According to several reports out today, Google.TV is not ready for prime.
Google has asked some manufactures that were getting ready to unveil new Internet-ready TVs at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month to delay the rollout.
It appears according to those reports that Google is having software issues.
There is also the issue of programming, with all the major networks so far saying there are not going to allow their programs on Google.TV.
Here are a few stories you can ready on the topic, here, here and here.
WHY would they want to?? Where the benefits for them?
Tomorrow the House will vote on the net neutrality issue.
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all the major networks so far saying there are not going to allow their programs on Google.TV.
“You don’t tug on Superman’s cape / You don’t spit into the wind / You don’t pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger / And you don’t mess around with Jim”
because the GoogleTV hardware still is TOO expensive and the TV contents’ producers have FEAR to give (free) so much power to Google (and they are RIGHT to have fear of Google!)
If the compensation package is large enough from Google/Advertising, most producers will sell out regardless of who has the power.
Its called the Human condition. Money talks and most are willing to sell out their morals for the right amount.
If Google really wants this to happen…. it will happen. It just depends on how bad they want it.
Just the way I see it.
Cheers
It may be a hiccup for Google TV for now, but Internet TV ‘is coming’, and the manufacturers of Internet Ready TVs are going to want to start getting them out there into the marketplace. So I’m sure they’ll be plentiful and on full display at the CES show next month with or without Google, and I’m looking forward to going and seeing them, and other Internet TV related products. This should be a hot market for the next few years.
Once this deal finally happens, and the url for “all your favorite network tv-shows” over the web is google DOT tv, the action on .tv sales will be fun to watch.
– TBC
“If Google really wants this to happen…. it will happen. It just depends on how bad they want it.”
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1. Google does not have enough money or wealth to make it happen.
2. Al Gore can not reverse or accelerate global warming or cooling.
3. Internet@TV was there last year. Two notable companies were not. They chose to run parallel events in Silly.Con.Valley. They lost.
In Texas, they have a saying: Big Hat ~ No Cattle
I dont see how this is much more cost extensive then the ground work that has already been laid out.
TV shows are already digitalized. That is how things like DVR works (Digital Video Recorder). They are shown already on websites (hence Hulu). The only thing that has not been done is making a TV system that works with the internet.
Granted I can already use my 1080P TV with my computer and view most anything on the internet. That is a simple cable and the correct graphics settings.
So all the components are there already for Google to make this happen.
Other then some software issues (which is being claimed)… this shouldn’t be all that difficult to put together.
I *DO* think that Google does have enough money to make this happen.
I agree that Global warming is a sham especially once you consider that Al Gore is inline to make billions with that whole carbon credit thing… You can never trust anyone to tell you the truth, who stands to make a profit from the lie (i.e. Human Condition).
I live in Texas… but never heard that saying. Then again, I live in one of the major metropolitan areas. No real cattle where I live.
Cheers
internet TV will born soon but its standard will be not defined by Google
“So all the components are there already for Google to make this happen.
Other then some software issues (which is being claimed)… this shouldn’t be all that difficult to put together.”
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1. Google is actually a very young and naive company; with very little track-record with the big players that have been attending .Vegas CES/AVN since time began.
2. Google’s social agenda is largely set by a cleric (a clown) in a three-piece suit.
3. In Consumer Electronics it is the small details like the IR Remote Layout and integration with Software and the DLNA Browser and the Yahoo Software Library (wooooa Not Google ? nope !! Yahoo) and the other components that make it all work. It is non-trivial.
4. Keep in mind that Microsoft is the ..second largest.. software company in Seattle.
but Google.TV still redirects to the Google SE
“Google.TV still redirects”
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Maybe so, but in .Vegas at CES/AVN it is a Media Circus
As with the Domain Name industry, it is a numbers game ~ EyeBalls
The .Vegas Eco.System is ideal for CES/AVN and Domainers
For big egos that have to dominate an event, it is not a good fit.
