LG, Other TV Makers Form Smart TV Alliance for Apps

[exfileme]

The alliance is a means to create a universal app platform for Smart TVs despite their underlying operating system.

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[rawoysters]

This will only be successful if they all get on board. If the big boys don't join it has little chance of accomplishing it's goal.

 

[ikyung]

[citation][nom]RawOysters[/nom]This will only be successful if they all get on board. If the big boys don't join it has little chance of accomplishing it's goal.[/citation]
They only need Samsung and Sony. After that, others won't have a choice except join. I'm guessing if there was someone that wouldn't join this alliance is probably Apple's future smart TVs. They want their own ecosystem apart from everyone else.

 

[JasonAkkerman]

I don't understand why they just don't move to an Android OS in modern TV's. The license is free, and the CPU in most modern TV's should have enough horsepower to run a limited version of Android.

 

[RADIO_ACTIVE]

If they get the majority of the big boys involved in this, I see this as being very successful.

 

[Shin-san]

[citation][nom]jasonakkerman[/nom]I don't understand why they just don't move to an Android OS in modern TV's. The license is free, and the CPU in most modern TV's should have enough horsepower to run a limited version of Android.[/citation]They are. Also, Android does actually run into patent issues