Android to dominate the TV market in 2013 says zeebox head

Zeebox co-founder and BBC iPlayer mastermind Anthony Rose has told T3 Google and Apple will dominate the TV scene within a year

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 Google and Apple are to become core players in the television market with the two giants of the mobile sector to revolutionise TV consumption within a year, industry experts have told T3.

With rumours rife of an upcoming Apple iTV internet connected television launch later this year and the fledgling Google TV service to make the jump from its native American base to the UK and further afield

Speaking with T3 in conjunction with the launch of 2012 T3 Hot 100 Anthony Rose, Co-founder & CTO, zeebox has suggested that starting next year consumers should “expect your next TV to either be an Apple TV or to be running Android.”

With the Google TV platform already built in to an a number of dedicated set top boxes, the Lenovo K91 Smart TV was officially unveiled at CES 2012 earlier this year as the world’s first Android Ice Cream Sandwich packing television set with Rose suggesting there will be many more to follow.

“The underlying platform that powers Google TV will soon be the same Android platform that powers most smartphones sold today,” the original mastermind behind BBC iPlayer said. “Android will dominate the TV industry in the same way it’s dominating smartphone and tablet markets. All other TV platforms will be swept aside.”

Apple iTV Rumours

Long a thing of speculation, Apple iTV rumours kicked into overdrive in recent months following the publication of the official Steve Jobs biography in which the Apple co-founder and former CEO said he had “finally cracked” how to change the television market.

"I'd like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use,” Jobs reportedly said. “It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud. It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine. I finally cracked it."

Further Apple iTV rumours have suggested Apple will offer a variety of screen size options when it launches its first own branded television sets later this year. With 37 and 42-inch Apple iTV models reportedly in the works, some rumours have suggested Apple’s Design Chief Jonathan Ive is currently putting the finishing touches to a 50-inch set.

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Source: T3