Viewers navigate ActiveVideo content using standard remote controls. Content and applications from Web content creators, television networks, advertisers and other media entities can be developed quickly for CloudTV using standard Web tools. "By leveraging the power of CloudTV, we can cost-effectively enable the availability of the new content and functionality that can increase consumer satisfaction and drive sales for our retail partners and ourselves."Īlready in approximately five million homes with major cable and IPTV operators in the United States and abroad, CloudTV enables differentiated product and service offerings and advanced television capabilities without significantly increasing BOM costs. "At Funai, we believe that there is tremendous potential for connected devices within every segment of the CE market," said Kazuhiko Yamamoto, executive officer of Funai Electric. ![]() Under the agreement, Funai will integrate ActiveVideo's CloudTV™ platform into selected television and Blu-ray player makes and models, enabling viewers to enter a revolutionary environment in which Web-based video, rich graphics and compelling applications are streamed, not downloaded, from servers in the network to Funai-made connected devices. Funai and ActiveVideo anticipate that an announcement regarding availability of CloudTV-enabled products will be issued in the near future. and ActiveVideo Networks™ today announced an agreement in principle that will make Funai the first consumer electronics manufacturer to bring interactive television solutions based entirely in the network cloud to connected televisions.įunai Electric manufactures Philips, Emerson, Magnavox and Sylvania brand televisions and Blu-ray players. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Funai Electric Co., Ltd. Now, how long will we have to wait to see this rolled into shipping consumer goods?įunai Electric Becomes First Consumer Electronics Manufacturer to Launch Cloud-Based Interactive Television SolutionĪgreement to use ActiveVideo Networks' CloudTV to bring Web-based content to TV and Blu-ray players The CE device, which passes key clicks from standard remote controls Content is delivered as a single, adaptable MPEG stream to Significantly expand the reach and availability of rich, Web-based userĮxperiences. Leverages content stored and processed in the network cloud to Navigate ActiveVideo content using standard remote controls. Content and applications from Web contentĬreators, television networks, advertisers and other media entities canīe developed quickly for CloudTV using standard Web tools. Offerings and advanced television capabilities without significantly Similar experience into the products that it is responsible for making.Īlready in approximately five million homes with major cable and IPTV operators in the United StatesĪnd abroad, CloudTV enables differentiated product and service Is a good example), but it's clear that Funai needs a way to integrate a Many televisions do this already (LG's NetCast Into select TVs and BD decks, giving those players a way to access web Under the deal, Funai will integrate ActiveVideo's CloudTV platform ![]() Solutions based entirely in the network cloud to connected televisions. Magnavox and Sylvania brand televisions and Blu-ray players) hasĪnnounced an agreement in principle that will make Funai the firstĬonsumer electronics manufacturer to bring interactive television Today, Funai Electric (the company that manufactures Philips, Emerson, The cloud and TV can get along after all, right? That's right. Lots of Internet TV content also lives in theĬloud, with millions of hours of Netflix content consumed each week. Lots of content we consume each day lives in theĬloud, or faraway servers that host our content and can be accessed Time now, and "cloud" is definitely the big new buzzword in the consumerĮlectronics space. Microsoft has been talking about "three screens and a cloud" for some
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