Who said Carol Bartz was doing nothing. Let’s say it, we all love the old “idiot box” and bartz taking a note at that is trying to do what Microsoft wanted to do for years, amalgamate the PC, The Web and The TV.

Today Yahoo has launched its  new Internet-ready TV widget ecosystem.

“We’re combining the best of broadcast TV today…with the best of the Internet,”  “Connected TV and desktop”

This clearly indicates that huge money could be chunked up using the TV with web like advertising management all dynamic.

So what does it do , just like a widget on a computer desktop or, recently, a mobile phone, Yahoo’s TV widgets pull in Internet content from popular partners: Flickr, YouTube, Facebook, RallyCast (sports), Twitter, Blockbuster, Showtime, eBay, CBS (parent company of this site) and others.

If you’ve got digital cable, the system is like a high-definition, web-ready version of the channel guide and interface that your local cable company may already provide.

Now how would it feel like that you could rent your fav movie just like online shopping but with your remote and also Tweet about what you’re watching using a virtual keyboard (probably best for live events — awards shows, political speeches), or in the case of watching sports, talk trash with your buddies without picking up the phone.

Now that’s called connectivity and TV 2.0.

“You can actually keep track of [other sports teams] while you’re watching the live game,” “You can also talk smack with your buddies during the game.”

Samsung, Sony and LG have partnered up already with Yahoo and will arrive on Vizio TVs in November with a unique perk — a Bluetooth remote with a slider keyboard.

But what else:

1) Just like the apple store you can now download apps on your TV with your device and voila you have instant appas to play around with.

“Now when you open it up, your Twitter account can be there…same thing with eBay,” “The application in a sense can have a connection with the web-based version that we use to access it.”

2) The Eco system is Open and any publisher can bring their widget to the platform, and I am sure this would lure developers to develop apps that would pay handsomely.

3) Future integration of other digital Yahoo Technologies.

Till yet Over 3,000 developers have signed up to get a development kit to date, and that’s huge.

So would you go for Yahoo’s TV 2.0?

 

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