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YouTube for Google TV updated with streamlined UI, support for paid subscriptions
Posted On 15 May 2013 By Sarah Silbert. Under: Uncategorized.
Google TV is getting a refreshed YouTube app to go along with its update to the latest versions of Android and Chrome. The video-streaming service now features a sleeker UI, complete with playlists displayed under the video discovery and subscript...
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ASUS Cube Google TV review
Posted On 22 Apr 2013 By Ben Drawbaugh. Under: Uncategorized.
The past year has been a busy one for Google TV -- in fact, with the big I/O conference right around the corner, we're sitting down to review our fifth such device in the past 12 months. The ASUS Cube naturally does everything one would expect fro...
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Diamond Multimedia intros AMP2000 Android set-top box, availability coming later this year
Posted On 08 Jan 2013 By Edgar Alvarez. Under: Uncategorized.
It's been quite a few months since Diamond Multimedia announced it's AMP1000 set-top box, so the company likely figured there was no better better time and place than CES 2013 to release its latest Android-based media offering. With the AMP2000, the ...
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ASUS Qube hands-on (video)
Posted On 07 Jan 2013 By Richard Lai. Under: Uncategorized.
One of ASUS' most significant announcements at CES this year is the Google TV-powered Qube. Just as the name suggests, the device comes in the shape of a cube, with an IR receiver on the front side, a USB port on the right, and a bunch more on the ba...
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LG Expands Google TV Line-Up For 2013
Posted On 25 Dec 2012 By Daimaou - G.G-B. Under: Uncategorized.
Building on the success of its Smart TVs with Google TV, LG is expanding its 2013 Google TV lineup to seven models in five screen sizes for 2013 – including premium models featuring LG’s popular CINEMA SCREEN design, the company announced today. The extended LG Google TV lineup, which will be officially introduced at next [...]
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Amazon Instant Video app now available on (some) Google TV devices
Posted On 21 Dec 2012 By Edgar Alvarez. Under: Uncategorized.
Hot on the heels of making it available on the iPhone and iPod touch, Amazon's now bringing a native app for its Instant Video service to Mountain View's TV platform. It's always been accessible via the web browser, although navigating the site via r...
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Open webOS-powered HDTVs said to be on the way from… LG?
Posted On 24 Oct 2012 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
If you were wondering what was next for webOS now that it's gone all open source on us, webOS Nation chimes in with word that Gram is working with LG to bring it to connected HDTVs. Several names from the HP / Gram team are dropped as being involved ...
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Korean IPTV service LG Uplus launches a Google TV-powered set-top box
Posted On 15 Oct 2012 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
While we've seen the Google TV platform spread to additional manufacturers and some new lower-priced form factors, LG Uplus (not the same as LG Electronics) is the first we've seen offering a set-top box for its IPTV service based on it. new and exis...
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Google TV v3 demo video teases better search, mini-guide overlay and tablet control (Update)
Posted On 12 Oct 2012 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
During Google I/O this summer the Google TV team promised more features were on the way -- the upgraded Google Play app just arrived -- and now it's posted a "sneak peek" video (embedded after the break) that shows us a few. As promised, there's seco...
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Google Play Music and Movies purchasing reaches Google TV, patches a media strategy hole
Posted On 08 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
It's been one of the more conspicuous omissions in the media hub space: despite Google Play being the cornerstone of Google's content strategy, you couldn't truly use the company's music or movie services through Google TV without depending on conten...
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