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1. [verwijderd] 18 maart 2010 21:44

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   Vanmorgen stond dit bij beursnieuws. Google wil zijn platform ook overbrengen op de TV.
   TV kijkers kunnen dan video s kijken van You Tube, spelletjes spelen en zoekmachines raadplegen.
   In de beginjaren 2000 dachten velen dat OpenTV via de settop-box de internet-ervaring op de buis zou brengen.
   Het is wat anders gelopen.
   Google gaat in ieder geval aan de slag met een settop-box, om de internet-ervaring op de buis te brengen.
   Of dat een succes wordt, weet niemand.
2. [verwijderd] 19 maart 2010 09:32

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   Frappante is dat Google nu een settop-box vervaardigd waarbij ongetwijfeld Vincent Dureau is betrokken ex CTO OpenTV, die enkele jaren geleden is overgestapt naar Google. Kenner bij uitstek in die materie.
   Interactieve TV is natuurlijk wat meer dan spelletjes, video s kijken van You Tube en zoekmachines opzoeken op de tv.
   Maar internet blijft toch het ultieme apparaat om betalingen te doen, beurs te volgen, kennis te vergaderen, emails te verzenden etc
   Dit alles kon OpenTV in 2000 ook al op de tv brengen maar het sloeg niet aan, bleek uit de praktijk.
   OpenTV beperkte ITV tot spelletjes,stemmen, nieuws,weer en verkeer berichten doorgave(de techniek) en VOD, het bestellen van films, herhaling gemist, opnemen etc.
   Zo ziet het huidige ITV er z on beetje uit in 2010 wat een succes genoemd kan worden bij de meeste providers.
   
   Met je afstandsbediening gaan emailen of een sms versturen, inkopen doen, is toch voorbehouden aan internet en mobiele telefonie.
   Ook al kan dat ook op de tv maar het is niet ingevoerd in de massa. Nog niet.
   Google gaat proberen wat meer functionaliteit op die settop-box te zetten en zo zou je van concurrentie kunnen spreken voor OpenTV.
   Google zal ongetwijfeld die advertentie-wereld op de tv willen overbrengen.
3. Chiddix 27 augustus 2011 19:11

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   Vandaag op IEX een bericht over Google TV.
   
   Google TV begin 2012 in Europa!
   
   Internetbedrijf Google lanceert haar dienst Google TV begin volgend jaar in Europa, waardoor het mogelijk wordt om te internetten via de televisie.
   Dat zei topman Eric Schmidt.
   
   Tv kijkers kunnen via Google TV gemakkelijk een zoekmachine raadplegen en bijvoorbeeld You Tube-video s kijken.
   Ook is het mogelijk om spelletjes te spelen of om actief te zijn op een sociaal netwerk op de televisie. Google TV werd vorig jaar october al gelanceerd in de Verenigde Staten.
   
   Tja, dit was het businessmodel ongeveer van OpenTV uit het beginjaar 2000 maar dat niet doorbrak op de televisie. Alleen bij BskyB kon OpenTV wat meer ITV kwijt dan elders.
   Een nieuwe uitvinding is het zeker niet van Google. In 2007 heeft men de CTO van OpenTV weten te strikken voor hun TV ambities en die heeft blijkbaar niet stil gezeten.
   Zijn ervaring en kennis komen Google goed van pas.
   OpenTV heeft ook in 2006 zich beperkt tot een afgeleide van ITV en niet waarover men sprak in 2000 ingevoerd.
   Men was afhankelijk wordt dan gezegd ,van wat providers en consumenten willen.
   En dat was het opnemen van gemiste uitzendingen wat nr 1 stond. Daarnaast films bestellen en direct kunnen zien.
   UPC had daarnaast ook games en info voor de TV kijker.
   Maar Google komt nu met een breder pakket en gaat de concurrentie aan met NDS en OpenTV.
   Internetten via de settop-box op de TV, tja, dat kon men al in 2000 maar het sloeg niet aan toen.
   Hoe dat 10 jaar later is, is weer afwachten.
4. Chiddix 27 augustus 2011 19:36

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   Om dit alles te ervaren met Google TV moet je een speciale Sony TV kopen met alle noodzakelijke software of een Google settop-box van Logitech met een Intel-chip.
   Dus Google heeft zijn software ingebouwd in een TV van Sony(speciaal model) en heeft ook een settop-box voorhanden voor de andere merken.
5. [verwijderd] 28 augustus 2011 19:42

