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Watching TV Today and in the Future

posted by Ken Kaplan on September 10, 2009

Day Three of the Intel Developer Forum has appeal for anyone who loves TV.

So much has changed since I landed my first job working at a local TV news station in San Francisco in 1992. I remember how the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper and KRON-TV worked together to blend and bring online print and TV news to KRON Online. Back then everyone called it convergence and TV news anchors would say: visit us on the World Wide Web at www-dot…..

Today, we can get news, sitcoms, dramas and reality TV through cable, Internet and over the air to antennas, satellite dishes and even our mobile phones.

Last year at the Intel Developer Forum 2008 in San Francisco, Intel introduced its first System on a Chip (SoC) processor for TV settops, called the Intel CE 3100. We got to see Eric Kim of Intel’s Digital Home Group show how a smart Internet connected settop box could bring “widget channels” to your digital TV set, allowing you to watch TV but also access sites like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and other entertainment and news sites with a click of a remote. Here’s Eric talking with Intel Insider JD Lasica just after Eric’s 2008 IDF keynote.

The Cinematic Internet from JD Lasica on Vimeo.

Eric Kim will give an update on this technology in his keynote on Thursday, September 24 at IDF.

Immediate after, Intel CTO Justin Rattner and his Intel Labs tech wizards share a vision for how the TV experience will evolve as more people have more Internet connected devices in their daily lives.

Please let us know how you think the future of TV will look, and follow the happenings of IDF leading up to and during here: @IDF on Twitter and the IDF Fan Page on Facebook.

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Sep 11  |  chris said:

I think by 2015 all television shows will be available anytime and practically anywhere. So except for sport, people will not watch programs together as a family. Discussion between kids will change from “did you see last night?” to “watch this video at 5:00 to 6:15” its cool.

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