LG plans debut of Google TV in January

Google Incorporated and LG Electronics Incorporated may unveil a television using the search giants software at the January Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, according to two people with knowledge of the project.The product would be LGs first model with Google TV, said the people, who declined to be identified because the discussions arent public. Support from the worlds second-largest TV manufacturer may boost Googles attempt to bring its dominance in Internet search to living rooms with the Google TV software, according to Bloomberg. Last month, the Mountain View, California-based company introduced a redesigned television service after sales of its initial version didnt meet some expectations. Claire Jang, a spokeswoman for Seoul-based LG, and Robin Moroney, a Tokyo-based spokesman for Google, declined to comment on the discussions between the two companies. Google, pushing into areas that boost competition with rivals Apple Incorporated and Microsoft Corporation, unveiled the TV service last year with partners Sony Corporation, Logitech International SA and Dish Network Corporation Google said last month the partners would receive the updated software. LG and bigger rival Samsung Electronics Company are embracing the Internet and 3-D images to revive TV demand amid a plunge in set prices. Sony, maker of the Bravia models, has forecast an eighth straight year of losses at its TV business. The revamped version of the TV service Google unveiled last month has a simpler interface. The upgrade was designed to show the YouTube video-sharing service better and opens up the platform for Android developers to build applications for TV. Android is Googles software platform for mobile devices. After the debut of the TV service, Google failed to secure programming from the four major United States broadcast networks, led by CBS Corporation and News Corporations Fox. Logitech, based in Romanel-sur- Morges, Switzerland, cut the price of its Revue set-top box for Google TV in April, citing "a slow start."
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