Mobile apps enable TV studios such as CNN and cable TV operators such as Comcast to embrace the Internet and stream TV programs "over the top" (OTT), directly to TV screens.
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| Smartphone app allows broadcasting from the CNN cloud directly to a viewer's TV. |
The example (CNN) app shown above allows the TV viewer to search for TV programs by using a smartphone screen and to watch selected TV programs either on the smartphone screen or on the TV screen. The TV viewer simply (1) starts the CNN app, (2) selects the iPhone touchscreen or the TV screen, and (3) chooses a TV program from the search results. The chosen TV program immediately plays on the previously selected screen (4).
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- Peter Redford
- is located in San Jose, California.
- Mr. Redford is a futurist and a Silicon Valley technology pioneer. He started his technology career over 33 years ago as a researcher with the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Since 1981, he has served continuously as CEO of venture capital funded Silicon Valley technology companies and sold his first company to Yamaha in 1982. He currently serves as Chairman and CEO of iLook Corporation (www.ilook.tv), Chairman and CEO of TV Interactive Corporation (www.tvi.com) and sits on the boards of several Silicon Valley technology companies. Redford was granted over 40 digital media technology patents including the original software patents for the graphical user interface (GUI), and for the AutoPlay technology used in Microsoft Windows and in Blu-ray disc players. Redford’s patents have been licensed to all of the major companies in the consumer electronics, video game, toy and personal computer industries (including Microsoft, Intel, IBM, Dell, HP, Sony, Panasonic, Sega, Samsung, LG, Philips, Hasbro, Mattel, and many others). Redford holds an M.S. in Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. You can contact him at redford@tvi.com.
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