{"id":40829,"date":"2012-01-09T14:22:54","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T12:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=40829"},"modified":"2012-01-09T14:36:45","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T12:36:45","slug":"ubuntu-tv-operating-system-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/40829-ubuntu-tv-operating-system-revealed.html","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu TV operating system revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/360508-Canonical\">Canonical<\/a>, well known for its distribution of the GNU\/Linux operating system <a title=\"Ubuntu\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/359820-Ubuntu\">Ubuntu<\/a>, showed off Ubuntu TV at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today (9 January 2012).<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu TV is a smart TV platform aimed at television makers, which according to reports from the event, Canonical plans to launch before the end of 2012.<\/p>\n<p>According to Canonical, the operating system offers the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easy integration of broadcast, online services and applications.<\/li>\n<li>Modern broadcast TV experience \u2013 search , watch, record and play.<\/li>\n<li>Millions of movies and TV shows streamed over the web on demand.<\/li>\n<li>Shared-screen experience with iOS, <a title=\"Android Mobile Oerating System\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/221979-Google-Android\">Android<\/a> and Ubuntu devices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Canonical listed the following technical specifications and requirements on the <a href=\"http:\/\/ubuntu.com\/tv\"> Ubuntu TV website<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support for ARM and x86 boards (a list of supported boards can be provided).<\/li>\n<li>Local storage support for DVR functionality (solid-state storage recommended).<\/li>\n<li>Minimum disk space: 2GB.<\/li>\n<li>Minimum memory: 1GB.<\/li>\n<li>Minimum video memory: 512 MB.<\/li>\n<li>HDMI.<\/li>\n<li>CEC support.<\/li>\n<li>Digital audio out.<\/li>\n<li>Hardware accelerated video capable of displaying content at 1080p (dependent on chipset).<\/li>\n<li>Network connectivity: Gigabit Ethernet &amp; Wireless b\/g\/n.<\/li>\n<li>USB host support.<\/li>\n<li>Bluetooth HCI interface.<\/li>\n<li>Modular tuner for broadcast TV (Satellite, Cable, Terrestrial).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jq_WaOLjdyQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A smart TV operating system from the makers of Ubuntu was recently revealed at CES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":40831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29],"tags":[969,35,4646,967,7131],"class_list":["post-40829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","category-gadgets","tag-canonical","tag-headline","tag-smart-tv","tag-ubuntu","tag-ubuntu-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40829"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40833,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40829\/revisions\/40833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}