MooPig Tech Coroner :: "Google TV Is Dead"

No, it's not Totally Dead...
Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Jan 12, 2014 | Bryan TX

[Picture LINK] In a post-Google TV era, Hisense takes a first stab at defining Android on TV

Before the turn of the century, some folks predicted that Television as it is would be totally gone by 2045. We may be on schedule for that. Television is still a huge conglomerate with the most subscribers of any media system. It is to me, an enigma, that is, a puzzle that keeps changing its outcome.

When Google started Google TV, it was ahead of its time. That is kind of typical of Google and its offerings. After three years Google TV is just really getting started:

" ... Google TV leverages many of Google’s existing products. Google TV’s operating system, a customized version of Android, provides the underlying foundation, allowing developers to create applications that extend the system’s functionality. Google’s Chrome browser provides a gateway to the Internet, allowing consumers to browse web sites and watch television, in tandem.

" ... Consumers can access HBO, CNBC, and content from other providers through the Chrome browser. Android and Apple smartphones and tablet computers may be used as remote controls for Google TV. Google TV products ship with wireless remote controls with a full QWERTY keypad. An update in November 2011, allowed access to Google Play and enabled search to find content from live TV, Netflix, YouTube, HBO GO, Amazon, and more. ... A future Google TV 4 update will have casting support from supported apps, the same as the Chromecast. (y ikki peed ya. LINK)..."

Google TV Is Dead, Long Live Google-Powered TV | Will Greenwald | PCMag.com: "These days, Google TV is all but forgotten, and surprisingly that signals not that Android is leaving home entertainment, but that it's finally starting to show up. HDTV manufacturers are turning to Android for their connected HDTV interfaces. I saw four different companies at CES 2014 with their own spins on Android to power their home entertainment devices. (Will Greenwald. January 10, 2014. LINK) ..."

"But Google TV was plagued with a long list of problems, one of them being the strict requirements Google put in place for its hardware partners. For example, the first generation of Google TV needed to include a full traditional QWERTY keyboard, leading to unwieldy and confusing remote controls. (Janko Roettgers. JAN. 15, 2014. LINK)."

'via Blog this'

But the customization nature of Android is a boon for HDTV manufacturers looking to move into the budget and midrange HDTV market as the more prominent names set their sights on big, expensive, advanced screens. As companies looking to get a foothold in the North American market explore ways to make their less expensive screens more feature-rich, we could finally see Android become a big force in home entertainment. It just won't be Google designing or tweaking it.

CONCLUSION
Google TV did not make much of a splash when it was introduced, but now it is on track as a suitable base for many companies who want to expand on the television experience. If you own an iPhone or an Android, you are already compatible with Google TV. You might want to look into the possibilities of linking up to streaming TV and other services.

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_____________________Reference
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2429393,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03079TX1K0000585
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster_(pay_service)
http://code.google.com/tv/faq.html#android
http://gigaom.com/2014/01/15/in-a-post-google-tv-era-hisense-takes-a-first-stab-at-defining-android-on-tv/
http://bgr.com/2010/05/20/google-tv-gets-official/
http://gigaom.com/2014/01/15/chromecast-porn/
https://plus.google.com/+GoogleTV/posts
http://googletv.blogspot.com/
http://www.lg.com/us/lggoogletv/index.jsp#page=qanda

MooPig ReRun :: "Death of Cable TV"

Originally posted 12/24/2012 03:28:00 PM

... THE $2.2 TRILLION WAR FOR YOUR LIVING ROOM BEGINS NOW


A Motley Fool Investigative Report — Monday, December 24, 2012

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RE: The Death of Cable
Dear Investor,

When I wake up tomorrow morning, I won't have cable TV.

Because I'm cancelling my service! And joining 3 million Americans who've already cut the cord.

(If you LOVE television, but HATE hidden fees, bad customer service, and monopoly pricing, you can too.)

But more importantly, I'm buying the 3 stocks that are poised to explode when this faltering $2.2 trillion industry finally bites the dust.

