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Article: Software, gadget firms to be potential cable rivals
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- January 9, 2007
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LAS VEGAS - A slew of new devices to be released this year will
pipe the Internet directly to the family television, transforming
software and gadget companies into potential cable challengers.
Online content, ranging from grainy videos on YouTube.com to
popular shows posted on network websites, has exploded over the past
year, and big and small companies at the annual Consumer Electronics
Show are rolling out new set-top boxes that seek to change how people
tune in.
"This is what CES is going to be about for me, and I think it's
going to be the big story; there are a class of devices that are
about to be available that will bring Internet video to television
sets," said Josh Bernoff, an ...