Will your next TV have the iPlayer built-in?

by Dean Evans at Tuesday 28th April, 2009 at 9:55 pm [0 comments]

The next generation of Internet-connected TVs could come with access to streaming video services built-in. 

According to Darren Petersen, Product Manager for TVs at Samsung, the Yahoo! Widgets that power Samsung’s Internet@TV are just scratching the surface.

Beyond access to Yahoo! News feeds, Yahoo! Weather and Flickr, your next HDTV could have access to the BBC’s iPlayer via a pop-up widget. 

“Ultimately that’s the kind of widget that we’re looking to come on board,” Petersen told TechRadar.com, “as well as for streaming ITV and Channel 4′s video-on-demand.”

“That’s ultimately where this is going to go – that’s the future of this technology.”

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