It is somewhat ironic that Google’s FREE youtube is used…for viral CES leaks
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quI2I8wLPdc
to the Bat.Mobile Robin the Bat.Wing .COmpany is landing
@ Slate
I live in Texas…
Cheers
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CHEERS! I live in Texas, Right yup of course you do,
and when you git of the iron BULL all the wranglers serenade you and say CHEERS …
“Then again, I live in one of the major metropolitan areas. No real cattle where I live.”
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.Gotham ? Bat.Man ?
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3eCRovzbfw
@ TheBigLieSociety/Slate
I *DO* think that Google does have enough money to make this happen.
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Maybe?
Because Bruce Wayne would know about there Finances, right!
We could on to something, er, i mean we could be on something …
THANKS TO DOMAINERS REGISTRATION PENNYS
ICANN chief executive Rod Beckstrom is to be paid a bonus as high as $195,000 this year.
His base salary is $750,000.
“THIS IS WHY THEY ARE NON-PROFIT I GUESS”
plus
There are two other resolutions. Bonuses to Beckstrom and to
“OUTGOING ombudsman Frank Fowlie”
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I think Fowlie won a Drinking Contest?
Ready, Fire, Aim, Reload
“revising them on the fly”
://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/technology/20google.html
“Google has a long history of putting out new products and then revising them on the fly. But in the consumer electronics market, companies place big, well-timed bets”
“Now the TV makers have been asked to hold off on releasing products until Google completes the new version of its software, adding features like an application store.”
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“adding features like an application store.”
plus a few more needed pieces that Google can never buy or barter
I think that Google is just hungry enough to actually make this happen.
I am sure they realize that there is some strict challenges coming from Face Book and that they need to do something to pull ahead of the game.
I am pretty sure that Google TV will be alive and well with in the coming years.
Just the way I see it.
Cheers
Leaked from John.Blueberry.Hill
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Top Secret Auditions for the ICANN Music Night in San Francisco
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4IjHz2yIo
“Google is just hungry enough”
true
Google is always very hungry of everything that can give it tons of profits
but if it waits on GoogleTV the Apple iTV version may have more chances
“could the GoogleTV and Apple iTV platforms give a BIG BOOST to the .TV domains market?” forum thread here:
dnforum.com/f77/could-googletv-apple-itv-platforms-give-big-boost-tv-domains-market-thread-442029.html
“could the GoogleTV and Apple iTV platforms give a BIG BOOST to the .TV domains market?” forum thread here: bit.ly/gNsCPc
When I read this post, I had to do a double-take after seeing “Google.TV” (-> .TV). I had seen “Google TV” referenced numerous times in recent months, but never dotTV!
Of the 3 articles Mike listed, one of them does actually mention “Google.TV” specifically. If Google were to brand this new service as Google.TV, the impact to the .TV space would be truly enormous, a literal game changer.
The other part of this story is Google positioning itself as a player … sitting right in between the consumer and major network TV programmers.
I recently wrote about traditional cable companies being edged out as online consumers obtained their TV programming direct over the internet. However, Google’s TV service acts as a new go-between. It’s really pretty smart of them to do this, and again puts them in a leadership position at the start of a new technological shift arriving in TV programming distribition.
That FOX, NBC, ABC, and CBS are blocking their own content from being channeled through Google TV says there’s going to be a protracted war. Google TV may become as popular and necessary as the traditional cable company.
In the end, the networks will want a relationship with Google TV. Mark these words. It’s similar to the old traditional newspapers thinking they did not need the internet.
“That FOX, NBC, ABC, and CBS are blocking their own content from being channeled through Google TV says there’s going to be a protracted war.”
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Uncle Sam and the .FCC are poised to be the referees in that “protracted war”.
Domainers may be surprised where they fit in that “protracted war”.
Politicians have long understood the value of .WAR for the economy. CyberWar should be similar but different. Domainers sailing in gravy boats and riding the
gravy trains will likely be early casualties.
