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MSN TV (formerly WebTV) was a web access product consisting of a thin client device that used a television for display (instead of using a computer monitor), and the online service that supported it. The original WebTV device design and service were developed by WebTV Networks, Inc., a company started in 1995. The WebTV product was announced in ...
A Web-to-TV installation provides a way to show streaming television or other over-the-top content from the Internet, to a television set.Various technologies to do this include Home theater PCs (desktop computers running more user-friendly software for TV viewing), digital media receivers (also known as "media extenders", replaying content from a local area network), and Smart TVs (television ...
Streaming television is the digital distribution of television content, such as and films and television series, streamed over the Internet. [1] Standing in contrast to dedicated terrestrial television delivered by over-the-air aerial systems, cable television, and/or satellite television systems, [2] streaming television is provided as over-the-top media (OTT), [3] or as Internet Protocol ...
AOL TV was the name of both a thin client which uses a television for display (rather than a monitor), and the online service that supports it, both of which were launched in June 2000 to compete with WebTV. The product and service were developed by America Online.
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In 1995, Perlman created, cofounded, and was the chief executive of WebTV Networks. WebTV, introduced in 1996, was one of the earliest products to connect the Internet to television. Less than 2 years after it was founded, WebTV was acquired by Microsoft Corporation for $425 million, [8] and renamed as MSN TV.
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Within the context of internet television, a channel might be 1) a broadcast or cable TV station/network (e.g. CBS or CNN) which posts videos or live streams to its website or a video hosting website, 2) a user or group who live stream or upload videos to a video hosting website such as YouTube or Twitch (e.g.