Google TV, which enables the use of various web services through a set-top box connected to a TV, is set to come to the UK within the next 6 months, according to a report.
The news should officially be announced later Friday by Google’s Eric Schmidt who is giving a lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival.
Google TV hasn’t been very successful so far, according to Logitech‘s Q4 2011 fiscal year earnings. The company was one of Google’s partners for the service, but its sales of Google TV-related products fell short of expectations.
Google’s expansion of the service to the UK, however, shows that the company is far from giving up on this project.
Google TV in the UK will let users search the Internet (voice search will be enabled, too), easily switch between TV and Internet content, use smartphones as remotes and access a special YouTube channel in high definition. It will also let users watch content from two UK online video on-demand services, BBC’s iPlayer and ITV Player.
[via Telegraph]
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The news should officially be announced later Friday by Google’s Eric Schmidt who is giving a lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival.
Google TV hasn’t been very successful so far, according to Logitech‘s Q4 2011 fiscal year earnings. The company was one of Google’s partners for the service, but its sales of Google TV-related products fell short of expectations.
Google’s expansion of the service to the UK, however, shows that the company is far from giving up on this project.
Google TV in the UK will let users search the Internet (voice search will be enabled, too), easily switch between TV and Internet content, use smartphones as remotes and access a special YouTube channel in high definition. It will also let users watch content from two UK online video on-demand services, BBC’s iPlayer and ITV Player.
[via Telegraph]
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