.VEGAS
.VIRGIN
://www.youtube.com/v/sdn-c72JBCg
“…the big guns will bring in bags of money and have your content taken off the shelfs…”
all reported Google’s problems always are a good news for me, so we can hope we don’t see a Google-only future on the Web (and outside it)
Google to the Networks …
Can you let us have a small share …
Networks …
PLEASE! Get lost punk! …
@ TheBigLieSociety
Leaked from John.Blueberry.Hill
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LOL
in the mean time… “New Apple TV Sales To Top 1 Million This Week, iTunes TV Show And Movie Rentals Soaring”
techcrunch.com/2010/12/21/new-apple-tv-sales-to-top-1-million-this-week-itunes-tv-show-and-movie-rentals-soaring/
google tv and android will overtake apple tv and iphone, probably even ipad at some point. Apple is too paranoid and possessive to hang on to any market lead long term. and if their recent attempt at social networking with itunes is an example of their best attempt at changing that, well, enough said. What will sneak up and surprise us all is the death of the premium domain name market. Nothing lasts forever, and this too shall pass, and sooner than later.
Never seen the reference of Google.tv just Google TV before. Either way, it’s coming and .tv has the biggest upside of any extension.
“android”
the “mobile TV” via smartphones has more chances to succeed than GoogleTV
Yeah Right, Multi Trillion Dollar Network Mainstream “Real Television”
will make this selves extinct and give all to peanut shell holder Frugal Google
because a few .TV couch potatoes got suckered into
a get in early get rich scheme, Hurry now before there all gone!
LOL
.CES
.VEGAS
.FCC
://events.techpolicycentral.com/tpsces2011/agenda.php
One-on-One with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski (invited)
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., Friday, January 7, 2011
Las Vegas Convention Center North Hall Rooms N255-N257
What will sneak up and surprise us all is the death of the premium domain name market. Nothing lasts forever, and this too shall pass, and sooner than later.
Death of premium domains? That’s like saying luxury real estate will fall out of favor and become replaced by tents or campers.
also Logitech has halted all its GoogleTV related product waiting for a system update
Google’s Stocking Stuffer for 2010
://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/12/google-nyc/
Google Buys Old Port Authority New York Building for $1.9 Billion
://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/12/24/ex.google.employees/
“As Google-to-Facebook defections grow, Google is reportedly offering some employees multimillion-dollar packages to convince them not to go to Facebook.”
://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Google-TV-Is-Failing-10-Reasons-Why-311306/
“Logitech Denies Google Asked For Suspension Of Set-Top TV Boxes”
://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20101227-704160.html
“Logitech Denies Google Asked For Suspension Of Set-Top TV Boxes”
it seemed be a Logitech’s decision
however, the GoogleTV delay gives a bit of oxygen to its competitors (mainly Apple and Microsoft) that (again) are behind Google in this rush
“gives a bit of oxygen to its competitors”
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Yahoo and Samsung with Internet@TV and the DLNA Browser in BluRay players at $89
People seem to be unaware of [[[the DLNA Browser]]]
and the domains and DNS
Chris Anderson (TED curator) wrote a very interesting commentary for this months issue of Wired-Magazine:
Click on my “name” above to read the article or just go to Wired’s site.
Basically, what I took from the article was this, the next decade or more will be about one thing: Online Video.
I love this quote from the article: “Video is the killer app. Don’t write me. Tell me. Show me.”
For those of you who are not familiar with Chris Anderson: He is one of the most forward-thinking humans on this planet.
– TBC
According to Alexa, Own.tv is now the 35,000 ranked site in the U.S. – not bad for a site not even being marketed…just a matter of time before they turn it on, IMO.
– TBC
For the .TV-investors out there, we fielded a $15K offer yesterday for “Soc dot TV” and are trying to decide whether to counter for $150K or just hang on to it. Will let you know if we sell.
– TBC