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   Niet al te enthousiast Chiddix, Google TV is niet zo'n succes in de states, dus hoe het zal gaan in Europa
6. [verwijderd] 28 augustus 2011 19:44

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   Google + Motorola Video Solutions: A Bridge Too Far
   Colin Dixon, Senior Partner, Advisory
   
   August 16, 2011
   
   Much of the discussion around the Google’s Monday purchase of Motorola Mobility for $12.5B has focused on intellectual property (patents) and mobile phone synergies. However, as Will Richmond pointed out on Monday, the Video Solutions group – part of Motorola Mobility and comprised of set-top boxes and PayTV operator infrastructure – produces almost one third of the annual revenue of the company. While the synergies between mobile solutions and intellectual property rights (IPR) may be clear, this is hardly the case in regard to video solutions. I might go as far as to say there aren’t any synergies at all.
   
   The Video Solutions group within Motorola Mobility has a very old heritage. The core of the technology comes from a company called General Instruments which was purchased by Motorola back in 1999. This group has been producing technology for the cable industry for decades and has become a trusted partner in the process. So much so that operators share their long term technology and content plans with them. Motorola/GI technology has been key in the delivery of the rock-solid reliability and the 500-channel selection that has put cable in most American homes today.
   
   The way GI/Motorola has been so successful with cable over the years is by evolving the core technologies slowly and methodically, be it video delivery, security, or the set-top box. With every change made, the company took the time to ensure everything worked 100% of the time, was backward compatible with what was already in operator networks, and could be smoothly deployed by the operators. This approach required a lot of time. New STBs were years in the making, and software updates and changes, likewise, could easily take a year or more.
   
   How will the Video Solutions group deal with the Google culture of fast-moving technical innovation; where software release cycles are measured in hours and major technological efforts in a few months? To say the least it will be a shock. But more likely it will lead to frustration and failure.
   
   Some have said this represents an opportunity for Google TV to help operators make the leap into Internet Protocol (IP) delivery. But the likelihood of Comcast deploying an STB with Google TV on board is slim to none. First, Google TV includes an open browser. This is viewed by content providers as a direct assault on the traditional broadcast channel. Have we all forgotten how quickly broadcasters blocked playback of their video through Google TV’s browser? Second, the new release of Google TV will include Android Market. This “open market” approach to applications flies in the face of the tight control cable company’s exercise over their networks and their business. Finally, getting operators to deploy the more-expensive Google TV-powered boxes with Android operating systems will be next to impossible in anything less than 2-3 years, even if the companies have the will to do it. And I’m willing to bet they don’t!
   
   All-in-all, this is a bridge too far. Motorola STBs will not be the savior of Google TV. Cable operators will not let Google into their networks to sell applications, advertising, or anything else for that matter. The idea that Brian Roberts (Comcast CEO) would sit down and share his detailed network hopes and dreams with Larry Page – as he has in the past with Motorola - is frankly ridiculous. Google would be better off selling the video solutions group as soon as possible. I can think of some likely suitors. Perhaps a company likely Arris or Ericsson would be a good home, where synergies are much more easily realized.
   
   So, if the folks at Google are smart – and they certainly think they are – they’ll help the Motorola Video Solutions team along to a better place. But if, as so often happens with smart people, they think they can make it work despite market realities to the contrary, it’s going to be a rough ride for all concerned.
   
7. [verwijderd] 28 augustus 2011 19:45

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   Google's interest in Invidi also grows now that MMI is owned by GOOG
   Targeted TV Provider Invidi Closes $49 Million Round With DirecTV
   TV ad targeter Invidi Technologies has closed a whopping $49 million fourth round with the addition of DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) as an investor. The investment is a further vote of confidence in the ability of addressable TV finally making good on the promise to deliver the kinds of ROI that marketers have tended to expect from online advertising.
   
   An early pioneer of the addressable TV space, Invidi has previously received over $90 million from backers such as Google (NSDQ: GOOG), WPP’s GroupM, Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Ventures, Experian, NBC Universal (NSDQ: CMCSA) and Verizon. VC firms Menlo Ventures, InterWest Partners, EnerTech Capital, Westbury Equity Partners and BDC Capital have also backed the New York company. All have participated in this fourth round funding.
   
