International apps were added to Google TV recently, but international sales may be a larger leap. In Australia, both LG and Samsung have said that they will not launch Google TV options this year.
Philip Newton, head of Samsung’s TV division in Australia, was anything but gentle when debunking rumors that a Google TV would be launched along with other new Smart TV options emerging this April in Sydney. Newton unapologetically stated, “Why would we launch a Google TV? It only takes away from [what] Samsung is already offering with their new range of Smart TVs…we see no point in introducing another content platform when we already have an excellent platform.”
Throughout everything Google TV has been through at home, it looks as if a whole new battle awaits it abroad. Will distribution of Google TV be given an international opportunity? The only thing we can be sure of is that Google TV still has a lot to prove.
[via Smart House]
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this guy is out of touch with reality (the samsung guy). the current samsung smart tv apps are garbage! replacing it with android/google tv would be a HUGE improvement and not in any way taking anything away.
I bought my 8 series samsung smart tv around Christmas and it’s a nice tv but the only app I use is the bigpond movies app which does the job but is not the greatest either. they sure do make it hard to do things the legal way!
replacing that horrible samsung apps store with the popular and user friendly adroid os is definitely the way to sell more samsung tv’s. concentrate on what you do best and stop making yourself look bad with that rubbish you’ve got on there now.
to use the smart tv properly I need proper integration to my other devices. I want to see a you tube video on my laptop and then send it to the TV for a better view. things like that. speak to the users samsung. get some business leaders that know what they are doing!!
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