Smart TVs scroll local weather, traffic info
Cory Bergman January 7th, 2008
Samsung announced a deal with USAToday.com to deliver news and local weather information direct to your TV. “Weather is the most popular feature (in trials),” says a Samsung spokesperson. Separately, Sharp announced it would pipe selected internet content directly to its Aquos TVs, including local weather and Traffic.com updates. NBC will be one of the content partners, with others to be announced later. Both Sharp and Samsung TVs don’t require any extra hardware — just plug an ethernet cable directly into your TV set. This is just one more development of how local consumers are able to bypass local media for their local weather and traffic — this time right on their TV sets.
2 Comments Add your own
1. John | January 7th, 2008 at 11:55 am
I just don’t see that people would prefer getting their news and local weather from NBC & USAToday, when many local stations are already carrying a weather or news replay on their .2 DT channels.
2. M Gorman | January 7th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
For just $200 I can receive a fraction of the information I can already get from the laptop I have within arm’s reach in my front room. Wonderful.
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