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Old 02-07-2013, 12:44 PM  
michael.partnercash
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....point is

I dont speak about normal SmartTVs that are connected to the Internet i mean all devices from the Mediaplayer to the Gameing Consoles like the Wii or Playstation and to really crazy stuff like satellite receivers you can use to surf the internet there are a view hundred different devices out there. If you try the most of them it is simply not fun or impossible to use the most of the existing sites if you take popular sites (simple ones by design) like tubesites as an example they dont work, crash the device because of they eat the memory up or they simply dont work because you cant control them with the remotecontrols you have for your TV or device!

On some you can start a video but you cant stop it or do anything because the devices move the focus on the video and you never come back you have to close the browsers.
On SmartTVs the amount of sites working "in parts" is big but - working the way a user want them to use - they are far from - try it yourself take place on your couch start the Browser on your TV or Smartdevice and try to use the sites you have or promote and try to signup or interact in any way.

1. websites are not built for TV Usage - the large screen needs to be easy to use
2. all devices work different - a lot of changes need to be done
3. Signupforms are pur frustration on nearly all of this devices and some of them simply cant use ssl
3. this devices are no desktops so they have memory problems with normal adult websites
4. they support different standards for mediatypes and encodeings

The important thing check your Traffic for this type of devices it makes 2-4% of your traffic already and it grows permanently.
It is like mobile some years ago and you need to prepare yourself for that kind of traffic and not to forget in the moment this is 2-4% of your traffic - in the most cases you couldn't sell something too them because the sites want work for them or are that hard to use that the user simply stops useing it because he gets frustrated. This is a complete new usergroup which are growing very fast.

By the end of 2012, there were more than 100 million consumers globally who regularly used Smart TVs and there where more than estimated 220 Million gameing consoles out there with more than 100 Millions (guessed by a study) that are connected to the internet. You for sure know all the people that tell you "if i would have known back than as the internet started what i knew now i could make a fortune" - its like that on TV - the Internet is Brand new the experience too - its like the mobile market some years ago. So ask yourself is this a market you need to prepare for :-)
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