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Google TV Details Revealed

Posted by Soulskill on from the searching-imdb-with-my-remote-control-will-change-my-life dept.

Today Google provided new information about their upcoming Google TV platform for set-top boxes. Using a video and a demonstration site, they show how apps will look and function, and stressed that users wouldn't be limited in their ability to browse the web on their TV. Google also announced content partners, which include Turner Broadcasting, NBC Universal, HBO, Netflix and Amazon Video. "We have also been working with some leading technology and media companies to optimize their content for Google TV, including news sites like The New York Times and USA Today; music sites like VEVO, Pandora and Napster; information networks like Twitter; and online networks like blip.tv. And with YouTube Leanback, we can offer the best experience for you to watch your favorite viral videos and personalized channels on the television." For developers, they put up a guide to optimize websites for Google TV.

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  1. First post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    is a stupid meme.

  2. wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frosty piss

  3. Are you shitting me? by snspdaarf · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    information networks like Twitter

    Information network? Seriously? This must be a different Twitter that the one my kids use.

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  4. Re:Boycott them! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm still waiting for the evil. I haven't seen the point of integrating so much together other than to make it easier for people to find stuff while at the same time helping their retailers sell you stuff. It's really very similar to TV/Radio only they're hoping that the commercials might actually be for something you'd buy rather than used car dealerships. Personally, I'd rather hear about PC components than a low-mileage Ford Fiesta.

  5. Re:Wow, back to the future by tepples · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    strong bad is unfunny garbage.

    Would you go further to claim that all animated works created in Adobe Flash and distributed in SWF format are likewise unfunny garbage, including Weebl and Bob and everything on Newgrounds and Albino Blacksheep?