The field is filled with competing to offer television on the masses via Internet technology companies.
Google has made proposals to media companies about licensing their content for "over-the-top" service that provides the kind of video on networks of cable providers and satellite services The Wall Street Journal, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. It revives a first attempt by the Mountain View, Calif., company a few years ago, the report said, adding that the launch of Google has evolved to include a product demonstration.
But before such a service can even become a reality, and is part of a competitive landscape. Not only will over-the-top services compete with cable television providers like Comcast and pay-TV providers like DirecTV satellite that consumers were carrying thousands of content choices for decades, handle technology heavyweights are vying to produce an alternative flow based.
Intel was looking for a similar service, to be launched this year in an effort to be part of the next big technology market, after the company missed the boat on smartphones.
In addition, Apple has always said he is working on an Internet TV service to complement its current Apple TV device, which currently VOD services but few options live alone reproduces the experience Flip a switch through multiple channels of live TV.
Beat Google and Apple by hand in another form of streaming media. It launched a streaming music service in May to Google competes with the likes of Pandora and Spotify and - later - Apple with its iTunes Radio. Google has launched a software platform TV, the Chrome browser morphing to superimpose on a smart TV in 2010, but was greeted with a very warm response. With so many players run an over-the-top, Google and the rest have clearly expect a warm hug for this purpose.
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