Comments on: Do You Want Widgets on Your TV? TDG Says You Do

By: 5 Apps I’d Like to See on My TV

5 Apps I’d Like to See on My TV — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:01:47 +0000

[...] really wanted widgets on their TVs said yes, and preliminary research from TDG earlier this year echoes that sentiment. According to TDG’s numbers, 76 percent of consumers think having a widget toolbar on their [...]

By: How Often Will You Have to Upgrade an Intel-Based TV?

How Often Will You Have to Upgrade an Intel-Based TV? — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:12:46 +0000

[...] the Connections Conference is how televisions are evolving beyond just displaying moving images. As widgets, web video and social features come to TVs, TVs become more like PCs. Does this mean that [...]

By: Analyst: Canoe Ventures “Entirely Wrong” About the Internet

Analyst: Canoe Ventures “Entirely Wrong” About the Internet — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:01:42 +0000

[...] it will also complicate integrating social web stuff like Flickr, Twitter and Facebook, which Dixon thinks users will soon come to expect from their [...]

By: The Trades » Blog Archive » Widgets on your TV - It will change how you watch the tube

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:18:26 +0000

[...] Chris Albrecht over at NewTeeVee has a post about widgets on your TV. Apparently, consumers are looking favorably on this. Yay! It seems the concept came out of nowhere at CES this year when Yahoo! announced their widget toolbar and manufacturers (chiefly, Vizio) announced the integration of this toolbar on their TVs. The toolbar would include not only classic Yahoo! widgets such as a clock, weather and Flickr photos, but also Netflix and Blockbuster streaming. I said it then and I’ll repeat it now… this is the death knell for not only DVD and Blu-ray, but also cable TV (although not cable internet). Just in case you’re wondering why Time-Warner Cable and Comcast are putting bandwidth limits on their internet access… this is why. [...]

By: Sometimes a TV, Should Just Be a TV

Sometimes a TV, Should Just Be a TV — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:25:36 +0000

[...] Malik | Thursday, April 2, 2009 | 3:25 PM PT | 0 comments Upon reading a blog post about future of widgets (tiny Internet apps) on the television, Stacey Higginbotham quipped: “Caller ID through my cable co, Twitter, weather widgets, [...]

By: Star M.

Star M. — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:36:47 +0000

just sat in on a panel at SXSW about next-gen devices for acquiring digital media content — they touched on the widget and colin dixon of the diffusion group moderated the panel actually. i’m with the 48% that see the widget as only somewhat useful…sometimes you just want to zone out and watch tv! i don’t know that i’d want to see my friends’ facebook updates start popping up on my sony bravia any time soon.

By: TVloop Blog - Discussing TV and Social Media

TVloop Blog - Discussing TV and Social Media — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:02:35 +0000

[...] not sure I’m a huge believer in the “widgets and apps for TV” phenomenon, but as Chris Albrecht at NewTeeVee puts it: Whether you want them or not, widgets are on their way. Yahoo and Intel are ramping up their TV [...]