The WSJ has heard from those elusive sources, who’re claiming that Yahoo is talking with Disney about developing TV-streaming widgets for the ESPN, ABC and Disney networks. People with Yahoo Connected TVs could stream TV shows from those networks, in conjunction with movie trailers and in ESPN’s case, stats. These apps would likely be free, although the jury’s still out on CBS, NBC, Showtime and Home Shopping Networks’ apps, that are launching soon-potentially this quarter, when Yahoo debuts a digital store for paid-for widgets.
Despite launching a number of years ago, widget TV hasn’t taken off quite within the same way like boxes from Apple TV, Boxee and so on. There’s still only about 100 free apps for Yahoo Connected TV , but for some people like our John Herrman, all they need is a ” dumb TV.”
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