   Invidi’s Advatar software will be rolled out over the course of this inside all DirecTV DVR digital set-top boxes. The system enables advertisers to deliver tailored messaging to individual households during a commercial break.
   
   One of the benefits of being around at the beginning—the company was founded 10 years ago—was that it has secured key intellectual property rights for targeted TV. Last year, Invidi was granted three key patents for various functions underlying its addressable advertising system.
   
8. [verwijderd] 28 augustus 2011 19:47

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   As for what Google will do with Motorola Mobility’s Home business — the biggest supplier of set-tops in North America — Page had this to say: “Motorola is also a market leader in the home devices and video solutions business. With the transition to Internet Protocol, we are excited to work together with Motorola and the industry to support our partners and cooperate with them to accelerate innovation in this space.”
   
9. [verwijderd] 28 augustus 2011 19:54

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   Ben zeer benieuwd wat Vincent Dureau gaat doen met MMI er zijn speculaties over overname van TIVO door GOOGLE enz enz dan weer zou het beter zijn de settop divisie af te stoten niemand weet wat er nu gaat gebeuren. Ik zou het een idee vinden de settop divisie te verkopen aan NDS waarbij google grootaandeelhouder wordt in NDS dan wordt de combo NDS/MMI vwb de settop/video divisie een sterke company. GOOG kan dan zijn advertising inbouwen. Maar allemaal geruchten geruchten
10. [verwijderd] 28 augustus 2011 19:56

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    Second, the new release of Google TV will include Android Market. This “open market” approach to applications flies in the face of the tight control cable company’s exercise over their networks and their business. Finally, getting operators to deploy the more-expensive Google TV-powered boxes with Android operating systems will be next to impossible in anything less than 2-3 years, even if the companies have the will to do it. And I’m willing to bet they don’t!
    
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11. [verwijderd] 28 augustus 2011 20:02

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    Schmidt confirms UK launch for Google TV
    18.08 Europe/London, August 28, 2011 By Julian Clover
    The launch of Google TV in the UK market will take place in the next six months, according to Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt.
    Speaking at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, of which Google’s YouTube was a sponsor, Dr Schmidt said he expected Google TV to launch in Europe early next year. The UK was within the company’s top priority list.
    Tackling some of the criticisms that have been made by broadcasters he said Google provided the platforms to deliver content and had no ambition to enter the production sector. Dr Schmidt said Google was already engaging with Channel 4 and Channel 5 and would partner with the UK National Film and Television School.
    “When we launched Google TV in the US everybody feared we were competing with broadcasters and content creators. Our intent was exactly the opposite. We seek to support the content industry by seeking to provide an open platform for the next generation of TV to evolve, just as Android is the next generation for mobile”.
    The US launch of Google TV in the has been far from successful with the four major networks effectively blocking their content from the Sony and Logitech-manufactured devices.
    Speaking about one of the clear candidates to join any UK Google TV, Dr Schmidt told delegates it would be much better if the BBC iPlayer could be extended to more channels, remembering the earlier failure of Project Kangaroo. “Clever lobbying resorted in the regulators blocking it, seemingly on the grounds that it would be too successful.” He said the UK that had been forward thinking was starting to lag behind. “Even if YouView meets its revised timetable of 2012, you will have still thrown away the lead, and that’s a complete lifetime in my world”
    Dr Schmidt made it clear that for some shows and some locations there would still be a place for live television, but that a shift would take place over time. “I don’t expect television viewing to ever completely switch to the on demand, there will always be a cultural pull… but I sense the default move will switch to a DVR mode over time. Try convincing a six-year old who is used to things like on demand to give them up.” He added there were hints in shows aimed at a younger demographic, such as ITV’s The Only Way is Essex, where more viewers watch online than have seen the linear broadcast.
    
