NewsCorp looks to the future of paid-TV content with Roku purchase

			Roku is a media streamer that allows you to push video and music content from the internet to your TV. Its main competitor is Apple TV - but Roku costs half the price. News Corp and BSkyB have just invested US$45m to expand Roku's current organisation and push forward with the 'Roku Stick', which packs all the features of the Roku's small box but shoves straight into the back of your TV.

The reason that News Corp see this as such a strategic purchase is that it could open up paid-for streaming of content over the internet - without the need for a cable contract. Browsing channels could become just like browsing apps, except these channels will have most of your favourite shows available at any time - and you would only pay for what you watched. To read more about Roku's capabilities and its importance in the future of TV click here

Android's TV debut?

			After smartphones and tablets the next key frontier for Google to dominate is the TV. Google TV has been in the US for a while and is coming to the UK this month. However, the past few weeks have seen the launch of two new initiatives that may get Google's Android operating system closer to the big screen. The first is Ouya, a games console built on Android that is being developed via the crowd-funding site Kickstarter.

The second is Google's own Nexus Q media streamer - designed to stream music & videos from Google's Play store as well as YouTube. As Android starts to sneak into our living rooms we envisage a point whereby our TVs simply become just another big screen running Android, Windows or Apple's iOS that we're already familiar with on our tablets, computers and smartphones. To read more click here.