Just like newspaper publishers, telephone utilities, stockbrokers, record companies, bookstores, travel agencies, and big box retailers did when the Internet swept away their business models.

Making investors who saw the writing on the wall RICH beyond their wildest dreams.

One simple strategy brought them 613%... 1,541%... even 2,486% gains. And you can take advantage of it TODAY, for what may be the last time.

See, we're about to enter a new golden age of television. But the winners won't be who you think



CLICK HERE to get all the details in
The Motley Fool's new investor alert video!

Here's to your wealth,



Tom Conner
Vice President of Software Development
The Motley Fool

P.S. When the rest of America's 300 million households cut the cord — all signs are pointing to 2014 — everyone and their mother will claim they saw it coming. They'll say they knew all about Google's experimental project in Kansas City. They'll say as soon as they heard Apple's shocking post-holiday announcement, they knew for sure.

And they'll be lying... but that's okay. Because you'll be the quiet one, with the big smile on your face. And the HUGE balance in your portfolio. CLICK HERE to learn the best strategy for investing in "Television 2.0"!




___________________________Reference
http://www.fool.com/fool/free-report/18/sa-cabletvaudio-253366.aspx?source=isaspodft0000323
http://www.marketingcharts.com/television/top-10-cable-television-programs-week-of-feb-27-2012-21414/

MooPig Tech Coroner :: "The Death of Paid Television"

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$2.2 trillion Entertainment Industry about to Metamorphose
by Pat Darnell  |  July 15, 2013  |  Bryan TX

When you say "Content," you have said it all. Everyone still wants content. Name all the Tech/Entertainment industries that have been found dead on arrival since the Internet began: Record Companies, big Box Retail Shopping, Telephone, Stockbroking, Bookstores, Travel Agencies, ... what's next?

Our Internet has the ability to transform - transfigure - change - transmute - convert businesses' modes of operation to the point of "transform or get out."

But everyone still listens to music; everyone still watches movies; everyone still trades stocks, everyone still reads newspapers ... just not the way they did last century. Guess what -- everyone still wants to watch television.

And everyone [58%] hates cable TV.

Using your imagination can you imagine a different world of TV? Google Fiber, Apple TV, and Amazon have prepared for this Fall, 2013, to be their declaration of war to win in your living room. A lack of imagination will limit you to doing it the old way, and not being satisfied.

Ask yourself: "Why would I need cable to watch TV?"

New choices ... watching shows online, game consoles can put your favorite shows on your TV. Shows can be watched on mobile devices. Special rabbit ears will get you sports events, circumnavigating cable.

The next generation will not watch TV on cable.


_________________________________Reference
http://www.fool.com/fool/free-report/18/sa-cabletvaudio-253366.aspx?source=isaspodft0000744
https://fiber.google.com/about/
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/05/20/cable_dying_is_it_cord_cutting.html

MooPig Tech Coroner :: "Cable TV"

THE $2.2 TRILLION WAR FOR YOUR LIVING ROOM BEGINS NOW


A Motley Fool Investigative Report — Monday, December 24, 2012

[Picture LINK]

RE: The Death of Cable
Dear Investor,

When I wake up tomorrow morning, I won't have cable TV.

Because I'm cancelling my service! And joining 3 million Americans who've already cut the cord.

(If you LOVE television, but HATE hidden fees, bad customer service, and monopoly pricing, you can too.)

But more importantly, I'm buying the 3 stocks that are poised to explode when this faltering $2.2 trillion industry finally bites the dust.

Just like newspaper publishers, telephone utilities, stockbrokers, record companies, bookstores, travel agencies, and big box retailers did when the Internet swept away their business models.

Making investors who saw the writing on the wall RICH beyond their wildest dreams.

One simple strategy brought them 613%... 1,541%... even 2,486% gains. And you can take advantage of it TODAY, for what may be the last time.

See, we're about to enter a new golden age of television. But the winners won't be who you think



CLICK HERE to get all the details in
The Motley Fool's new investor alert video!

