21 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Create your own video on demand service

Google TV is about to launch. It’s playing a part in the way people think about how the Internet and traditional media meet to form an entertainment experience that is new but not relegated to a traditional television set or a personal computer.

Right now, television shows or movies can be converted to be seen online but it requires a digital device to view the programming. The television set can support digital media but it often lacks a browser. That’s what Google is banking on will make the difference. A browser, search and content that can be seen on a television set as easily as on a digital device.

This will have the purpose of providing television with its own Web oriented architecture. It therefore follows logic that APis could connect the Web and television media into one experience. How apps will correlate to this environment will be in part what defines entertainment in a distributed world.

This is a interesting article by Alex Williams on how anyone can create thier own video on demand service.

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