The back-end technology that broadcasts IPTV and broadband video. These articles discuss the technology and workings behind the platforms that bring us television over the internet including both hardware and software.
Google looks set to venture into the living room with Google TV, an Android-based set-top box capable of delivering the best of the Web (and online video) to your television set. And it’s partnered with Sony and Intel to make Google TV happen.
Google is, without a shadow of a doubt, the biggest name on the Internet right now. The search giant controls the search sector, is making gains with its Chrome Web browser, has Maps, Street View, and all those other cool apps, and, of course, owns YouTube.
Google has also made the move to smartphones with its Android operating system. But it’s yet to venture into the living room, at least until now.

How much do you know about video marketing? The chances are very little, unless it’s your business to know. Which is where EyeView comes in. And the company has created a quiz which both tests and educates on the subject.
It took years to arrive, and months to be announced, but Apple has finally unveiled its new tablet PC, the iPad. But what does this device, targeted between the iPod Touch and Macbook, mean for online video. The jury is still out on that one.
Project Canvas, the BBC-led IPTV offering for a Web TV future, finally got
Television has always been an inherently social activity. While watching TV on your own is an acceptable thing to do, it’s not the same as sitting around watching the goggle box with other people. Maybe online video can help reverse the trend for solo TV viewing.
Casual and online gaming are two sectors that have grown exponentially over the past couple of years. As a consequence, video games have gone from being niche to mainstream very quickly. And Google may be about to use YouTube to latch onto the trend.
In what is an early Christmas present to lovers of online video in the U.K., the BBC Trust has approved the BBC’s participation in Project Canvas. Along with partners ITV, Five, Channel 4, BT, and TalkTalk, the BBC is now fully on board Project Canvas.