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Vudu’s RIA Platform Unleashes Web-based Content to TVs
The standards-based platform will be opened up to third-party developers in first half of 2009.
Among the Vudu RIA applications is access to the entire YouTube library.
Vudu, the start-up developer of IP-based video-on-demand, says it’s rolling out a standards-based platform that will allow developers to bring Web-hosted rich applications and services to consumer appliances.
The idea of Vudu RIA (Rich Internet Application) is to combine the openness and ease of development of Web applications and the light hardware requirements of consumer Internet appliances with a lean-back user experience, according to Vudu.
Among Vudu RIA’s initial set of applications and services are “casual games,” implementations of Flickr and Picasa, access to the YouTube library and an on-demand TV area with more than 120 channels.
The company has posted examples of these applications on its Web site.
Vudu says RIA users can access a lot of Web-based content, much of which originates from TV programming sources. Examples include daily highlights from “Today,” “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “Anderson Cooper 360,” “Fantasy Focus NFL” and full programs (some of which is in high definition) from Nova, National Geographic and others.
The plan, according to Vudu, is to add additional applications and services throughout 2009.
“Vudu RIA enables us to quickly open up huge libraries of Web-based content to TVs in living rooms around America,” says Edward Lichty, executive vice president of strategy and content. “We are excited to deliver both high quality TV shows as well as Web applications, which enable our customers to share their photos.”
For developers, Vudu says RIA facilitates asynchronous Web queries, local scripting and persistent client-side storage along with such unique TV-centered technologies as Vudu’s user interface, one-wheel remote control navigation and Vudu’s TruFilm-powered video rendering.
“A first in the consumer electronics world,” according to Vudu, is that RIA enables the development of responsive, rich applications optimized for display and use on HDTVs without needing to deploy new software on the consumer appliance.
Vudu, which recently announced a shift in product strategy while debunking Internet rumors of its demise, says RIA is targeted at low-power set-top boxes and Internet appliances and has a 300-MHz embedded processor with 128 MB of RAM.
Vudu RIA will be opened up to third party developers in the first half of 2009.
The idea of Vudu RIA (Rich Internet Application) is to combine the openness and ease of development of Web applications and the light hardware requirements of consumer Internet appliances with a lean-back user experience, according to Vudu.
Among Vudu RIA’s initial set of applications and services are “casual games,” implementations of Flickr and Picasa, access to the YouTube library and an on-demand TV area with more than 120 channels.
The company has posted examples of these applications on its Web site.
Vudu says RIA users can access a lot of Web-based content, much of which originates from TV programming sources. Examples include daily highlights from “Today,” “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “Anderson Cooper 360,” “Fantasy Focus NFL” and full programs (some of which is in high definition) from Nova, National Geographic and others.
The plan, according to Vudu, is to add additional applications and services throughout 2009.
“Vudu RIA enables us to quickly open up huge libraries of Web-based content to TVs in living rooms around America,” says Edward Lichty, executive vice president of strategy and content. “We are excited to deliver both high quality TV shows as well as Web applications, which enable our customers to share their photos.”
For developers, Vudu says RIA facilitates asynchronous Web queries, local scripting and persistent client-side storage along with such unique TV-centered technologies as Vudu’s user interface, one-wheel remote control navigation and Vudu’s TruFilm-powered video rendering.
“A first in the consumer electronics world,” according to Vudu, is that RIA enables the development of responsive, rich applications optimized for display and use on HDTVs without needing to deploy new software on the consumer appliance.
Vudu, which recently announced a shift in product strategy while debunking Internet rumors of its demise, says RIA is targeted at low-power set-top boxes and Internet appliances and has a 300-MHz embedded processor with 128 MB of RAM.
Vudu RIA will be opened up to third party developers in the first half of 2009.
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