Take that, Apple TV: Smart TVs twice as popular as dedicated streaming boxes
Roku boxes and Apple TV streaming devices may be on everyone’s mind, but smart TVs with internet apps are actually a lot more popular. Read more »
Opera’s TV SDK starts powering Samsung Blu-ray players
Samsung has its own Smart TV platform. So why is the company starting to sell Blu-ray players powered by Opera’s TV SDK? Read more »
Quietly, Opera is working on becoming a Smart TV powerhouse
Apple TV, Roku and… Opera? The Norway-based browser maker isn’t exactly famous for smart TV innovation. But the company is already powering millions of devices. Read more »
What LG’s webOS buy means for Google TV
LG is buying webOS from HP to tun it into a Smart TV operating system. The question is: Where does that leave Google TV? Read more »
GigaOM Research highs and lows from CES 2013
Given how CES is now a barometer for such a wide array of technology segments, GigaOM Research decided to ask our readers which way the tech winds will blow over the next year based on what they saw in Las Vegas. (Subscription required) Read more »
Up to $500 to upgrade your TV? Samsung, are you kidding me?
Samsung has put a lot of work into improving its Smart TV experience, and it wants to share it with consumers who bought last year’s model. Which sounds great – except for that hefty price tag. Read more »
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The state of cross-platform media measurement
Brand advertising’s focus on cross-platform media measurement has grown dramatically in the past five years. Within the next 36 months cross-platform digital video advertising will standardize, driven by the shift in media dollars to online viewing and the adoption of the Making Measurement Make Sense (3MS) initiative. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
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Takeaways from connected consumer’s second quarter
Tablets featured prominently in the connected consumer space, both as a product category and as a component of broader platform strategies by major OS providers Microsoft, Google and Apple. Meanwhile Facebook began laying the groundwork to add payment processing to its platform. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
New video: Ikea TV comes with slide-out remote control
Ikea’s Uppleva TV set will arrive in stores in Europe any day now, and the company just revealed a few more details about the design and functionality of the device. One interesting fact: Uppleva will come with a slide-out remote control to hide less important buttons. Read more »
Samsung’s saucy Smart TV ad: “Look, don’t touch”
Samsung’s latest ad promoting the gesture controls for its Smart TV line are the perfect combo of hilarity paired with sexiness — and not just of the TV itself! Watch what happens when dozens of men see a pretty girl gesturing at them through a window. Read more »
Ikea TV to run YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion apps
Ikea’s Uppleva TV solution, which combines a Smart TV with living room furniture, will launch in select retail locations in Europe next month. Some of the apps available on the device at launch will offer access to services like YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion and TuneIn radio. Read more »
Zeebox boss says smart TV is a dumb idea
Is the trend for smart TVs that connect to the Web and run apps a big mistake? Anthony Rose, the co-founder of hot social TV app Zeebox, took to the stage at MIPCube to suggest the future of television lies somewhere very different. Read more »
Clik brings smarts — and convergence — to multiple screens
A new platform has emerged to create converged applications between the TV, PCs and mobile devices. Clik, which released a mobile app that can connect to any screen with a browser, is also releasing smart TV platform for developers. Read more »
Flingo raises $7m to make your TV smarter
Flingo has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round led by August Capital. The San Francisco-based startup, which integrates streaming video and interactive advertising into smart TVs, has also added two new board members: August Capital’s David Marquart and Howard Hartenbaum. Read more »
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CES 2012: a recap and analysis
This year’s CES was the biggest in the show’s 44-year history. It boasted 15 miles of exhibit hall aisles, 3,100 booths and 153,000 attendees. It is easy to be jaded by the endlessly repetitive products, but the thousands of innovations point toward a future of connectivity. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Where were all the Google TVs at CES?
A week ago, it seemed like Google TV was back on track after announcing new partners. But if Google finally is gaining the trust and support of the consumer electronics industry, there was little evidence of it at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Read more »
Lenovo launches first Ice Cream Sandwich TV
A TV that features voice control, facial recognition, thousands of apps, a game pad and 3-D video?No, it’s not the rumored Apple TV, but a new Smart TV made by Lenovo that’s based on the latest version 4.0 of Google’s Android OS. Read more »
Iomega TV with Boxee won’t be sold in the U.S.
Are you still waiting to buy Iomega’s Boxee set-top box? Then maybe it’s time to look for alternatives or call your relatives in the UK: Iomega just told us that it won’t be selling the device in the U.S. but will concentrate on Europe instead. Read more »
Looks like ARM just won the smart TV war
Intel won’t be making any chipsets for smart TVs in the foreseeable future: The company has shut down its Digital Home Group, which was behind the chip that powers the Boxee Box and Google TV devices. However, Boxee and Google aren’t too worried. Read more »
A first look at Google TV’s new apps
Google TV apps have started to pop up on the Android market, hinting at an imminent release of the Honeycomb-based next version of the smart TV platform. Wonder what those Google TV-specific apps look like? Then take a first look with our slide show. Read more »
Flingo is about to make your smart TV even smarter
Flingo hopes to add interactivity to the TV viewing experience, with technology embedded into TVs that can let web and mobile applications know what’s being watched on the big screen. The company is launching with its technology embedded on more than 5.7 million devices and counting. Read more »
How Connected TV Platforms Can Go Mainstream
TV manufacturers hope that by bundling developer platforms with TV hardware, they can move up the stack and increase margins on TVs. Just as mobile apps were pivotal in accelerating smartphone adoption, apps on the TV will usher in a new age of connected TV usage. Read more »
How TV OEMs Got Smart by Watching the Mobile Industry
The consumer electronics industry is always looking for transformative technologies that can drive entirely new product generations. And while smart TV is still in its early stages, the ultimate promise of the transforming the TV to a service platform holds much more promise long-term than 3-D. Read more »
BBC Says ‘No Thanks’ to Smart TV Fragmentation
The BBC has been overwhelmed by requests from consumer electronics manufacturers who want to add iPlayer apps to their TV platforms. As a result, the BBC Trust has announced that it will only build standard versions of the player, unless it is reimbursed for development. Read more »