12. Chiddix 28 augustus 2011 21:50

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    Dat Google komt met het businessmodel van OPTV uit 2000, is zeer merkwaardig. Hoe bedrijven als NDS en Kudelski Group daar tegenaan kijken, is niet bekend.
    Ik denk dat het Google te doen is om advertenties te plaatsen op de TV en daar een hoofdrol in wil spelen.
    Daar ligt het grote geld, niet in de internet-ervaring op de tv te brengen want ook dat kan OpenTV verzorgen indien daar interesse voor is.
    Men is tenslotte de pionier daarvan maar op een of andere manier werd het terzijde geschoven.
    Het internet leent zich beter voor die zaken die men nu op de tv wil brengen.
    Maar ik kan mij voorstellen dat you tube- video s op de tv een verrijking is. En nog meer wat Google wil aanbieden.
    Ben benieuwd hoe NDS en Kudelski hierop gaan reageren.
    Lijkt er veel op dat OPTV zich nu de kaas van het brood laat eten door Google, met in de hoofdrol Vincent Dureau.
    Eerst maar eens kijken welk marktaandeel Google weet binnen te halen.
    Men zal ook contracten moeten afsluiten met providers anders wordt het een kleine speler in de settop-boxen markt, met hun internet ervaring op de TV.
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    Motorola Doesn't Just Do Android -- It Can Also Make Google TV
    Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry | Aug. 15, 2011, 8:22 AM | 4,969 | 5
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    The main story in Google buying Motorola is Android. Another big one is patents--Motorola actually invented the cellphone 30 years ago, as our friend Dan Frommer points out at SplatF.
    But there's another titillating thing Google notes in the blog post explaining the move: "Motorola is also a market leader in the home devices and video solutions business."
    That sounds like something that could help Google TV.
    Google TV is Google's attempt to remake the TV and turn TVs into Internet devices (that way it can get a piece of the TV advertising market, which is still bigger than the internet ad market).
    The problem with Google TV, which has also frustrated Apple, is the go to market strategy. With a free, excellent OS, it's relatively easy for Google to get carriers and OEMs to buy into Android. And so consumers follow.
    But where it comes to TV, most people have just one box under their TV. And that box comes from their cable company. And cable companies aren't going to buy into Google TV, because its goal is to disrupt them and turn them into a dumb pipe. So Google TV has been a flop.
    If Motorola already makes a bunch of TV boxes and other home networking devices, that could be a way to get Google TV devices into people's homes.
    
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14. [verwijderd] 28 augustus 2011 22:28

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    But where it comes to TV, most people have just one box under their TV. And that box comes from their cable company. And cable companies aren't going to buy into Google TV, because its goal is to disrupt them and turn them into a dumb pipe. So Google TV has been a flop.
    If Motorola already makes a bunch of TV boxes and other home networking devices, that could be a way to get Google TV devices into people's homes.
    
15. [verwijderd] 28 augustus 2011 22:31

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    NDS en KUD kunnen hier niets aan doen, daar hebben ze het geld niet voor.
    
    Google heeft het geld, de mensen en de mogelijkheden om verder te komen, jammer voor NDS en KUD
    
    
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    How Google Plans To Take Over The TV Business
    Dan Frommer | Mar. 17, 2010, 5:45 PM | 9,053 | 21
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    Google is working on Android-based set-top box software with Intel and Sony, the New York Times reports. It's the latest in Google's ongoing efforts to enter the TV industry.
    Here's what we learn from Nick Bilton's article for the Times:
    Google is working on a platform called Google TV with Sony and Intel.
    It's based on Google's Android OS, and will be open source.
    Users will be able to do Web stuff like search, plus watch Web video from sites like YouTube, and maybe Hulu.
    Google and Intel want to move into the TV business, where they have little presence. Sony wants to compete with Vizio on something other than price.
    Google wants software companies to write apps for Google TV, the same way they do for Android phones.
    Logitech is teaming up for peripherals, including a remote with a tiny keyboard.
    The companies are hiring for Android-related jobs.
    Google obviously wants to put ads on this system.
    Google has built a prototype set-top box, but the software might be built straight on to TV sets.
    Google TV will use a special version of Google's Chrome browser.
    Sony may develop a new brand for TVs running Google TV.
    This seems like a decent opportunity for Google, though it's not like Google is first-to-market here. Yahoo already has a similar platform called Yahoo TV Widgets, which has had some* success since launching last year. (Sony is one of the manufacturers that use it, in addition to Samsung, LG, and Vizio.)
    But generally, like in the mobile phone business, TV makers should always be thinking about better software. Perhaps Google's will be a step above Yahoo's. And if Google can skip ahead of cable and satellite providers to place ads in front of your eyeballs, all the better.
    Biggest hurdle: These TVs will probably be significantly more expensive to make than the cheap TVs people want to buy, which could limit adoption.
    We've heard from industry sources that TV makers will "kill" to shave a few dollars off the cost of TVs. We can't imagine these Intel chips or Sony TVs being cheaper than the competition. Plus any other components these TVs need. Best case for Google is that maybe the software will be good enough that people will want to spend more for it -- especially if it can eventually help you cut your cable TV subscription -- and that it can pick up adoption that way.
    But it's far-fetched to assume that this will be built into EVERY television set sold in the near future.
    What about Apple, Google's new big rival?
    At an investor conference last month, Apple COO Tim Cook said the company has "no interest in being in the TV market." Given Apple's tendency to say one thing and then do the exact opposite, this suggests Apple will either continue to stay out of the TV market, or will come out with a TV in a year and proclaim that it's the greatest TV of all time.
    * Update: Yahoo reaches out to inform us that its Widget platform is doing better than the "limited success" we first wrote. Specifically, it'll be on 5 million TVs in 16 countries by Q2. And 35 apps are available for the platform, with 80 expected by the summer. These aren't huge numbers, but they're not bad. It's very early in this game.
    
