Google Pushes TV Initiative

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Free article: http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/18/google-tv-apple-tv/

To be honest, I'm surprised it's taken Google so long to do this. The potential benefits for Google are even greater than Apple's because Google is working hard to become a dominant player in TV advertising.

Late or not, this is very good news for consumers because hopefully it will lead to iPhone/Android apps being accessible on your TV. The possibilities for gaming would definitely make me worried if I were Nintendo, Microsoft or Sony.

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Do you hear this sound? Yes, that's a wake up call for Apple. People will start soon looking at which smartphone is more compatible with their tv sets

Paywalled. A summary about what they're doing with Intel/Sony?

Yep, and a bit about doing some search stuff with Dish Network which they had reported on earlier.

> The Wall Street Journal this month reported that Google is testing a new TV-search service with Dish Network Corp. that is designed to allow users to find shows on the satellite-TV service as well as video from Web sites such as Google's YouTube. The March 8 article noted that Google has been talking to partners about adapting Android—the operating system it developed for cellphones—for TVs and set-top boxes.

How is this materially different in concept from WebTV?

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