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8th January, 2010, 07:24 AM
CES 2010: apps on your TV
First there were apps on your three inch iPhone. Soon there will be apps on your 55 inch television screen thanks to Samsung's latest model.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01369/twitter-pic_1369969f.jpg Samsung's LED 9000 televisions will include Twitter as an app
Samsung has announced that it is allowing software developers to invent apps ? or applications ? for its latest televisions, giving viewers the chance to use their TVs to watch news, go shopping, catch up on old programmes, play games and even Tweet.
So while they are watching the X-Factor, they could have Twitter on the screen simultaneously, giving viewers the chance to see what their followers on the micro-blogging site are saying about the programme.
YouTube will also be available along with eBay, some news providers and video rental services. The hugely popular BBC iPlayer is also expected to be offered as an app.
Samsung promised apps would transform televisions from being merely a box that broadcast entertainment into something that was the source of all information and communication in the home.
The new LED 9000 model using Samsung's @Internet TV technology were unveiled at the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas. The television all are connected to the internet via Wi-Fi and the company says consumers will be able to store up to 100 apps on their sets. They will receive a handful of free ones when they buy a set, but some others will, as with mobile phones, cost money.
In Britain, LoveFilm, the video rental service, will supply an app, allowing television viewers to download rented movies straight to their televisions, without having to wait for them to be sent through the post.
There will also be a Muzu.tv app, a library of thousands of music videos.
Perhaps the most popular will be the app for BBC's iPlayer, allowing viewers to watch BBC programmes from the previous week on their television, rather than having to watch it on their computer screen. No deal between Samsung and the BBC has been struck yet, but an announcement from the broadcaster is expected later today at CES.
Samsung's announcement was just one of many made by television manufacturers at CES, with many promising to bring the internet into the sitting room on a big screen.
First there were apps on your three inch iPhone. Soon there will be apps on your 55 inch television screen thanks to Samsung's latest model.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01369/twitter-pic_1369969f.jpg Samsung's LED 9000 televisions will include Twitter as an app
Samsung has announced that it is allowing software developers to invent apps ? or applications ? for its latest televisions, giving viewers the chance to use their TVs to watch news, go shopping, catch up on old programmes, play games and even Tweet.
So while they are watching the X-Factor, they could have Twitter on the screen simultaneously, giving viewers the chance to see what their followers on the micro-blogging site are saying about the programme.
YouTube will also be available along with eBay, some news providers and video rental services. The hugely popular BBC iPlayer is also expected to be offered as an app.
Samsung promised apps would transform televisions from being merely a box that broadcast entertainment into something that was the source of all information and communication in the home.
The new LED 9000 model using Samsung's @Internet TV technology were unveiled at the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas. The television all are connected to the internet via Wi-Fi and the company says consumers will be able to store up to 100 apps on their sets. They will receive a handful of free ones when they buy a set, but some others will, as with mobile phones, cost money.
In Britain, LoveFilm, the video rental service, will supply an app, allowing television viewers to download rented movies straight to their televisions, without having to wait for them to be sent through the post.
There will also be a Muzu.tv app, a library of thousands of music videos.
Perhaps the most popular will be the app for BBC's iPlayer, allowing viewers to watch BBC programmes from the previous week on their television, rather than having to watch it on their computer screen. No deal between Samsung and the BBC has been struck yet, but an announcement from the broadcaster is expected later today at CES.
Samsung's announcement was just one of many made by television manufacturers at CES, with many promising to bring the internet into the sitting room on a big screen.