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[TiPb - The #1 iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch blog] Steve Jobs at D8 video: on Apple TV, Google TV, and TV in general ...: Interestingly, in the UK, the BBC’s Project Canvas is attempting to do exactly this ”” establish a common standard between broadcasters for all sorts of IPTV and rich broadcast systems. A previous attempt was blocked by the BBC Trust, as it was more like a system for syndicating content, whereas the Canvas is a proposed standard rather than a system.

[Linux for Devices - RSS Feeds] Google TV to mix Android, Chrome, and Atom - News - Linux for Devices: Google said it will soon release a set of APIs for developing web-based applications for the platform, followed by an early version of a Google TV software development kit (SDK) in the fall. Sony CEO Howard Stringer and Logitech CEO Gerald Quindlen added that initial Google TV products from their companies will be available in time for the holiday season.

[IP TV Times] IP TV Times: Small Screen, Big Screen: So, you can now hook up your mobile phone and use it as a device for sending mobile video to the big screen. Essentially, it's a mobile set top box and it portends the prediction I made some time ago that, one day, all content will be delivered to large screens .

[RoughlyDrafted Magazine] Reality Check: Apple TV isn't turning into a TV ”” RoughlyDrafted ...: With inventories of Mac minis growing reportedly scarce, it’s likely Apple will scrap the existing Apple TV and simply port its software as a free bundle for Macs, reverting it back to its origins as Front Row (4.0) and serving the role of giving people another reason to buy a Mac mini instead. The Mac mini is a lot more powerful and in some cases versatile, and Apple needs to stock it anyway, so by merging it with Apple TV the company gets one placeholder serving two niches at once.

[Telecompetitor] Google TV: OTT Nirvana or Another Web TV Flameout? | Telecompetitor: The web is filled with desirable multimedia content, and to date, no solution has been able to deliver it seamlessly to the TV. If Google TV is able to establish itself as a smart bridge between this desirable content and the flatscreen HDTV sitting in millions of family rooms across the country, they may just have a hit on their hands.

[Content Technology Operators Innovation Consulting] STBs: from CAPEX to Cash-in | Content Technology Operators ...: Big companies are rarely successful at this kind of catch-up game. I eagerly await some real figures from Verizon’s much-touted Fios Twitter and Facebook implementations to see if we have reached a turning point (I heard at IPTV World Forum in March that only 10% of the user base knew about the social media features).

[HotHardware.com News Rss Feed] Google TV: The Next Generation Set-Top Box To Bring Web's Best ...: Google is a master of indexing, and their fingers are stretched throughout the Internet. Taking something that they're already good at and honing it for release on a TV seems relatively simple, and with digital consumption on the rise and typical pay-TV subscriptions on the decline, it's a perfect opportunity for Google to jump in.

[The Qt Blog] Qt Cross-platform now means “on TV” as well! ”” The Qt Blog: Qt has been improved with strong enhancements at the back end for DirectFB support that enables fast 2D graphics hardware accelerations - and this has helped deliver speedy graphics rendering on large HD TV screens in particular. In addition, Qt, with its deep Qt WebKit integration, enables hybrid (native and web) application development to deliver a better user experience.

[alvear.com] What Google TV Should Be | alvear.com: In fact, its Mediaroom IPTV solution is number 1 in the world based on number of active subscribers using the system.  Microsoft has created an interactive TV platform that is popular with users and IPTV Operators but tends to be more expensive than other IPTV solutions. Microsoft unveiled Mediaroom 2.0 with support for Over-the-top video in order to deliver TV to Xbox 360s, PCs and Windows smartphones.

[DVD News] Pace demonstrates IP connectivity leadership at IPTV World Forum: Pace is now the world’s second largest set-top box supplier to pay TV operators, developing market-leading technology and ensuring customer successes in HD, PVR and hybrid (combining broadband and broadcast) solutions. At IPTV World Forum, Pace will demonstrate how it enables operators to build upon the set-top box cornerstone using Pace’s IP connectivity know-how to deliver compelling content across all platforms around the home.

[The Qt Blog] Qt is going over-the-top to bring online video to connected TVs ...: We hope these resources help you leverage the full power of Qt in your over-the-top (pun intended) online video applications. We certainly believe Qt offers several great developer tools that enable content to be delivered to all screens around the user.

[Content Technology Operators Innovation Consulting] Google TV off to a bad start | Content Technology Operators ...: Despite having spent ages myself pushing for an app environment at Orange (I mean who wouldn’t want to mimick Apple’s iPhone success?) I am getting the feeling from this whole debate that Apps may not be more than a gimmick on the lean-back TV. Personnalising the experience as you rightly point out will be important, but might that not come from other screens than the TV?

[A Blog From Behind the Trenches] Haavard - Dear Google: Please fork WebKit: For years Opera could make its engine for embedding into 3rd party software, with or without open-sourcing. There were years an years before WebKit arrival, when developera for Win32 had to choose between buggy and heavy Trident and buggy and heavy Gecko, excluding half-baked ad hoc semi-engines.

[Agora Media Group Innovation Blog] Google Aims at the TV market - Will they Succeed? Yes, and Here's ...: Google is obviously more known for its search technology than their weaker portfolio of social media products (Wave, Orkut, and more recently Buzz in Gmail), and undoubtedly, most consumers that are now mulling over the idea of Google on their TV are enticed by the idea that perhaps it will become much easier to wade through the ever-increasing number of channels available ”¦ perhaps Google will offer a search engine like they do online? Or maybe even a better organizational structure -  a directory of sorts?

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