{"id":44666,"date":"2014-02-07T11:48:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T16:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=44666"},"modified":"2014-02-07T11:48:52","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T16:48:52","slug":"the-connected-tv-landscape-why-smart-tvs-and-streaming-gadgets-are-conquering-the-living-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2014\/02\/07\/the-connected-tv-landscape-why-smart-tvs-and-streaming-gadgets-are-conquering-the-living-room\/","title":{"rendered":"The connected TV landscape: Why smart TVs and streaming gadgets are conquering the living room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/the-connected-tv-landscape-why-smart-tvs-and-streaming-gadgets-are-conquering-the-living-room-2014-2\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The connected TV landscape: Why smart TVs and streaming gadgets are conquering the living room<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from businessinsider.com.au by Mark Hoelzel<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>In the connected TV world, an app is analogous to a TV channel.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some key points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In total, there will be more than 759 million televisions connected to the Internet worldwide by 2018, more than doubling from 307.4 million at year-end 2013.<\/li>\n<li>Globally, shipments of smart TVs will reach a tipping point in 2015, when they will overtake shipments of traditional TVs.<\/li>\n<li>Two tendencies dominate the connected TV ecosystem: closed and open approaches.<\/li>\n<li>Despite platform fragmentation, HTML5 offers at least a faint hope for increased unification between connected TVs, just as it does on mobile.<\/li>\n<li>How will developers and operating system operators monetise smart TV apps? Media downloads, subscriptions and \u2014 to a much lesser degree \u2014 advertisements will drive the dollars. Smart TV platform operators have begun experimenting with ads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/static1.businessinsider.com\/image\/52f3c685eab8eaa14f6ea827-960\/globalnumberofconnectedtvs.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GlobalNumberOfConnectedTVs\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/52f3c685eab8eaa14f6ea827-1200\/image.jpg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>From DSC:<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">If in a connected TV world, an app is analogous to a TV channel&#8230;then I say<strong> let&#8217;s bring on the educationally-related, interactive, multimedia-based apps!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30701\" alt=\"The Living [Class] Room -- by Daniel Christian -- July 2012 -- a second device used in conjunction with a Smart\/Connected TV\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Living-Class-Room-Daniel-S-Christian-July-2012.jpg\" width=\"616\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Living-Class-Room-Daniel-S-Christian-July-2012.jpg 616w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Living-Class-Room-Daniel-S-Christian-July-2012-150x117.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The connected TV landscape: Why smart TVs and streaming gadgets are conquering the living room &#8212; 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