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"Google has unveiled more details about Google TV, a new platform that will blend TV and the internet into a &amp;quot;seamless entertainment experience&amp;quot; when it launches this month. Yesterday, the search engine giant launched a dedicated microsite for Google TV, which was officially announced in May after months of fervent speculation. In a blog posting, Google said that one of its goals with Google TV was to &amp;quot;open up the living room and enable new innovation from content creators, programmers, developers and advertisers&amp;quot;. Built around the Google Chrome browser, the service will give users access to the open internet, including websites, videos, Flash-based games and applications, on their TV screens. Google has also signed up a raft of content partners for Google TV to offer premium programmes and web services. Turner Broadcasting has optimised some of its biggest websites for Google TV, including TBS, TNT, CNN, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, while NBC Universal has created CNBC Real-Time, an application for tracking stocks and financial news on the TV.  HBO will give access to hundreds of hours of its content on Google TV via the HBO GO subscription service, and the NBA has built NBA Game Time, a real-time scores app. Various technology and media companies have also optimised their services for Google TV, including news sites such as The New York Times and USA Today; music sites like VEVO, Pandora and Napster; and online networks such as Twitter and blip.tv. The Leanback service from the Google-owned YouTube will deliver viral videos and personalised channels to Google TV, while there will be over 75,000 movies and TV shows to rent on-demand via Amazon, Netflix and others.  Devices powered by Google TV will launch exclusively in the US this month, starting with Sony&amp;#039;s Internet TV-enabled products and the Logitech Revue box. However, there has been no indication as yet when the service will be made available in the UK or other parts of the world. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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