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Google Giving Google TV Another Shot

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MrSeb writes with a piece on Google's renewed push for Google TV adoption. From the article: "In spite of a mediocre launch caused by an overpriced device and low consumer adoption, Mountain View is attempting to breathe life into Google TV in the way of a major marketing push at CES 2012. By announcing partnerships with companies like Marvell and LG, and an effort to cut costs by switching to ARM architecture, Google is hoping to finally achieve the mass adoption it has been hoping for with the service. Is this a case of too little, too late?"

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  1. Give it two to the chest and one to the head... by JoeMerchant · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just to make sure... TV is dead, stream me my entertainment on-demand or don't bother making it.

    1. Re:Give it two to the chest and one to the head... by Lumpy · · Score: 1, Insightful

      You do know there area large number of people that really dont care at all about live events or sports in general. Honestly, if it was not for the parties I was invited to and the open bar, I could not care less about the superbowl.

      For two reasons. 1, the NFL are nothing but a bunch of scumbags. the claim yearly they lose a lot of money from people STEALING the superbowl by inviting friends over and having a party. Yes, having more than 10 friends over is ILLEGAL as far as the NFL is concerned.

      2, Honestly all NFL atheletes are a joke compared to College football players. Big fat lazy overpaid idiots. I have no interest in watching a bunch of rich panzies play a game. I would rather watch REAL atheletes at college level.

      A lot of people feel this way and more and more join the ranks each year.

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    2. Re:Give it two to the chest and one to the head... by Cogneato · · Score: 1, Insightful

      There is streaming technology for the Super Bowl: an antenna. It's in HD and looks better than over-compressed cable. This same radical streaming technology can be used to watch many other timely TV shows as well, like the Oscars or Monday Night Football.

  2. The real challenge... by jimbouse · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think Google's real challenge is with the content owners. If it would 'just work', then I believe the product would sell.

    1. Re:The real challenge... by hairyfeet · · Score: 3, Insightful

      And THAT is why its gonna bomb. Google has basically enjoyed "free" content for years with their search, Gmail, etc. Sure they pay for their backend but they aren't about to cut a check to say every video that someone consumes that isn't on Youtube. MSFT and Sony paid a hell of a lot of money to get content for their players and Google think they can basically pull a Google search and get the content for free...ain't happening. Google is gonna end up with their ass blocked for anything worth watching so the ONLY content Google is gonna end up with is YouTube and shit like clog dancing so nobody is gonna care.

      Google's entire business model is the "throw it at the wall and see if it sticks" model which doesn't involve paying out big fat checks and the content owners aren't gonna let their media go to Google for free. Google can switch to ARM, MIPS, hell it could run it on fricking hamsters because that isn't what makes the GTV DOA, its the fact that Google is blacklisted across the board. You'd have better odds with a WDTV or a Roku than with a GTV because Google will NEVER pay the money, that would go against their entire "find more ways to monetize search" model which has worked VERY well for them in the past, but content is a whole nother ballgame. Hell just look at all the channels loaded by default in every single Windows box from HP on up under "Internet TV". You think all those companies like CBS just let MSFT copy their website's content and put it in a WMC wrapper? hell no! You can bet MSFT paid a pretty penny indeed to have every one of those channels and Google thinks they can just copy the website address and throw on their own wrapper and make some cash, boy are they in for a shock.

      Like it or not Google is dead meat if they don't shell out the bucks and Google has made it pretty clear when the content owners first started blocking them they ain't paying shit, so they ain't getting shit, simple as that. MSFT has had a hard on for the living room since WebTV back in the 90s so they'll pay, Sony knows it helps sell PS3s so they'll shell out too, Google is the one left out in the cold. Frankly I don't blame the owners, they gotta pay for bandwidth too ya know and if Google was allowed to pull this shit they'd get a massive hit with no ROI, whereas MSFT and Sony cut them a check.

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  3. Or by Spad · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is this me stating my opinion as a question while strongly implying that it's a fact?

  4. Needs PVR Ability by Jedi+Holocron · · Score: 3, Insightful

    None of these devices, Google TV or Apple TV, are going to take off unless they offer a simple and effect way for a customer to record a show. This can either be Over The Air or Over The Cable. People WANT this feature because it is ingrained into their thinking.

    The ability to On Demand order and watch a show over Broadband still needs widespread adoption and availability. See other posts here about "content."

    Without easy PVR functionality, then these devices are just extra devices duplicating my already includes services in my big old stupid DVR/Cable box.

  5. Global TV or any other TV. by ciderbrew · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm sat in the UK and want to watch content from Japan (not porn!) - Apart from streaming or putting a dish on the roof (not an option) howelse can you get it apart from streaming / downloading it? Swap the ads to sell local crap and show me programs I want.

  6. Re:In other words, the AppleTV device is coming. by DragonWriter · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I guess this is in response to the supposed Apple TV (as in, the physical device with a screen rather than the little streaming box they currently have) that Apple is allegedly working on, and Google sees the chance for some collateral sales when the inevitable marketing tsunami from Apple arrives.

    Reports of Google's next iteration of GoogleTV and that it would be incorporated into TVs from more manufacturers instead of primarily as a standalone set-top devices (or integrated into other devices like blu-ray players) started before reports about the next generation of AppleTV; I would be hesitant to describe either as a response to the other, and even moreso to pick a direction.

    I think the GoogleTV is more Google exploiting the fact that TV prices are dropping and manufacturers are looking for sources of value-added features to sell in higher-priced models, and that GoogleTV-supported streaming sources (including, and especially, YouTube) have acquired a lot more professional content than anything to do with AppleTV's plans.