hi all Google has recently launched its new feature called "Google TV"... what is the idea behind this? is it to compete the giant video sharing sites like you tube or just general concept ? what is the myth? please share your experiences with Google TV. Thanks Dani
Google owns YouTube, so they wouldn't be trying to compete with themselves. From what I remember, Google TV has nothing to do with video ads. Google TV is an attempt to serve ads directly on television, I believe, through their online medium.
Google and the aim to become dominate player in online media is still a ongoing process. I have not seen any official plan or path comes from Google directly yet, except some draft stage documents. I do think Google TV would become big with some great OS powered like they had done with Android and mobile phone market, but I do not think Google can build up that fast anyway, not within 5 years in my opinion.
Google TV will hopefully revolutionize how we watch TV, but depends if the incentive of buying a device is worth it - depending on price, ease of use, options, upgrades, quality, etc... basically people want to know "what's included and how much does it cost -- what are the benefits and why do i need it...."
Google TV is a new cable TV provider. You can watch all of your shows on TV and surf the internet. There are already 3 of the 4 major TV stations set up with Google. TV's and other home entertainment products are already being equiped with the hardware to run Google TV. You can read a little about it at http://ordergoogletv.com and watch G's youtube video explaining it.
google tv only for United states....surely people trust that....so chance to become no 1 in online tv
It's one sentence - "Google is trying to bring the internet media to our tv for those people who don't use internet that much."
Its also coming to the UK but as with most of Google it begins in the US. If you go into your gmail account you may get an invite at some point to demo it. Thanks.
What I think is most interesting is that Google figured out a very clever way of getting their advertising on TVs without going through the content provides. If it works, what a coup! I can see a stripped down Google TV box (possibly integrated in your new Sony TV set) at the $100ish price point and then a more powerful box for $200-$300 with strong 3D video game capabilities. I was also thinking about the ad possibilities when you have an Android phone and a Google TV box. In the new Android 2.2, Google will have the ability to push information to your phone. Lets say you are watching a Dominos commercial on your tv (coming from a cable or satellite provider). Dominos pays Google to have a clickable pop-up ad on the tv screen. If the user selects it, that ad can have a location-based special display on the screen and a button that says call my local dominos for me. You click it and it pushes the phone number to your phone and you click send. If you have the Dominos app installed, then you build your pizza right on the screen or on your Android powered phone and you pay instantly with the credit card stored in your Google Checkout. Your recent orders could even be displayed when the commercial comes on, and you could one-click your way into having a pizza delivered to your house before the commercial even ends. This could be pushed into anything advertised on tv. Oxy-clean, blenders, vacuums, food, digital movie/video downloads, movie tickets, etc. Very exciting. Now to learn java so I can make money off of this somehow.
just another way to get lots of money i guess they will show there ads... anyway this looks very cool