Intel Viiv to enable on-demand entertainment accessible from living room

Intel Viiv to enable on-demand
entertainment accessible from living room

As
part of its forthcoming Intel Viiv technology PC platform, Intel Corporation is
enabling a broad choice of on-demand, Internet-delivered digital entertainment
along with several options for how families view, manage and share content —
options that range from a “10-foot” living room TV viewing experience in the
home to laptops or handheld devices for on the go.

Intel
said it is working with a wide variety of movie, music, television, gaming and
photo editing companies worldwide and announced that more than 40 are already
testing and verifying services and software applications to meet this

objective.

Intel
Viiv technology, expected to be available in the first quarter of 2006, is
designed to enhance and help manage the enjoyment of digital entertainment in
the home. Throughout next year, the number of verified content services and
applications available will grow to include such verified consumer devices and
networked media devices as portable media players, digital media adapters,
digital TVs, DVD players and routers.“The immediacy, global reach and
on-demand nature of the Internet, together with the 10s of millions of
broadband-ready PCs that already exist today worldwide, support a new trend in
how people get their entertainment,” said Kevin Corbett, vice president and
general manager, Content Services Group, Intel Digital Home Group.

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