Samsung News

Samsung is expected to start selling its own Google TV sets using non-Intel chips, in an attempt to boost the search engine giant's connected-TV software, which has failed to spark a year after a much-heralded launch.

Netflix may be extended its Watch Instantly service -- currently available for Xbox, PlayStation and iPhone, among others -- to Samsung app-compatible TV sets.

Samsung recently announced that its app store for Internet-connected "smart-TVs" reached two million downloads, marking a milestone in an emerging market.

Cable-TV operators, fearing they might be left behind in the "smart-TV" race, are beginning to share content with makers of Internet-connected devices.

Samsung is partnering with cable providers Comcast and Time Warner to offer live and on-demand content on its Web-connected TVs and Galaxy devices.

Television makers are ramping up efforts to build their own Internet apps and services, as they break away from Apple and Google as development partners in the emerging but uncertain Web-connected television market.

Television makers are looking to "smart TVs" to invigorate their businesses after 3D TV sets failed to seduce increasingly demanding consumers last year.

Samsung will announce plans launch television sets using Google TV software in January, as the company aims to differentiate itself in the market.

Samsung and Yahoo announced a partnership on Tuesday that will sell Yahoo Connected TV sets in 26 more countries in Europe.