Google to launch TV service

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http://mashable.com/2012/02/22/google-to-launch-tv-service/

The company filed an application last week to provide video service to residents of Kansas City, Mo., according to The Wall Street Journal. If approved, the service could launch as soon as a month from now, according to the article, which cites a “media executive currently involved in negotiations to license channels to the service.” Offerings in the video package would include live TV as well as on-demand and online access to TV channels, according to the report, which was based on an earlier article by The New York Post.

Standard television channels being broadcast over the internet will soon be a reality in the US.

And here is SA we are still using analogue broadcasting.

 

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http://mashable.com/2012/02/22/google-to-launch-tv-service/

Standard television channels being broadcast over the internet will soon be a reality in the US.

And here is SA we are still using analogue broadcasting.

Almost all channels in south africa are exclusively broadcast in digital, expect for 4 or 5 of them (SABC1, SABC2, SABC3, etv and other community channels).