Larry-G
26-08-11, 13:27
Google is to launch its web-TV service in the UK within the next six months, according to reports. The announcement is expected to be made by CEO Eric Schmidt at the Edinburgh International TV Festival, says the Daily Telegraph.
Google launched the web-TV service in the US earlier this year, but it has failed to recruit high-end content for the service, with US TV networks including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC Universal, and MTV owner Viacom blocking Google TV devices from streaming content from their networks. The broadcasters are wary of handing market power to Google and they are suspicious of what they see as its low regard for intellectual property rights. Several of them have been in litigation with Google subsidiary YouTube over the abuse of content rights.
The company was also forced to delay the launch of a line of Google TV-enabled sets due to issues hardware issues.
Later today Schmidt will give the MagTaggart lecture in Edinburgh – it will be streamed live on YouTube.
Google launched the web-TV service in the US earlier this year, but it has failed to recruit high-end content for the service, with US TV networks including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC Universal, and MTV owner Viacom blocking Google TV devices from streaming content from their networks. The broadcasters are wary of handing market power to Google and they are suspicious of what they see as its low regard for intellectual property rights. Several of them have been in litigation with Google subsidiary YouTube over the abuse of content rights.
The company was also forced to delay the launch of a line of Google TV-enabled sets due to issues hardware issues.
Later today Schmidt will give the MagTaggart lecture in Edinburgh – it will be streamed live on YouTube.