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Matsushita Electric Industrial said it would start selling internet-connected televisions in the US that can access Google’s YouTube, marking the first partnership between a Japanese consumer electronics manufacturer and the world’s leading search engine.
The move is part of a broader push by Japan’s consumer goods manufacturers to "add value" to their products, in the face of stiff price competition from Asian and US rivals.
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O2 is to trial an internet-based TV service next year after trialling a similar product in the Czech market, a test bed for the mobile phone company’s wider ambitions.
The Czech IPTV launch has proved a big success for O2 and its owner, Telefonica, since it launched in September 2006, attracting 70,000 customers so far. It offers more than 50 channels with content from leading producers including Sony, Disney, Warner Bros and HBO, the US TV producer behind The Sopranos.
O2 has been expected to launch IPTV services in the UK after it snapped up the small broadband player Be, which has the fastest network in the country. Although O2 has launched broadband services, the capacity of the Be network would allow for a robust IPTV service to be carried to customers. Continue reading »
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