Next up for Google TV: An NBC app with full, free episodes?
NBC may be ready to rethink its stance towards Google TV, and make its content available for free on the platform through a native app. Read more »
An inside look at Google’s Los Angeles Video hackathon
What motivates 70 people to spend two days in a conference room, coding their hearts out? For the participants in this weekend’s Google hackathon, the answer was a lot bigger than just winning a new TV. Read more »
Here comes The Fold, a daily news program made for cord cutters
The Washington Post’s new daily news show The Fold is interesting for a number of reasons: It debuts on Google TV and was made specifically to be viewed on connected TVs, and its target audience are cord cutters who don’t watch cable news anymore. Read more »
Sony launches new Google TV set-top for global market
After disappointing sales of its first-generation Google TV product, Sony will launch an updated version of its Android-based set-top next month. It will also be the first to extend the platform beyond the U.S., with plans to debut it in Europe and Latin America. Read more »
Did Google Fiber just get its own Google TV set-top box?
Google is gearing up to bring fiber-fast broadband to Kansas City, and a device that could be key to these efforts just popped up the FCC’s website. The set-top box GFHD100 comes with a Google fiber logo – and looks very much like a Google TV device. Read more »
LG set to roll out Google TV models later this month
Hoping to spark both the suddenly sagging U.S. TV market and Google’s struggling Android-based TV platform at the same time, consumer electronics maker LG has confirmed that it will release in the U.S. two new smart TV models based on Google TV software later in May. Read more »
New Google TV Devices Finally On The Way
The Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV reset that started last fall with software updates for existing Sony (NYSE: SNE) hardware heads into the next pha… Read more »
Schmidt Reckons Most TVs Will Have Google TV By Mid-2012
photo: Le Web
What with self-driving cars and such, Eric Schmidt is not averse to some blue-sky thinking. But one new prediction may be a moonshot too far… Read more »
Google TV 2.0 Rolls Out But No New Hardware Til 2012
photo: Google
A year after the much-hyped launch of *Google* TV with partners Sony (NYSE: SNE), Logitech, Intel (NSDQ: INTC) and Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH)… Read more »
Google I/O Kicks Off Tuesday: All Eyes On Android And New-Look Exec Team
Every major tech company in Silicon Valley takes at least one turn at San Francisco’s Moscone Center each year to show off their latest idea… Read more »
Video: Anthony Rose On Google TV’s Failure And His Next Big Project
As BBC future media controller, Anthony Rose took an unwieldy iPlayer by the horns and turned it in to the UK’s VOD powerhouse. He recently… Read more »
Can Kevin Bacon Make Google TV Sizzle?
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Probably not, but Logitech is getting a buzz burst from a new ad campaign featuring the star. Kevin Bacon plays his own biggest fan as a Log… Read more »
Viacom Confirms Blocking Access To Full Episodes On Google TV
photo: Corbis / Julie Dermansky
Add Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and Viacom’s other networks to the growing list of those slamming barriers up for Google (NSDQ: GOOG) T… Read more »
How Google TV Could Hand Netflix The Entire Streaming Universe
photo: Flickr / Staci D. Kramer
I personally can’t think of anything stupider for the big broadcast networks to do than give their shows to Google (NSDQ: GOOG) for free. Wh… Read more »
Google TV Readies For Launch; Deals With HBO, Turner, NBA, CNBC, Etc.
After nearly five months of quasi silence, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is ratcheting up the volume for the pending launch of Google TV. Seldom have… Read more »
Video: Here Is Google TV Running On Sony Internet TV
Sony (NYSE: SNE) unveiled a connected TV running Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV at the IFA show in Berlin. TechRadar has the lo-down and pics, revea… Read more »
Google TV Is A Bigger Deal Than You Think
It has only been a few weeks since Google (NSDQ: GOOG) announced it would create a brave, new world with its Google TV platform. In all the… Read more »
Google TV: Next Big Thing Or Wishful Thinking?
I would love to hop on the *Google* TV bandwagon. It sounds like a fun ride with lots of great company and exciting plans. But it’s a hard j… Read more »
The Future of Google TV Is …
photo: Flickr / Staci D. Kramer
Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and cofounder of HDNet, offers running commentary on Blog Maverick and allows us to publish it her… Read more »
