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Disney is considering lending some of the keys to its television kingdom to Yahoo for its Yahoo Connected TV. If Yahoo is successful in inking such a deal, it would bolster its Internet TV efforts and put on better footing to compete against rival products such as Google TV and Apple TV.

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Disney and Yahoo Eye an Internet TV Deal originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:08:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Media, Google , Apple, News Corp, Yahoo, Walt Disney, Biz Brief

Soon, the Internet won’t be the only medium to offer advertisers the ability to closely target specific types of customers. Starting in August or September, DirecTV plans to launch a new personalized advertising service for television. Can it bring the scope of TV to highly targeted ads?

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DirecTV Tunes Into Personalized Commercials originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:00:00.

Filed Under: Technology, Media, Google , Yahoo

Google has asked its television partners to delay the launch of Google TV while it refines the software. This means the service will miss debuting at the Consumer Electronics Show next month.

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Google TV Launch Reportedly Delayed originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:30:00.

Filed Under: Technology, Google , Intel, Microsoft

After resolving its differences with Cablevision and Dish, News Corp.’s Fox has now blocked Web access to its shows from Google TV. Owners of televisions equipped with the Google TV service will still be able to watch regular Fox television on their sets, but won’t be able to use it to view Fox shows on the Web.

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Fox Blocks Its Shows From Google TV Web Viewing originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:00:00.

Filed Under: Technology, Media, Google , News Corp

Networks ABC, CBS and NBC are blocking viewers from accessing their programs through Google’s (GOOG) Web TV service, demonstrating the challenges Google faces in getting content for its new product.

Users can’t watch full-length episodes of show’s including NBC’s “The Office” and ABC’s “Modern Family” on Google TV, The Wall Street Journal said.

Google TV allows people to access the…

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Networks Block Users Watching Programs Via Google TV originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:39:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Media, Google