User:Rackhir~enwiki/Widget Channel

Widget Channel is a software framework for Televisions, Set top boxes, and other Consumer Electronics devices built on the Linux Operating System that enables them to run web applications or Widgets. The Widget Channel is being developed under a partnership between Intel and Yahoo, and is targeted for release in 2009.

Widget Channel was announced on August 20th 2008 at the Intel Developer's Forum in San Francisco, California, along with the introduction of the Intel® Media Processor CE 3100 (formerly codenamed "Canmore"). The press release indicates that '''Intel and Yahoo! are working with industry members to promote the development of open and consistent standards necessary to grow the TV Widget ecosystem.'''