Here's to your wealth,



Tom Conner
Vice President of Software Development
The Motley Fool

P.S. When the rest of America's 300 million households cut the cord — all signs are pointing to 2014 — everyone and their mother will claim they saw it coming. They'll say they knew all about Google's experimental project in Kansas City. They'll say as soon as they heard Apple's shocking post-holiday announcement, they knew for sure.

And they'll be lying... but that's okay. Because you'll be the quiet one, with the big smile on your face. And the HUGE balance in your portfolio. CLICK HERE to learn the best strategy for investing in "Television 2.0"!




___________________________Reference
http://www.fool.com/fool/free-report/18/sa-cabletvaudio-253366.aspx?source=isaspodft0000323
http://www.marketingcharts.com/television/top-10-cable-television-programs-week-of-feb-27-2012-21414/

MooPig Report from the Middle :: "TV Trends"

Meet Your New TV
by Pat Darnell | Dec 15, 2012 | Bryan TX

Cutting the Cable: Pay TV Subscribers Turn to Internet - ArkansasBusiness.com: "Between 2008 and 2011, an estimated 2.65 million people, or 2.6 percent of U.S. pay TV subscribers, cut their TV subscriptions to rely solely on online content or watch broadcast television with the use of an antenna, according to an April report from the Convergence Consulting Group Ltd. of Toronto, which studies the trend. Of that number, 1.05 million did it in 2011, and it is projected that by the end of this year the number of cord cutters will reach 3.58 million, the study said."

'via Blog this'

In three years, 2.6% of US TV end users cut off their Cables. That means in 2098 no one will be connected to Cable TV. I think Cable will become something else before that happens. With Netflix, Hulu, and dozens of other streaming companies, Cable will just be replaced with these. It is already happening... duh?

Technology companies like Apple, and Micro soft have consoles that satisfy all your streaming TV needs. For instance Microsoft makes the XBOX360 console that can be made wireless, and movement synchronous, so you login, and wave your hands, and up pops your programs on Hulu or Netflix, YouTube or Blockbuster...

So middle America can now dance with Rocky and CeCe on Shake it Up! while making dinner. Or you can watch all the YouTube presentations of recent UFO activity on UFOTV, on YouTube.

Cutting the cable, one "doesn't regret the decision, even though some TV shows aren't available, such as the ones involving the Kardashian clan or sporting events. (Mark Friedman. Posted 7/16/2012. LINK)"

Much of the middle society will witness the death of television as we know it on Aug 29th, 2045. Why that date? I just made it up, because that day I will be 90 years and two months old. HA!

So in our lifetimes we will not see that much happen that isn't happening today. Tech companies have become more careful about releasing the next big thing quickly as it comes available. That is why there hasn't been an upgrade from XBOX-360 to say the XBOX-terabyte, like one would expect happening by now.

Essentially, corporations would go bankrupt if they introduced new tech just as their older tech stuff was peaking globally. You will have to depend on tech elite to bring you the bigger better consoles as we move into Techno-barbaric Climate Change Age. We have exhausted the term Post-Modernism... so we come up with a new name for today.

That's our Report from the Middle -- where the men are good looking, the women are strong, and the children are above average.

MooPig Report from the Middle :: "Demographics"

Demographics of Prime Time TV
by Pat Darnell | Nov 25, 2012 | Bryan TX

It is 8 PM on a Sunday night and I am watching the football game.

First let me give some back story: Last Summer 2011, in Bryan TX it was bone dry and many things happened because of that dryness. Lakes and waterways shrank, cattlemen sold off their beef cattle herds, and state wide 301 million trees died.

" ... A September report issued by Texas A and M Forest Service indicated Texas lost more than 300 million trees to the 2011 drought.

Burl Carraway, Texas A and M Forest Service Forest Resource Development and Sustainable Forestry Program manager, said earlier the region from Lufkin to Beaumont, where the state's heaviest forest production is located, suffered the least.

Of the region's nearly 600 million trees, only 7.5 million have died, he said, or 1.3 percent, based on studies of satellite imagery.

