Google, Intel, Sony to join forces on ‘Google TV’

Google will attempt to change the way people use their television sets by developing a new stage to bring the best of the internet to TV screens, according to reports.

Google is believed to be working with Sony and Intel to develop a system called “Google TV”, and has built a prototype set-top box in order to surf the web through their televisions.

In recent years, other companies, notably Apple, have tried to develop systems to allow people to access the internet through their televisions in order to do things such as download movies and television shows.

A report in the New York Times today suggests that the machine would allow people to watch their TV channels but also have better access to the internet, search, social networking sites, YouTube videos and online games.
Companies will be working with Logitech, another technology manufacturer, to build a remote control and small keyboard for the system.
It has been reported that Google has begun testing the set-top box technology though Dish Network, a satellite TV provider.

But it is unclear if any such system would be launched worldwide or be designed for release in the United States only.