From Sixteen:Nine’s content partner rAVe [Publications], a shaky (but stick with it as it settles out) video demo-ing Samsung’s Smart TV gadgets and general capabilities at last week’s CEDIA show.
The webinar I did last week discussed widgets and gadgets and how they can start to make an IPTV loook more and more like a digital signage solution. Well, here’s more evidence of things going in that direction.
Is that the future for everyone? No. But for a local shop owner or other business that just wants some particular content up on a screen, widgets might be all they want and need.