Experts say tree death is a natural forest process, but the drought pushed the numbers higher.

Staff Writer Adam Russell contributed to this report. (JACQUE HILBURN-SIMMONS. Wednesday, November 14, 2012. LINK ) ... "

What is the typical demographic in Central Texas, based on television prime time hours from 8 PM to 10 PM? I will watch the NBC Sunday Night Football Game and take notes on commercials during airing of Green Bay Packers at New York Giants stadium. Is the male prime time TV game watching person concerned with this drought catastrophe?

Here I go -- starting in the middle -- I watched and noted what commercials aired and at what approximate time they were posted in correlation to happenings in the game: this is an eye opener. I am thinking that this will tell me what kind of demographic is being "talked" to through the subliminal language of the TV commercial.

I watched from about 8:20 PM till 10:42 PM. That is two hours and twenty minutes. During that time I sat through 118 commercials. That is approximately 65 minutes out of 140 event minutes, set aside for commercials.

In that investment of one hour and five minutes, I am given choices of lifestyle and products needed for these life style adumbrations. And that would be a great thing if any of the suggestions pertained to anything actually happening in the world today.

In fact Screw the Trees; forget the stinking drought; don't miss the Dan Patrick Morning Show on NBC.

Not one commercial mentions alternative fuel. Nor did any infomercial give any solutions to health issues of the twenty first century man. No the over all message played as a mid-life crisis adjustment strategy. Buy a LEXUS, go online this week for Cyber Week Wal-Mart.com for your holiday shopping, purchase a Citizen Watch and never have to change the battery, and catch the latest Tom Cruise movie!

And as you cruise around in your LEXUSSENTERA CREW-CAB HEMI DODGE RAM, stop and eat lots of sandwiches.
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Here's the Raw Data; this is how it got written down: the demographic is a mid-life cratering male --

START -- 8:20 PM :: Green Bay Packers 7 /  NY Giants 17
Watching KCENDT TV 6 out of WACO, TX. NBC affiliate
Game held at MET LIFE Stadium in New York

8:26 PM :: TD, Touch Down,  GB 7 / NYG 24

• LEXUS Pursuit of Perfection
• Wal-Mart.com  Cyber Week
• Citizens Watches
• Galaxy NOTE II Samsung
• NBC show "Go ON"
• NBC Dan Patrick Show Mornings
• Movie: Tom Cruise, Jack Reacher
• LEXUS December Event Sales
• Video Game: Teen Rated ... World of Warcraft
• NFL Franchise History blurb

8:31 PM :: KO, Kick Off,  (Game resumes)

8:39 PM :: TO, Time Out,

• Bud Light, Superstition by Stevie Wonder
• JP Morgan Chase and Co
• NBC Monday Night Football blurb

8:44 PM  ::  FG, Field Goal, GB 10  /  NYG 27

• GE Works Machines
• Photo Stream iPhone 5 Verizon
• GE Works Brilliant Machines
• NBC SNL Christmas Special
• Play16 Charity for Kids
• Papa Johns Pizza
• Samsung "Galaxy"
• Lexus
• Citizen watches
• New York Trains Museum

8:49 PM :: KO,

• USAA advice
• USAA salute to Service Men and Women
• Citizen watches ... mentions Eli Manning
• Subway eat fresh
• Wal-Mart Verizon, smart phone $1 etc.
• NBC TV show 30 Rock, Tina Fey

8:50 PM :: (Game resumes)
8:52 PM :: Punt,

• NBC, Toyota Halftime Show coming up

8:54 PM  ::  Fumble,

8:56 PM ::  TD, GB 10  /  NYG  31

9:02 PM  ::  Halftime,

• NBC Revolution finale TV show
• Dodge, RAM lonestar series truck, hemi, 2012 deals
• Jubilee Mitsubishi Lancer, local dealers in WACO
• VW "sign and drive" Passatt
• Kileen Freedom dealership JEEP \ Chrysler, local company
• Thursday Night Football Network blurb -- Note: ... before each season, both ESPN and NFL Network put their games out to bid in the local markets for their entire schedules. For ESPN, they go to ABC affiliates first and if they pass, other stations in the market can bid. In the case of NFL Network, they allow all stations to bid and the one that agrees to pay the price will get the game. (Ken, under NFL Network, Thursday Night Football, no date, LINK)
• TOYOTA Halftime Show blurb

9:05 PM :: Sports Talk continues.

