Yahoo will their online TV

Written by IT News on 2:39 AM

While Microsoft goes further and further into a world of digital TV with Media Room IPTV platform, Yahoo is closely followed in accordance with a complement to the traditional Internet TV on Samsung TV. In this context, Yahoo and Samsung Electronics have announced a partnership to marry in 2009 Samsung HDTV with Yahoo Widget Engine. The new TV service from Yahoo widget called "Internet @ TV - Content Service" will be made available only to selected models of Samsung's 2009 flat-panel HDTV line-up, none of the two companies with the naming of the products.

"As a leader in developing innovative technology platforms, Internet-based services indispensable for millions of users, Yahoo is looking forward to working with Samsung to consumers' television experience by offering the best of the Web on their televisions" Patrick Barry , Vice President of Yahoo Connected TV show. "Through this partnership, we can combine the benefits of Internet users more choice and adjustment of Samsung's leading product innovation and global reach to a new experience for users around the world.”

According to Yahoo, the adaptation of the Widget Engine Samsung allows users to take advantage of the traditional television experience to new limits. TV Widgets 2009 Samsung HDTV is not just a new level of interaction, but also the possibility for individuals to take advantage of additional services and content on the Internet on their TV sets. Yahoo showed that light JavaScript and XML applications should also be used for much more than content, and also provides the functionality, providing the necessary infrastructure for users of social networks. Internet @ TV - Content Service is accessible for HDTV home network.

"Samsung has proven innovator in Internet-based television technology for a certain period, with groundbreaking Link service in the past year 2008. There is no denying that it is easy to use, one-touch remote service successful information and simply effective, "Boo-Keun Yoon, Executive Vice President of Display Division at Samsung Electronics, said. He continued: "Our collaboration with Yahoo viewers can go a step further. The new interface allows them to interact with many of their favorite web services on a personal level. It is, frankly, not just a passive way, send, and is not doubt that the future of television."