EPIX will be streaming the star studded Secret Policeman’s Ball live with a great list of comedic and musical performances. Here’s how you can access your free front row seat to Jon Stewart, Coldplay, Sarah Silverman, Stephen Colbert and many others which are streaming live to XBox 360, Roku, Google TV, and Verizon FIOS (395 […]
An investigation within Android Market stats has suggested that Google TV adoption may be so low as to be under one million users. The TV and Movies app, a core part of the OS, is listed as having between 500,000 to one million installed users, GigaOM found. More than half of them are Logitech Revue […]
Feb 29 2012 | Posted in
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Google’s big Google TV news, or part of it, may have been detailed early in news on Sunday. The Android TV platform’s YouTube app is being updated with a much stronger emphasis on channels ahead of original content plans. Matching up is a new discover feature that lets viewers find content by the category rather […]
Google made the unusual choice of a Facebook posting to hint at “big announcements” coming for Google TV on Monday. The company wouldn’t give any clues as to its plans. It’s unlikely to include any minor OS updates, since it recently updated to Android 3.2. The company is known to have devices in testing, including […]
Feb 12 2012 | Posted in
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Google posted a tweet of an update for Sony’s Google TV devices. Both its Internet TV and Internet Blu-ray player now have a faster Chrome web browser. The Blu-ray gets an extra treat in support for 3D Blu-ray movies to catch it up to other players. The update should roll out sometime this week for […]
Repeating a pattern from last year, Vizio has run a commercial (below) giving a hint as to its lineup for 2012. The Rose Bowl spot outlines the contrast between old and new in American football before giving a quick preview. Vizio’s lineup may be much more distinct this year, with a chromed, arcing neck and […]
Google chairman Eric Schmidt made an aggressive prediction at the Le Web conference in Paris that Google TV would dictate the TV landscape by summer 2012. He believed that the “majority of televisions you see in stores” should have the Android-based OS build inside over the course of the next several months. No indication was […]
Dec 8 2011 | Posted in
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Google in a late night update brought its Google Music update to the TV, giving it access to the service for the first time. The new TV app hinges on Google Music’s cloud storage to stream the user’s collection with an interface identical to that seen on smartphones and tablets, optimized for the ten-foot TV […]
Logitech’s acting CEO Guerrino De Luca shook up the TV field at an investor day late Thursday by revealing that the company was effectively quitting Google TV​. The price-cut Revue media hub was now selling through remaining stock in the fall and wouldn’t have a sequel. The company was bringing “closure to the Logitech Revue […]
Google may go into traditional TV, insiders may have divulged Thursday. The firm would use Google Fiber in both Kansas City rollouts to include TV and possible VoIP phone service, the Wall Street Journal was told. Early talks were said underway with Discovery, Disney, and Time Warner​ to supply content. Most details of the rough […]
Nov 4 2011 | Posted in
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