9:10 PM  ::  Commercial Break,

• NBC Dan Patrick Show, "Man Cave"
• TOYOTA infomercial ... Camry
• Retail Cyber Monday Deals.... 
• NBC TV Show 1600 Penn, Jan 10th
• Local News Break --  Traffic and Christmas shopping in Central TX
• Dodge, RAM lonestar series truck, hemi, 2012 deals
• SONIC sandwiches
• TOYOTA Toyotathon Texas Edition
• Local Dealerships -- drop off toys locations
• NFL SHOP.com clothing for your favorites
• NFL Licensing Statement
• NBC Sports Talk Network

9:15 PM  ::  KO, Second Half begins

• Sunday Night Football blurb

9:20 PM PUNT,

• Nissan USA.com Sentra Shift
• Bank Americard Cash back Rewards Card
• Movie: MIB III starts Nov 30
• McDonald's Dollar menu ... 

9:22 PM  ::  (Game Resumes)
9:26 PM  ::  Official Time Out,

• Nissan Pathfinder
• Sandwiches (missed the sponsor here) oops
• Cyber Week, Wal-Mart, dot com
• NBC "the Biggest Loser" show resumes

9:28 PM :: (Game Resumes)
9:33 PM :: PUNT

• IMAX Dec 14th
• Nissan Pathfinder
• NBC "Deception" show

9:36 PM :: (Game Resumes)
9:42  PM  ::  CHALLENGE,

• COORS beer, Banquet Beer
• NissanUSA.com ... Sentra
• Windows Phone
• NBC show "Voice" Live

9:44 PM  ::  (Game Resumes)
9:45 PM :: TD, GB 10 \ NYG 38

• NBC Sunday Night Football blurb
• iPhone 5, Apple 
• Wal-Mart Cyber Week.com
• BUD Light, drink drink goof off, Very Superstitious, by Stevie Wonder
• Movie: 'This is 40"
• NBC show "Revolution" TV premier
• NBC show "Christmas Special"

9:48 PM  ::  KO,

• Wal-Mart
• ATand T
• Lombardi Museum

9:52  PM  ::  INJURY

• BUD Light more of the same bullshit, Stevie Wonder tune Superstitious
• ATand T 4G Network
• Subway, steak melt, "Eat Fresh"

9:54 PM  ::  (Game Resumes)
9:56 PM  ::  Official Timeout

• NBC "Howie Mandell Show"
• Nissan ... local Waco "Season to Save"
• Jack in the Box "breakfast sandwich"
• Dodge Lonestar 1500 Crew Cab Sale 2012 models
• Local WACO News Weather update
• GEICO Sponsor

9:59  PM ::  (Game Resumes)
10:00 PM  ::  Ball turned over to NYG on downs,

• BMW
• DELL
• FedEx
• NBC show: "Zero Dark 30"
• NBC show: "Dan Patrick Show," mornings on NBC sports network

10:02 (Game Resumes)

10:05 PM  ::  INJURY

• Samsung Galaxy III phone stuff
• Fidelity IRA, "no fee"
• BMW 3 Series  "game on"
• NBC Christmas in Rockefeller Center 

10:08 PM ::  (Game Resumes)
10:13 PM  :: TO,

• Verizon, Droid, Razr
• M and M's all alone and cryptic
• Movie: Killing 'em Softly, R, Friday
• BMW X 5 diesel, blah blah blah
• Verizon
• BMW
• Corona
• Movie: "Zero Dark Thirty"

10:15 PM  :: (Game Resumes)
10:16 PM  :: INJURY ... helmet to helmet
10:17 PM  ::  PENALTY ... (Game Resumes)
10:19 PM  ::  TO, Penalty ... (Game Resumes)
10:24  PM  ::  2 MINUTE WARNING,