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    Google TV is Google's attempt to remake the TV and turn TVs into Internet devices (that way it can get a piece of the TV advertising market, which is still bigger than the internet ad market).
    
    zo simpel is het
    Opentv en NDS zitten samen in 145 en 185 miljoen boxen zover is Google lang nog niet.
    Maar als Google erin slaagt een hybride vorm van Google TV en MMI te maken en vervolgens een samenwerkingsverband aangaat met NDS dan komen ze een aardig eindje.
    Google heeft het geld de mensen en de macht om eindelijk de droom van Opentv waar te maken.\
    
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    The Google Set-Top Box (Think Android For TV)
    
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    Deep in the Googleplex there is an engineering team thinking about how to extend Google’s reach into your TV. Its work goes way beyond the Google TV ads currently being tested by EchoStar (and targeted with help from Nielsen). It even goes way beyond the development of a Google set-top box, which has been hinted at in the past. In fact, Google may very well want to do to the set-top box what it is trying to do to the mobile phone with its Android operating system—create an open-source hardware platform and attract developers to build applications on top of it. At least that is the unconfirmed rumor I’ve heard from two knowledgeable industry sources.
    
    “That’s been a persistent rumor, yeah,” says Peter Barrett, chief technology officer for Microsoft TV (and the only source willing to be attributed by name). “You would have to ask them about whether they are doing anything like that and whether it is a good idea or not,” he adds. So I put the question to Vincent Dureau, the head of Google’s TV technology team and the former chief technology officer at OpenTV, who was hired by Google two years ago. “There are rumors about what Google does all the time,” he says. “We have been totally focused on advertising so far.” Google’s policy is not to comment on future products. But Dureau never denies the rumor outright. He couches his response with phrases like “so far” and “at this stage.” And, when pressed, he does allow that there is “a lot of potential” for turning the TV set-top box into a platform for applications, but insists, “I have no insights as to what form of applications will be deployed on those set-top boxes or not.” Perhaps. Or perhaps he just doesn’t have any insights he is willing to share with us. Fair enough.
    
    Let’s read through the tea leaves ourselves then. So far, Google’s aspiration has been to change the way advertising is sold on TV. Through its partnership with EchoStar, it is automating the way TV ads are bought and sold, and changing the way they are measured (by studying the second-by-second logs from millions of set-top boxes in an anonymous fashion). But why stop there? The modern set-top boxes you get from your cable or satellite TV provider are basically computers. They are loaded with a few limited applications—a program guide, DVR menu, customer-service messaging, and not much else. They are closed boxes, tightly controlled by the cable and satellite TV companies. For the most part, there are not a lot of interesting applications that run on set-top boxes.
    
    An open-source operating system like Android for the set-top box could change that. If creating applications for set-top boxes was more like creating applications for the Web, we’d be able to do a lot more things with our TVs—especially if those set-top boxes were also connected to the Web. Want instant messaging and caller ID on your TV? No problem. Want customized information widgets for the TV that scroll breaking news, weather, sports scores or stock quotes from sources you choose in your own ticker at the bottom of the screen? No problem. Want to turn that annoying ticker off? No problem. Want to control the camera angles on that basketball game? No problem. Want to add the live video stream from your friend’s cell phone who is at the game? No problem. Want to create your own video mashup of fight scenes from various movies that you can edit right on your TV and share with others on their TVs? No problem.
    
