Smart TV news

Netflix is said to enter Scandinavia in fall 2012. In Netflix's earnings report, Netflix also confirmed that they plan to enter "a new market" in Q4

In "the battle for the living room" the Apple TV seems to be getting a foothold. Apple now sells more Apple TVs than Microsoft sells Xbox 360s

LG’s new 47 and 55-inch Google TVs have landed. The new G2 range comes with the new Google TV platform, Cinema 3D and 120 Hz

From the London office, Amazon will develop the future of digital TV services that will benefit "consumers worldwide. Millions to be invested

LG has started production of their 84-inch "ultra-definition" 4K TV. The TV with LG’s Cinema 3D technology goes on sale in South Korea in August

Western Digital hopes to take on Roku and enter the world of casual TV gaming with a new video streaming box that doubles as a gaming box

The 75-inch mammoth comes with LED, Smart TV and active 3D technology. The TV will go on sale in August for a price of $9999

Never again will you have to use audio cables when connecting external speakers to a TV. Apple TV gets wireless AirPlay speaker-out in iOS6

The XBMC software has become popular and is widely used on Apple TV. A new Android version of XBMC has now been announced

Sky is now launching the video-on-demand service with access to movies and sports. Sky hopes to take on Netflix and Lovefilm in the UK

The app allows users to stream TV channels from their TV screen onto their smartphone or tablet screen. It also acts as a remote control

Loewe Individual comes in more than one million design variants in 40, 46 & 55 inch sizes. Loewe also boasts a built-in 750GB HDD & 400 Hz

Samsung and Rovie have announced that a gesture-controlled Angry Birds version is coming to Samsung's 2012 Smart TVs

Philips' new 9 series TVs will arrive in 46 and 60" sizes with Ambilight, a Moth Filter, Smart TV Premium and Micro Dimming Premium

Samsung launches the BD-E8300, BD-E8500 & BD-E8900 Blu-ray players with HD recorders. The BD-E8900 has a 1 TB hard drive

Soon you can control TV apps on Samsung's Smart TV by talking and waving to your TV. Developers now have access to the API

In June, viewers spent more than 1 billion hours watching Netflix. That is more than 80 minutes per user. Netflix outperforms all TV channels

Gaikai's cloud gaming beta app is now open in the US. Try it out yourself and experience how you can transform your TV into a game console

Sony announces that they have purchased Gaikai, who can transform for example Smart TVs into full-blown game consoles, for 380 million USD

It seems that Apple is taking steps to launch a TV app store on the Apple TV box. With the new iOS 6 beta you can move icons on the home screen. See the video inside

Google has announced that they will start selling movies and TV shows (single episodes or full seasons) through Google Play

Google has unveiled a new "home entertainment" box called Google Nexus Q that streams video and music to a TV or speakers via the cloud

Vizio has dubbed the new box Co-Star. It offers the Google TV experience and OnLive cloud streaming, as well as a Chrome browser and DLNA

We hear that Google has prepared an update for Google TV and a technology similar to AirPlay / Sonos for streaming of media files

The new 2012 plasma TVs have now started appearing in stores and ship out to customers in the US and Europe. See prices inside

The streamer box allows you to stream TV channels from your TV box to your smartphone, tablet or laptop via the internet

But games are not installed on the TV. Large data centers stream games to the TV over the internet. Cloud gaming is the new big thing

In a leaked document, Microsoft's plans the Xbox 720 are detailed, with TV apps, Kinect 2 & more. Microsoft is also working on Project Fortaleza

The next WiFi standard will exceed 1 Gbit/s in transfer speed. The new ac-WiFi standard is coming to Smart TVs, tablets and other devices next year

In July you will be able to stream video, games & apps from your Mac onto your TV screen. AirPlay Mirroring is coming with Mountain Lion