Intel & Yahoo Develop Internet TV Concept
Intel Corp. and Yahoo Inc. released a project this week that showed plans to display their services on the screens of Internet-connected TVs.
The idea behind this plan is to be able to do more with your TV set – and therefore spend more time on that comfy couch. It would enable TV users/Couch Potatoes to do things such as check stock prices or browse your photos, while watching your favorite show. With the continuous growth of the internet, one could say the Intel-Yahoo partnership, called ‘The Widget Channel’ is an advantageous move.
Apparently the companies displayed a screen shot of the program, showing a baseball game on the main part of the screen, while programs such as Flickr were being run along the bottom of the screen.
Intel and Yahoo are not alone in this project; they are working with various other companies such as Blockbuster, Disney, and MTV to build more widgets.
‘The Widget Channel’ is only the beginning of this Internet TV phenomenon; we are bound to see other big Internet companies develop similar projects in the near future .
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