Smart TV providers who wish to use HTML5 for their streaming ecosystems have been running into a wall with YouTube, according to Korea's ETNews.
It said Google has insisted TV makers place the app on their systems'
main page and pass a Smart TV "browser conformity test" at its US
headquarters, too. As a result, companies like Samsung have had to wait
up to three months for YouTube certification. A key part of this
allegation is that that TV makers who opted for
Mountain View's Android-based Google TV instead of HTML5 wouldn't face
such problems, but meanwhile, we've contacted Google for its take on the
matter.Monday, July 1, 2013
Smart TV manufacturers subjected to 'coercive sales tactics' by Google, says ETNews
Smart TV providers who wish to use HTML5 for their streaming ecosystems have been running into a wall with YouTube, according to Korea's ETNews.
It said Google has insisted TV makers place the app on their systems'
main page and pass a Smart TV "browser conformity test" at its US
headquarters, too. As a result, companies like Samsung have had to wait
up to three months for YouTube certification. A key part of this
allegation is that that TV makers who opted for
Mountain View's Android-based Google TV instead of HTML5 wouldn't face
such problems, but meanwhile, we've contacted Google for its take on the
matter.
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