    Oh, and what about new forms of advertising? Inserting ads into pay-per-view or triggering them when someone presses fast-forward on their DVR require applications of a different sort. You might not like that, but the TV industry would. Any new video ad unit that starts to gain traction on the Web could be ported over to regular TVs—clickable overlays, contextual video ads, unobtrusive sponsorship icons. Why not even let viewers program their own ads with a laundry list of categories and companies to choose from? They might actually watch them.
    
    When it comes to advertising, Google is not shy about stating its ambitions. “We are confident we are going to revive the television advertising industry,” says Dureau, “by bringing new advertising to it.” Already, Google is trying to make TV ads more relevant, easier to target, and cheaper to deploy. As a result, Google thinks it can attract more ad dollars from smaller businesses that may not have been advertising on TV before.
    
    “In many ways,” says Dureau, “we think that television is becoming like the Internet in that there is a multiplication of channels. This creates challenges for viewers, advertisers and creators.” He is already addressing the concerns of advertisers. An Android-like project for the set-top box could help address the concerns of viewers and creators by giving people more control over their TV viewing experience. And making the set-top box more useful by opening it up to a bounty of applications could mean more advertising opportunities. Those apps would be yet another way to keep viewers glued to their TV sets.
    
    Before Google announced Android, many people thought Google was developing its own mobile phone. But the point of Android is to get other companies to build the phones and a new set of applications for them. Google wants to supply the underlying technology to make it happen, and finally bring the mobile world into the Web age. It should be obvious by now that Google is much happier when it is creating technology platforms—for mobile apps, for social apps, for advertising— than one-off consumer products. Why should it be any different when it comes to television? (And remember, Andy Rubin and others on Google’s Android team used to work at WebTV and TV software startup Moxi Digital, although Android is not officially part of Dureau’s group).
    
    
19. Chiddix 29 augustus 2011 06:00

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    Bedrijven als Google en Microsoft blijven zoeken naar nieuwe bronnen van ontvangsten en Google die zich ook richt op mobiele telefoons , heeft ook TV op hun lijstje staan.
    Er werd wel eens gedacht dat Google OpenTV zou overnemen voor hun aspiraties op TV gebied maar het liep heel anders. Men nam gewoon de CTO over.
    Je ziet dat grote bedrijven nu zich ook gaan mengen in de settop-box wereld en Google heeft Logitech een box in elkaar laten zetten voor hun doeleinden met een chip van Intel erin.
    Over de verbinding van het internet naar de tv was in 2000 al sprake van maar door de problemen in de telecom wereld, kwam het niet van de grond in massa.
    Digitale TV begon wel jaren later door te breken maar men zag het niet zitten om internet op de tv te brengen.
    En dat heeft veel te maken met de providers.
    
    Google lanceert nu ineens uit het niets een settop-box met internet-ervaring op de TV maar men zal wel kopers moeten hebben dus contracten moeten afsluiten met de providers.
    Want die regelen het verkeer in de TV wereld.
    Zij incasseren de penningen voor de doorgifte van zenders en allerlei service.
    Het is wel uitkijken voor bedrijven als NDS en OpenTV die de marktleiders zijn dat ze niet marktaandeel gaan verliezen aan de grote giganten.
    Of Google zich inkoopt door overnames, is niet te voorspellen.
    Men heeft nooit het idee gehad, om OpenTV in te lijven omdat het geen toegevoegde waarde had blijkbaar.
    De klanten van OpenTV had men wel binnen kunnen halen maar bij Google hebben ze schijnbaar een ander businessplan , wat overnames uitsluit van bedrijven als NDS en Kudelski Group.
    
    Het valt mij op dat giganten als Apple en Google alles zelf willen ontwikkelen en geen TT of OpenTV willen overnemen. Dat is de realiteit.
20. [verwijderd] 29 augustus 2011 11:44

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    Google TV includes an open browser. This is viewed by content providers as a direct assault on the traditional broadcast channel.
    
    Het is nooit de bedoeling geweest Opentv of NDS over te nemen, zowel optv als nds middleware zijn geen open browsers. Daarnaast willen de kabelmij en mso's dit niet.
    
    Ik verwacht een hybride vorm. Bij bskyb in de U.K. werkt Google al samen met bskyb.