Yet another report on the connectedness of our TVs has been released and shows that some one in five US households have a connected TV be it solo or through a game console. In fact, game consoles lead the charge, but that’s sort of a recent development.
See the rest here: More than 20% of US Households Have Connected TV, Most Never Connect itThe annual Consumer Electronics show has kicked off this week in Las Vegas, with gadgets and TV galore. CE makers from Samsung to LG are rolling out new partnerships for connected TVs, as these smart sets accounted for 52 million sets sold last year. Now, in 2012, manufacturers are promoting Internet-capable TVs even more to distinguish themselves from the competition
This week on the Reel Web we cover a story about a patent that Google recently updated about a marketplace for Google TV. The Google TV Marketplace will feature channel apps, possibly from YouTube, and may even be bundled together as a network for a premium fee
It must be a Roku kind of day, I guess. In addition to the new Showtime content we wrote about earlier today, Roku is looking to capture a new revenue stream with a product they're calling the Roku Streaming Stick . Essentially, it's a little stick the size of a USB drive that plugs into your non-smart TV's HDMI port.
Not wanting their competitor HBO to steal every last bit of thunder in the streaming business, Showtime is getting into the mix by signing a deal with Roku that will allow access to their content.
Well, YouTube can't redesign every week, and they did that last week...
There's a big update on the way to the Roku 2 and Roku LT boxes that will add in a good amount of new features including MKV playback and, can it be true? Support for a future iOS Remote App looks to be included. The Roku box update, version 4.2 build 1006, is set to include the following: Support for more games
It fell to me to do a video gadgetry gift guide. Since I dabble in all things consumer electronics, I figured, why not? I'm going to break it up into price ranges because some of us aren't millionaires but we all have video gadget needs, right
The Ultimate Fighting Championship recently came to the Fox network, and people who had never watched the UFC before got to see a fight that lasted a little over a minute.
Yes folks, Roku is expanding its availability outside of the US. If you're in the UK or Canada and looking for a streaming online video box, hold tight, Roku to the rescue! Roku announced that they expect their streaming players, which come in several varieties, to be available in the UK and Canada early next year. The Roku boxes, with over 350 channels of content and with the recent additions to the Roku box lineup now also offers games like Angry Birds as well as premium content like HBO Go (will still need that HBO subscription thought).