• Corona, beer, "find your beach"
• Van Heusen.com, ... makeover men
• Video Game, "Hitman: Absolution"
• NBC show ... "the New Normal"
• NBC.com Late Show, Jay Leno

10:27 PM  :: PUNT,
10:30 PM  :: GAME OVER, ... GB 10 \ NYG 38 ... GB 7-4-- NYG 7-4 records

• Wendy's Post Game Show
• NBC show, "Go On" Tuesdays
• Academy, Hot Deals, for two days only
• Nissan 0% financing, till Nov 30th available
• McDonald's McRIB sandwich
• Black Friday FORD get your prepaid MasterCard deal
• Local Dealerships WACO, Toy drop off boxes
• Wendy's PostGame Show

10:34  PM  ::  Interviews -- Eli Manning, NYG QB, and others
10:39 PM  :: Commercial break

• Wendy's "Chicken Sandwich" kids meal
• CHEVY Silverado Christmas Trade Up
• Lenovo  'YOGA' style pad
• Movie: "Killing..."

10:41  PM  ::  Interviews continue ... Next Week's Game
10:42 PM  ::  Good Night NBC Sports

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That's our Report from the Middle where the women are strong, the men are good looking, and the children are all above average.
_________________________________Reference
http://www.cracked.com/funny-1109-mcrib/
http://www.facebook.com/TVGuideMagazine
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1421587-green-bay-packers-vs-new-york-giants-sunday-night-football-live
http://fangsbites.com/2012/09/thursday-night-football-local-tv-stations-for-2012-season/

MooPig's Famous Last Words Department :: "Jenner told Rick that everyone was infected!"

Retrieved by Pat Darnell | July 15, 2012 | Bryan TX

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'The Walking Dead' season 2 finale: Meet Michonne! - National TV | Examiner.com: "There is quite a bit that happened during the season finale for "The Walking Dead" Sunday night, but perhaps one of the biggest shockers was the introduction of a new character."

'via Blog this'

If you watch Television you notice that the shows that are one hour long are actually 44:13 minutes long. Commercials take over a quarter of the time to push the products. But even then TV directors push their own envelopes and present you with their version of the "cliff hanger" ending that will make you watch their show again and again.

As season 3 opens we will be entertained, or let down, as the characters become more developed. Depending a bit on the writing, and a bit on happy accidents, the shows directors might offer new information.

"Jenner told Rick that everyone is infected..." Wow, that makes me want to find out what that means! 

_____________Reference
http://www.examiner.com/tv-in-national/the-walking-dead-finale-meet-michonne
http://www.examiner.com/article/the-walking-dead-s-robert-kirtkman-developing-thief-of-thieves-for-amc
http://www.examiner.com/article/the-walking-dead-lauren-cohan-to-become-series-regular-for-season-3
http://www.examiner.com/article/the-walking-dead-star-jon-bernthal-heads-to-harry-s-law
http://www.examiner.com/topic/walking-dead-amc
http://www.uproxx.com/gammasquad/2012/06/walking-dead-makes-up-half-what-diamond-sells-bookstores/

MooPig Graphiques and ReWildings :: "Another Irrelevant Candidate Says --"

Time to Stump for Trump?
Retrieved by Pat Darnell

I don't know much about Donald Trump. This is what has been written about him lately:

" ... Donald Trump continues his birther-fueled media blitz with a visit to the Wall Street Journal, where he gave a lengthy interview covering such topics as the rebellion in Libya, trade troubles with China, and the possibility that he will make an independent presidential run in 2012 if he loses the GOP nomination.

There has been much speculation that Trump's 2012 ambitions are nothing more than a way to drum up publicity for his NBC television show, "The Celebrity Apprentice." Not so, insists Trump: "I don't need to do this for ratings on the Apprentice. This is too important." ... (LINK)"

I suggest you all draw your own conclusions. I drew this gag.

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