Samsung, Yahoo announce Internet@TV widgets

Samsung and Yahoo have announced a new internet-based service to Samsung televisions that will be available in the spring of 2009. Pocket-lint reports.

Select models in Samsung’s 2009 flat-panel HDTV line-up will be powered by the Yahoo! Widget Engine, a fifth-generation applications platform that enables TV watchers to use "TV Widgets".

The companies say the Widgets (Javascript and XML applications) bring content, information and community features available on the Internet "within easy reach of the remote control".

... Samsung HDTVs with the Yahoo! Widget Engine and TV Widgets will be available in 13 countries in 2009 including the US, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

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emily | 6:44 PM | Technology |
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