV, the company’s fiber television offering, to reach 3.3 million homes on over 50 TV networks.
The partnership makes …
Netflix is charging ahead on providing a streaming-only movie service in the United States, according to chief executive Reed Hastings.
Speaking on stage on Wednesday at the Web 2.0 Summit with former News Corp. president Peter Chernin and journalist John …
