Dana Oshiro
I'm the Senior Media Analyst and Publishing Strategist at NetShelter
Tech Media Today. YouTube TMT. @TechMediaToday. NetShelter Facebook Page. @netshelter. Publisher List. Employee List. Syndication. Patrick Houston is senior VP for media and chief publisher of NetShelter Technology Media. (Disclosure: NetShelter is a business partner of VentureBeat.) Sony Corp. CEO Sir Howard Stringer is a funny guy. His press conferences are often punctuated with gaffaws. I had a chance to ask him a question just before a press briefing about Sony’s alliance with Google to create an Android-OS Internet TV and set-top-box. Hmmm, I said, what does the deal with Google mean for Sony’s other longstanding partnerships, say, with Microsoft? And in typical fashion, Sir Howard responded with a quip. “You know, the way things operate anymore it’s like jumping into a Viking boat,” he said. I hope I got the metaphor right. These days, Stringer has no choice to but to get in bed with Google and Microsoft – especially if it’s going to protect Sony’s flanks from anymore assaults on core businesses from the likes of Apple.
There have been lots of efforts to bring the Web to your TV.