Vizio leapfrogs LG’s direct-to-TV Neflix announcement with a full set of direct to TV services. In a release put out today, Vizio announced that later this year consumers will be able to bring an HDTV home, plug in an Internet connection, and without any additional services or boxes, access the following:
Casual games through Accedo Broadband [...]
Thanks to LG, every box that delivers content to your HDTV will be undergoing an existential crisis.
For years, I’ve been talking about a day when you bring home your TV, plug it in to an electrical and broadband outlet, and start getting a range of content and applications – no boxes or cable needed…cable companies [...]
LG today said they would be including CinemaNow and Youtube in their next blu-ray player. Consumers will now have the option to subscribe monthly to unlimited streaming of movies (Netflix) vs. renting by the movie from CinemaNow. As adoption grows, we can now see if subscription vs. on-demand rentals will win or if the two [...]
This week’s announcement that XBox would stream movies from Netflix was a significant step in Microsoft’s bid to own the digital living subscription and, potentially, marketing dollars. In the Netflix deal, Microsoft got more than a movie partner, they got a brand. For consumers that have trouble seeing the XBox as a movie box, the [...]
Google dominates search on the PC screen, is making a play to dominate no the mobile screen but so far has shown little momentum on the screen that delivers, and will probably continue to deliver, big advertising revenue – the television screen.
Why?
Ads still look best on television and they will become as interactive as online [...]
